Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) “additive” means a nutritive or non-nutritive item or combination of items added to the basic feed mix or parts thereof to improve the performance of livestock and poultry;
2. (b) “adulterated” in relation to livestock feed, poultry feed, compound feed and mineral mixture means any livestock feed, poultry feed and mineral mixture which,—
   • (i) does not conform to the declaration in the labelling as to its nature, substance or quality standards as fixed by regulation; or
   • (ii) contains some extraneous material that makes it unsafe or sub-standard for consumption by livestock or poultry; or
   • (iii) is spoiled or damaged or infested with pathogens, insects or rodents making it harmful for livestock or poultry;
3. (c) “authorized agent” means any person who deals with storage, distribution, transport for sale and sale of livestock feed, poultry feed and mineral mixture under an agreement or contract with the manufacturers and having licence in accordance with law;
4. (d) “authorized officer” means an officer authorized by the Government for the purposes of this Act;
5. (e) “compound feed” means feed prepared as per the specifications fixed in the regulations, intended for the feeding of livestock and poultry according to their age, growth, production and reproductive status;
6. (f) “concentrate feed” means a feed with high concentration of nutrients having less than eighteen percentage crude fibre;
7. (g) “contaminant” means any substance, whether added or not to feed, but which is present in feed as a result of the production (including operations carried out for crop husbandry), manufacture, processing, packing, transport or storage under the influence of external environment;
8. (h) “dealer” means a person, an association of persons, a society, a firm or an agency who or which is engaged in sale or distribution or carrying out sale and distribution of livestock feed, poultry feed and mineral mixture subject to a minimum quantity as fixed by regulation and which includes director or proprietor or manager by whatever name called, who is responsible to run the aforesaid trade;
   • (i) “feed” means an edible and safe substance for livestock or poultry consumption which contributes nutrients to the diet;
9. (j) “feed ingredients” means nutritious substance as fixed by regulation, included in the diet of livestock and poultry or used directly for feeding livestock and poultry;
10. (k) “feed mill” means an automatic or semi-automatic plant for manufacturing livestock feed, poultry feed or mineral mixture;
11. (l) “feed safety assurance officer” means an officer designated by the Government under item (iii) of section 10 of this Act;
12. (m) “feed safety enforcement officer” means a district level officer designated by the Government under item (ii) of section 10 of this Act;
13. (n) “feed stuff” means any natural feed ingredient or any other substance for nurturing livestock and poultry and shall include feed stuff, livestock feed, poultry feed or mineral mixture having regard to its use, nature or quality declared by notification in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this Act;
14. (o) “feed analysis” means the analysis of the quality by assessing the nutritional value of ingredients in feed;
15. (p) “Government” means the Government of Kerala;
16. (q) “licensing authority” means an officer designated by the Government under item
    • (i) of section 10 of this Act;
17. (r) “livestock” means all animals reared in an agricultural background for labour or for producing milk, meat, fur, leather or wool etc.;
18. (s) “manufacturer” means any person or persons, companies, institutions, societies or establishments who or which is engaged in the manufacture of all or any of livestock feed, poultry feed or mineral mixture in his own feed mill or in a feed mill owned jointly by them or in a feed mill not owned by him or them;
19. (t) “mineral mixture” means mixutre of mineral elements in any form which may be used as supplement feed for livestock and poultry free from adulterants or foul smell and having important or minimum required quantity;
20. (u) “misbranded” means any form of mistake in the label, brand, tag, notice or advertisement of the sale of a product or giving false statement about the product or misleading as to the type, grade, quality or structure of the product or the selling of a product of a particular manufacturer as the product of some other manufacturer;
    • (v) “oil cake” means the substance which remains after removing oils, fats or other liquids, from oil seeds;
21. (w) “oil meal” means the substance which remains after applying mechanical compression for extracting oil and fat, from oil seeds;
    • (x) “poultry” includes those such as chicken, emu, guinea fowl, quail, duck, turkey and goose;
22. (y) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
23. (z) “regulations” means regulations issued as per section 38 of this Act;
24. (aa) “roughage” means feed stuff having more than eighteen percentage crude fibre;
25. (ab) “sale” in relation to livestock feed, poultry feed or mineral mixture means transfer of ownership, oral or in writing, in lieu of price paid or part paid or promised or part promised;
26. (ac) “state feed quality consultative Committee” means the committee constituted as per section 26 of this Act;
27. (ad) “substandard” means not having standard as fixed by the regulation;
28. (ae) “Total Mixed Ration (T.M.R.) or Total Mixed Feed” means feed manufactured by blending concentrate feed and roughages in a balanced quantity with or without the aid of machines;
29. (af) “unfair trade practice” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause

1. (47) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (Central Act No. 35 of 2019).