Section 76-19-4 - Registration.
76-19-4. Registration.
A. Each commercial feed shall be registered before being distributed in this state. However, customer-formula feeds are exempt from registration. The application for registration shall be submitted on forms furnished by the board, and, if the board so requests, a label or other printed matter describing the product shall also be furnished. Each application for registration shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars ($2.00). All registrations expire annually on a date set by the board. Upon approval by the board, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. The application shall include the information required by Paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Subsection A of Section 76-19-5 NMSA 1978.
B. A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of commercial feed which is already registered under the Commercial Feed Law [76-19-1 to 76-19-14 NMSA 1978] by another person.
C. Changes in the guarantee of either chemical or ingredient composition of a registered commercial feed may be permitted provided there is satisfactory evidence that such changes would not result in a lowering of the feeding value of the product for the purpose for which designed.
D. The board is empowered to refuse registration of any application not in compliance with the provisions of the Commercial Feed Law and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of that act. However, no registration shall be refused or cancelled until the registrant shall have been given opportunity to be heard before the board and to amend his application in order to comply with the requirements of the Commercial Feed Law.