Title 3, AGRICULTURE

(a) Authorization.--The department may establish programs to award grants for the purposes described in this chapter. (b) Grant program standards and requirements.--The following shall apply: (1) The department shall establish grant program standards and requirements for a grant …

(a) Available funding.--Grants shall be awarded to the extent money is made available by the General Assembly. (b) Matching.--Grant amounts shall be limited to 75% of project costs. In-kind support shall not be counted toward an applicant's matching contribution. (c) Conditions.-…

(a) Written agreement.--The department may require a written agreement describing the terms and conditions of the grant. (b) Return of grant money.--The department may establish criteria under which the secretary may demand the return of all or a portion of the grant money.

The department may promulgate rules and regulations to administer and enforce this chapter.

(a) Establishment.--The Agricultural Business Development Center Fund is established in the State Treasury as a special fund which shall be an interest-bearing restricted revenue account. Money collected by the department under this chapter or appropriated, given, granted or dona…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial Feed Act.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Brand name." Any word, name, symbol or device or any combination thereof identifying the commercial feed of a distribut…

(a) General rule.--Every person engaged in the manufacture of commercial feed or customer-formula feed to be distributed in this Commonwealth and each guarantor of the feed shall, on January 1 of each year or prior to manufacture or distribution of the feed, obtain a license for …

(a) Commercial feed labeling.--Any commercial feed distributed in this Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a legible label bearing the following information: (1) The net weight. (2) The product name and brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed. (3) The …

(a) Imposition.--There shall be paid to the department for all commercial feeds distributed in this Commonwealth an inspection fee at the rate of 10¢ per ton annually. Customer-formula feeds and contract feeds are exempted if the inspection fee is paid on the commercial feeds whi…

No person shall distribute adulterated feed. A commercial feed, customer-formula feed or exempted material shall be deemed to be adulterated if it meets any of the following criteria: (1) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to…

No person shall distribute misbranded feed. A commercial feed or customer-formula feed shall be deemed to be misbranded if it meets any of the following criteria: (1) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (2) It is distributed under the name of another feed. (3) …

(a) Inspection.--For purposes of enforcement of this chapter, the department may inspect during business hours any facility, warehouse or establishment in which commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, packed or held for distribution. It may also enter and inspect any vehicl…

The department is charged with the enforcement of this chapter and after due publicity and due public hearing may promulgate and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary in order to secure the efficient administration of this chapter. Publicity concerning t…

(a) "Withdrawal from distribution" orders.--When the department has reasonable cause to believe any lot of commercial feed is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any of the prescribed regulations under this chapter, it may issue and enfor…

(a) Conviction.--Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder or who impedes, obstructs, hinders or otherwise prevents or attempts to prevent the department in performance of its duty in connection with the provision…

In addition to any other remedy available at law or in equity for a violation of this chapter, the department may assess a civil penalty upon a person for a violation of this chapter. The department shall give notice to the person and shall provide an opportunity for a hearing. T…

In addition to any other remedies provided for in this chapter, the Attorney General, at the request of the secretary, may initiate in the Commonwealth Court or the court of common pleas of the county in which the defendant resides or has his place of business an action in equity…

The department shall publish at least annually, in such form as it deems proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as it may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples…

Moneys received from license fees, inspection fees, fines and civil penalties shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the general government operations appropriation of the Department of Agriculture for administering the provisions of this chapter.

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Retail Food Facility Safety Act.

The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Bed and breakfast homestead or inn." A private residence which contains ten or fewer bedrooms used for providing ove…

(a) Unlawful conduct.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any proprietor to conduct or operate a retail food facility without first obtaining a license for each retail food facility as provided in this subchapter. (b) Exempt retail food facilities.-- (…

(a) Inspection.--For purposes of enforcement of this subchapter, a licensor is authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the person in charge: (1) To enter at reasonable times any retail food facility. (2) To inspect at reasonable times, within reasonable limits and …

(a) Rules and regulations.--The department shall make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the provisions and intent of this subchapter. In promulgating regulations, the department shall be guided by the most current edition of the Foo…

No proprietor shall allow any food employee to be in a retail food facility if that person has an infectious or communicable disease, as prohibited under the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, and its attendant …

No proprietor shall utilize any linens, equipment or utensils unless the linens, equipment or utensils have been thoroughly cleansed and sanitized in the manner prescribed by regulation of the department.

All retail food facilities, kitchens, dining rooms and all places where foods are prepared, kept or stored shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and be protected from dust, dirt, insects and vermin in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the department. The cloth…

All toilets, hand-wash sinks, tubs, sinks and drains used in or in connection with any retail food facility shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

This subchapter shall not apply to food that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The food is not potentially hazardous food. (2) The food is prepared in a private home. (3) The food is used or offered for human consumption by any of the following organizations: (i) A tax…

Officials of schools and organized camps shall cooperate with the department in the conduct of cafeteria health and safety inspections and shall participate in inspection services and training programs made available by the department in areas where the department is the licensor…

(a) Retail food facilities under jurisdiction of department.--For retail food facilities under the jurisdiction of the department, penalties are as follows: (1) A person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule, regulation, standard or order made under this subch…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Food Safety Act.

The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Color additive." A material which is a dye, pigment or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar art…

The following acts are prohibited: (1) Manufacture, sale, delivery, consignment, bailment, holding or offering for sale of any food that is adulterated or misbranded, except where a person in good faith delivers or offers to deliver the food and furnishes shipping documents to th…

In addition to any other remedies provided in this subchapter, the secretary may apply to the Commonwealth Court or to any other court having jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining a person from violating this subchapter or any regulation adopted under t…

(a) Criminal penalties.--A person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule, regulation, standard or order made under this subchapter commits a summary offense for the first or second offense. A person who violates this subchapter or any rule, regulation, standard…

(a) Marking detained food.--Whenever the secretary has probable cause to believe that food is adulterated or misbranded, the secretary shall affix to the container or wrapping a tag or other marking. The tag or marking shall give notice that: (1) The food may be adulterated or mi…

Temporary permits granted by Federal agencies for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of definitions and standards of identity in Federal acts shall be effective in this Commonwealth under the conditions provided in the permits. The sec…

A food shall be deemed adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health. However, if the substance is not an added substance, the food shall not be considered adulterated under this section if the quantity of …

(a) General rule.--A food shall be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any way. (2) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food. (3) If it is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word …

The department shall promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling requirement food which is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled or repacked in substantial quantities at establishments other than those where originally processed or packed …

(a) Additions to food.--A poisonous or deleterious substance added to a food, except where the substance is required in its production and cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe unless added in compliance with the Federal acts. (b) Pesticid…

(a) Inspection.--For purposes of enforcement of this subchapter, the secretary is authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge: (1) To enter at reasonable times any factory, warehouse or food establishment in which food is or was m…

(a) Nature of rules.--The secretary shall be charged with the enforcement of this subchapter and shall promulgate rules, regulations and food standards necessary for its proper enforcement. The rules, regulations and food standards shall conform and shall be construed to conform …

(a) General rule.--Subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, it shall be the duty of every person operating a food establishment within this Commonwealth to register with the secretary as a food establishment. This registration requirement shall not be constr…