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2112 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 624
any other substance that has been mixed with or been in
contact with any animal or fowl waste or carcass. [It
does not include commercial feed as defined in §
6-101 (d).] THE SECRETARY [[OF AGRICULTURE MAY, IN HIS
DISCRETION, EXCLUDE FROM THIS DEFINITION WASTES THAT HAVE
BEEN HEAT-TREATED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RESULTANT
MATERIAL IS OF A UNIFORM CONSISTENCY CONTAINING BY
ANALYSIS NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT MOISTURE, AND WHICH HE
HAS DETERMINED TO BE NON-PUTRESCIBLE. SUCH TREATED
NON-PUTRESCIBLE WASTE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMERCIAL FEED, AS
THE TERM IS USED IN § 6-101, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF TITLE 6 OF THIS ARTICLE.]] MAY EXCLUDE
FROM THIS DEFINITION;
(1) WASTES THAT HAVE BEEN HEAT-TREATED TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE RESULTANT MATERIAL IS OF UNIFORM
CONSISTENCY CONTAINING BY ANALYSIS NOT MORE THAN TEN
PERCENT MOISTURE, AND WHICH HE HAS DETERMINED TO BE
NON-PUTRESCIBLE. SUCH TREATED NON-PUTRESCIBLE WASTE
SHALL BE DEEMED COMMERCIAL FEED AS THE TERM IS USED IN
§6-101, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE
(2) WASTES THAT HAVE BEEN HEAT-TREATED AT THEIR
SOURCE IN A MANNER WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE
SECRETARY, WOULD RENDER THEM INCAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING
DISEASE. DISCHARGED ANIMAL FECES MAY BE INCLUDED IN HOG
FEEDS ONLY IF THE FINISHED FEED BEETS THE STANDARDS
ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION. ANY PERSON DESIRING TO FEED WASTES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PROVISION SHALL OBTAIN A LICENSE FOR
THAT PURPOSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH LICENSE SHALL BE
ISSUED ANNUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS DESCRIBED
THEREFORE AT A FEE OF $100. ANY FEE COLLECTED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION CONSTITUTES A FUND TO DEFRAY PARTIALLY THE
COST OF INSPECTION AND OTHER EXPENSES NECESSARY FOR
ADMINISTERING THIS SUBSECTION.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.
Approved May 31, 1974.
CHAPTER 625
(Senate Bill 556)
AN ACT concerning
State Lottery — Bonus Games and State Lottery Fund
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