Alabama Administrative Code

The standards set forth in this Chapter shall be applicable for all diesel fuels as defined by Code of Ala. 1975, §8-17-80(2), which are sold, used or offered for sale in Alabama.

All testing methods and specifications for diesel fuels shall be determined in accordance with the test methods presented in the latest version of the American Society For Testing and Materials Standards hereinafter designated as ASTM and those specifications which are published …

All diesel fuels as defined above under the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975, §8-17-80(2) as Diesel Fuel No. 1 and Diesel Fuel No. 2, hereinafter designated as 1-D and 2-D respectively, shall conform to the following tests and specifications: (a) Flash point, (Method ASTM D-93) sh…

Under authority of Act No1403, Legislature of Alabama of 1971, as amended, providing for inspection of certain petroleum products, including those commonly known as gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and lubricating oil, the following regulations, standards and minimum specification…

(1) Lubricating Oils are those products of petroleum that are commonly used in lubricating or oiling engines, and any devices or substitutes for such products of petroleum. (2) Viscosity means a measure of the time for a fixed volume of lubricating oil to flow by gravity through …

Lubricating oils shall be classified as to viscosity and multiviscosity by the recommended practice of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) as designated by Crankcase Oil, Viscosity Classification SAE J300a as last revised April, 1967.

Lubricating oil shall be pure and free from any objectionable substances.

Testing methods referred to herein used for determining the values of samples for lubricating oils shall be the latest approved and published versions of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

The container of any lubricating oil of a capacity of 55 gallons or less shall be accurately labeled to show the viscosity number of the oil together with the net quantity of the contents in terms of liquid measure and the contents of such container shall conform to the labeling …

Residues of the pesticide ethylene dibromide (EDB) may occur in or on raw grain and processed grain-related food products, distributed, sold or offered for sale in Alabama. Amounts of this pesticide above certain levels may be injurious to public health.

Chemical residues of the pesticide ethylene dibromide (EDB) shall not exceed those levels set out below for the following products: PRODUCTMAXIMUM LEVELRaw grain intended for human consumption 900 Parts Per Billion Processed grain­related food products which require cooking befor…

Any products found to exceed maximum levels of EDB for the products and levels indentified and set out in Rule 80-1-2-.02, are deemed to be adulterated under the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975, §20-1-22.

For the purpose of advising whether a laboratory should be certified as a soil testing laboratory, a committee composed of the Director of the Agricultural Chemistry and Plant Industry Division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of the Agricultural Expe…

(1) A laboratory desiring to be certified as a soil testing laboratory under the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975,§§2-21-1, et seq., must first request certification to the Director of the Soil Testing Laboratory, Auburn University. That office will then provide information on the…

Certified laboratories must be operated under the supervision of a qualified chemist. The person making the lime and fertilizer recommendations should have training in both the field of chemistry and agriculture. A graduate of an agricultural college with training in soil chemist…

(1) Laboratory analysis done by certified laboratories must be made by suitable electrical instruments and not by visualcomparators using the human eye. Detailed chemical procedures prescribed by Auburn University will be followed. Normally, when changes in laboratory procedures …

Laboratory reports from certified laboratories shall show ratings based on Auburn University's calibration curves. Numerical soil test values, when shown, must be those obtainable by procedures prescribed by Auburn University. Such values must be rated, i.e., very high, high, med…

(1) Specific rates of N, P O , and K O recommended by 2 5 2 certified laboratories must be taken from the keys provided by Auburn University, and no alternate recommendations shall appear on the reports of the certified laboratory. Recommendations for grass and legume crops that …

Standard check samples shall be sent by the Auburn University Soil Testing Laboratory to all certified laboratories. These shall be analyzed promptly and recommendations made for crops specified when samples are sent. If the analyses and recommendations are found to be within rec…

(1) Laboratories located outside the state or within the state, but where their agronomist, horticulturist, or soils specialist is located outside the state, shall be subject to all of the rules set forth in Chapter 80-1-21 for certification in Alabama. (2) Expenses involved in c…

(1) All food sold or offered for sale containing artificial coloring or preservatives shall be labeled to conform with the labeling requirements as set out in C.F.R. Chapter 21, Parts 74 and 101.22. Food containing artificial coloring or preservatives not in compliance with the a…

(1) For purposes of this Chapter, the term label, as pertaining to foods, drugs and cosmetics that are sold or offered for sale, includes any legend and descriptive matter or design appearing upon the article or its container, and also includes circulars, pamphlets, and the like …

(1) The name of the manufacturer, jobber, wholesaler, dealer, agent or distributor appearing on the label must be the true name of the actual manufacturer, producer, jobber, wholesaler, dealer, agent or distributor. (2) When a person, firm or corporation actually manufactures or …

(1) A simple or unmixed food or drug product shall be sold by its common name in the English language; or, if a drug recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, by the names therein designated. (2) A geographical name indicating that a food or drug produc…

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, bulk food means processed or unprocessed food in aggregate containers from which quantities desired by the consumer are withdrawn by the consumer. (2) Bulk food product modules shall be labeled with a counter card, sign, or other appropriate …

(1) A distinctive name is a name that distinguishes one kind of food or drug from another. (2) The expression own distinctive name means a name which is purely arbitrary or fanciful and distinguishes a particular food or drug from all other articles of food or drugs. It shall not…

(1) The terms mixture or compound for purposes of this Chapter are interchangeable. (2) A mixture or a compound offered for sale under its own distinctive name shall not be an imitation of any other article whether simple, mixed or compound. In addition to its own distinctive nam…

(1) An imitation food product shall bear on the label the word imitation in immediate conjunction equally as prominent and conspicuous as the name of the product. (2) A compound or blend not offered for sale under its own distinctive name, as defined in Rule 80-1-22-.05(2) and fo…

(1) The quantity of alcohol in a drug shall be stated in terms of the average percentage by volume of absolute alcohol in the finished product. The term alcohol without qualification means ethyl alcohol. If any alcohol other than ethyl alcohol is present in a drug, the kind must …

(1) With the exception of those specific items set out below, the package for all food in package form shall be not less than 95% filled with the food it purports to contain. (2) Packages of specially processed oat groats, such as oat meal, rolled oats, rolled oat groats and othe…

The standards of identity and composition for foods presently adopted and promulgated and as may in the future be adopted and promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, together with those of the United States Dep…

In addition to all other requirements, distilled vinegar, sold or offered for sale to which color is added shall be labeled artificially colored distilled vinegar, with all words of the name being in the same size and type and given with the same degree of prominence on the label…

(1) Pecans, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, chestnuts, filberts or pistachio nuts shall be deemed to be adulterated under the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975, §20-1-22, when the quantity that is sold or offered for sale contains more than 10% of insect infested, moldy, ra…

(1) Any person or firm desiring to open a cream station, milk station, receiving station, shipping station, creamery, cheese factory, ice cream factory or condensory for the purpose of purchasing cream or milk on butterfat basis shall, two weeks prior to the opening of any of the…

In addition to all other statutory and regulatory requirements, ice cream, custard, sherbets and ices sold or offered for sale shall also have the following requirements: (a) Ice cream shall contain not more than .5% by weight of stabilizer, and not less than 18% total milk solid…

Regulations of the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Resources as adopted under authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which regulations govern the sale of low fat milk as published in 21 CFR 131.135--Low Fat Milk; Ide…

The following dairy products, to be labeled as such, shall meet the following definitions and standards: (a) Buttermilk is the product obtained either by churning milk or cream, or from the souring or treatment by a lactic acid, or other suitable culture, of pasteurized skim milk…

(1) Price marks, store labels or other similar device which obscures or covers up warning labels, expiration dates, directions for use, dosage, or any other vital information that, if obscured, might result in misuse of any food, drug, or cosmetic sold or offered for sale, is pro…

(1) Any food or drug sold, offered for sale, or to be offered for sale in the future that has been prepared or packed or is being held in an unsanitary condition whereby the food or drug may become contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health is prohibited. (2) Any foo…

All food that is sold, offered for sale or stored to be sold in the future shall be stored or kept under the following conditions: (a) Food shall be stored and/or displayed above the floor in such a manner that will protect the food from contamination. (b) Food shall be stored an…

Persons in charge of any establishment that stores, distributes, or exposes for sale any food, drugs or cosmetics in the event of a fire, flood, storm, extended power outage, or a similar significant occurrence that creates a reasonable probability that the products involved may …

The following foods, generally defined as salvage foods and/or distressed foods, shall be considered adulterated and unsalvageable under the provisions of Code of Ala. 1975, §20-1-22. (a) Food in containers with bulging ends or lids, including hard swells, springers, or bulges du…

Any food offered for sale to consumers as salvage food or distressed food, otherwise salvageable, shall be deemed adulterated so long as it is mixed with and unsegregated from food deemed adulterated under Rule 80-1-22-.22. It is the intent of this rule to require persons selling…

(1) Any food determined to be adulterated under Rule 80-1-22-.22 shall be disposed of or destroyed in such a manner as to insure that said food cannot be thereafter salvaged and used for human consumption. (2) The Commissioner or his authorized agent may require supervision of th…

All persons or firms engaged in the business of selling or offering to sell food commonly known as salvage food or distressed food shall keep accurate records pertaining to the source and history of all shipments of said food received by them and to include records of the disposi…

As much as practical and possible, that publication entitled Guidelines For Evaluation And Disposition Of Damaged Canned Food Containers, published by the National Food Processors Association, shall be used for implementation and interpretation of Rules 80-1-22-.22, 80-1-22-.23, …

(1) For the purposes of this Rule, “Potentially hazardous food” shall be as defined in Rule 80-1-22-.34 herein. (2) The temperature of potentially hazardous food shall be held at an ambient temperature of 45° F or below at all times when being transported, stored or displayed for…