HB 5180 Summary

• Comprehensively amends Michigan's commercial feed law to modernize definitions, licensing requirements, and enforcement procedures for manufacturers and distributors of animal feed.

• Establishes new licensing fee structure ($25-$100 depending on product type and facility size) and creates a feed control fund to support program administration and enforcement activities.

• Implements detailed labeling requirements for commercial feed, customer-formula feed, and bulk feed, including guaranteed analysis, ingredient lists, drug information, and manufacturing dates.

• Creates administrative enforcement tools including cease orders, seizure orders, and embargo orders for non-compliant feed, with provisions for corrective processing, relabeling, or destruction.

• Establishes penalties ranging from administrative fines up to $1,000 to criminal misdemeanor charges (up to $25,000 fine and 90 days imprisonment) for violations, and preempts local ordinances except where local jurisdictions demonstrate unreasonable adverse environmental or health effects.