2021 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 8 - Manufacture and Distribution of Commercial Feed
129 - Registration.

§ 129. Registration.  1.  No person shall distribute in this state any
commercial  feed  unless  he  or  she  is  registered  pursuant  to  the
provisions  of  this section. The biennial registration fee shall be one
hundred  dollars.  Application,  upon   a   form   prescribed   by   the
commissioner,  shall be made on or before June first of every other year
for  the   registration   period   beginning   July   first   following.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, a person licensed in
accordance with section one hundred twenty-eight-a of this article shall
not be required to be registered pursuant to this section.
  2.  No person shall distribute in this state any pet food or specialty
pet food unless the brand thereof has been registered  pursuant  to  the
provisions  of  this  section. An application for such registration of a
pet food or specialty pet food shall be accompanied  by  a  registration
fee of one hundred dollars for each brand to be distributed, said fee to
be paid annually thereafter. If any brand of a pet food or specialty pet
food  changes  in  any  way  after such brand has been registered, a new
application therefor shall be made pursuant to the  provisions  of  this
section.
  3.  Application  for registration as set forth in subdivisions one and
two of  this  section  shall  be  made  to  the  commissioner  on  forms
prescribed   by  the  commissioner.  The  applicant  shall  satisfy  the
commissioner of his character and responsibility  and  shall  set  forth
such information as the commissioner shall require. Upon approval by the
commissioner the registration shall be issued to the applicant.
  4.  The  commissioner may deny any application for registration as set
forth in subdivisions  one  and  two  of  this  section  or  revoke  any
registration  already  granted, after written notice to the applicant or
registrant and an opportunity to be heard, when:
  (a) Any statement in the application or upon which it was issued is or
was false or misleading;
  (b) If facilities of the applicant or registrant are not maintained in
a manner as required by rules and regulations duly  promulgated  by  the
commissioner;
  (c)  The  applicant or registrant, or an officer, director, partner or
holder of ten per centum or more of the voting stock of the applicant or
registrant, has failed to comply with any  of  the  provisions  of  this
chapter or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto;
  (d)  The  applicant or registrant, or an officer, director, partner or
holder of ten per centum or more of the voting stock of the applicant or
registrant, has been convicted of a felony by  a  court  of  the  United
States  or  any state or territory thereof, without subsequent pardon by
the governor or other appropriate authority of the state or jurisdiction
in which such conviction occurred, or receipt of a certificate of relief
from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant  to  article
twenty-three of the correction law;
  (e)  The  applicant  or registrant is a partnership or corporation and
any individual holding any position or  interest  or  power  of  control
therein  has previously been responsible in whole or in part for any act
on account of which an application for registration may be denied  or  a
registration cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this article; or
  (f)  The  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  establishment  of  the
applicant or registrant is such that the commercial feed held therein is
or may be adulterated.