Andhra Pradesh Animal Feed (Regulation of Manufacture, Quality Control, Sale and Distribution) Act, 2020 (Act No. 37 of 2020).
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Abstract
This Act is enacted to provide for a mechanism to regulate and supervise the manufacture, quality control, distribution and sale of animal feed in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The Director of Animal Husbandry shall be the Controlling Authority under this Act. The District Collector/Joint Director any officer empowered by the Controlling Authority shall be the licensing authority under this Act (Sec.3-4). Section 5 provides for the powers of Licensing Authority.
In order to carry on business of manufacture, sale or distribution, a license certificate issued by the licensing authority shall be obtained. A separate registration shall be necessary for each place of business or manufacture. The Government shall constitute the Animal Feed Quality Control Committee to advise the Controlling Authority on matters relating to registration, licensing and quality control in animal feed business operations and to enforce the provisions of the Act and the rules.
No licensee shall manufacture any type of Animal feed or mineral mixture mentioned in Schedule-I unless it confirms to the standards and specifications prescribed in Sec.13-14. No person shall sell or expose for sale or deliver to any authorized agent or dispatch for the purpose of sale any animal feed or mineral mixture, which is not in confirmative with the provisions of section 14. Section 23 talks about minimum standards to be maintained and responsibilities of the feed business operators. An authorized officer shall have a right to examine any customs entries of imports of any animal feed or mineral mixture and forward such samples to the referral laboratory for analysis and report.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: packing, marking and labeling, animal feed analytical laboratories and referral laboratory, feed recall procedure, offences and penalties.
The Director of Animal Husbandry shall be the Controlling Authority under this Act. The District Collector/Joint Director any officer empowered by the Controlling Authority shall be the licensing authority under this Act (Sec.3-4). Section 5 provides for the powers of Licensing Authority.
In order to carry on business of manufacture, sale or distribution, a license certificate issued by the licensing authority shall be obtained. A separate registration shall be necessary for each place of business or manufacture. The Government shall constitute the Animal Feed Quality Control Committee to advise the Controlling Authority on matters relating to registration, licensing and quality control in animal feed business operations and to enforce the provisions of the Act and the rules.
No licensee shall manufacture any type of Animal feed or mineral mixture mentioned in Schedule-I unless it confirms to the standards and specifications prescribed in Sec.13-14. No person shall sell or expose for sale or deliver to any authorized agent or dispatch for the purpose of sale any animal feed or mineral mixture, which is not in confirmative with the provisions of section 14. Section 23 talks about minimum standards to be maintained and responsibilities of the feed business operators. An authorized officer shall have a right to examine any customs entries of imports of any animal feed or mineral mixture and forward such samples to the referral laboratory for analysis and report.
The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: packing, marking and labeling, animal feed analytical laboratories and referral laboratory, feed recall procedure, offences and penalties.
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An Act to provide a mechanism to regulate and supervise the manufacture, quality control, distribution and sale of animal feed in the state of andhra pradesh and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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Repealed
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