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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 15.18.05.03" title_num="15" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="05" heading="Contract Feed Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person who distributes contract feed shall add to the feed phytase, other enzyme, or additive that reduces the level of phosphorus in poultry waste.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Notification to Department.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>By January 1 of each year, a person distributing to a contract feeder a contract feed shall provide the Department with the following information for that calendar year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Name of company or firm distributing a contract feed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Name or identifying number of each contract feed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Name of each type of enzyme or additive to be included in each contract feed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A copy of the product label, or scientific documentation, supporting the use of each enzyme or additive in the contract feed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>During the calendar year, any change in the type of enzyme or additive to be mixed with a contract feed shall be reported by the distributor to the Department before it is used in the feed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Record Keeping.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person distributing a contract feed to a contract feeder shall maintain a production record for each lot of feed produced or the quantity of feed produced during a specific period, such as each shift or each day.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each production record shall include the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Brand name or identifying number of the contract feed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Lot identification or period of production at the feed manufacturing site;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Specific name of the enzyme or additive included in the contract feed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Quantity of the contract feed produced; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Quantity of the enzyme or additive included in the contract feed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Each contract feed production record shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Maintained for 1 year from the date of manufacture of each lot or designated quantity of contract feed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Made available, upon request, to the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Contract Feed Analysis.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person producing a contract feed shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Collect a representative sample from at least one lot per quarter of a contract feed produced at each feed mill;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Have the sample analyzed by a laboratory to determine the activity or concentration of phytase, other enzyme, or additive present in the contract feed sampled;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Maintain for at least 1 year from the date of analysis the laboratory results of each contract feed analyzed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Make available, upon request, to the Department the results of the laboratory analysis of each representative sample.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each person producing a contract feed shall make available to the Department, upon request, a sample from any lot of contract feed produced for distribution to a contract feeder. When analyzing any sample, the Department shall use the method of analysis provided in the Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Departmental Access to Records. A person producing or distributing a contract feed in the State shall provide access for the Secretary to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Inspect the production of a contract feed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sample any contract feed; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Review any records pertaining to the use of phytase, other enzyme, or additive in a contract feed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>