Florida (F.S. 580.071) — Commercial feed adulteration
Source: F.S. 580.071 (flsenate.gov), retrieved 2026-07-30. Florida prohibits distribution of adulterated commercial feed (pet food included). This P3 topic covers the adulteration standard, which incorporates the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act safety provisions.
Adulteration standard
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No person shall distribute an adulterated commercial feed or feedstuff.(EN: General prohibition — F.S. 580.071.)If it bears or contains any poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance that may render it injurious to animal or human health.(EN: Adulteration — poisonous/deleterious/nonnutritive substance — F.S. 580.071(1)(a).)If it bears or contains any food additive or added poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance that is unsafe within the meaning of s. 406 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act(EN: Adulteration tied to FD&C Act s. 406 food-additive safety — F.S. 580.071(1)(b).)If it is, or it bears or contains, any new animal drug that is unsafe within the meaning of s. 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act(EN: Adulteration — unsafe new animal drug (FD&C Act s. 512) — F.S. 580.071(1)(e).)If it consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for feed(EN: Adulteration — filthy/putrid/decomposed or unfit — F.S. 580.071(1)(f).)If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling.(EN: Adulteration — composition/quality below labeled representation — F.S. 580.071(5).)