Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-6-1-.11
No dirt or other foreign material removed from seed cotton during the process of ginning shall be returned to the seed. The return of sand and other foreign matter to cotton seed after the same has been removed from seed cotton, or the adding of dirt or other foreign material to cotton seed is held to be an adulteration of the seed in violation of the United States Food and Drug Act of 1906 as subsequently amended. In like manner, the same practice in Alabama would be an adulteration in violation of the Alabama Food and Drug Act of 1927, and would, therefore, subject persons engaged in such practice to prosecution under the said laws. Because of objections under the Food and Drug Laws and of the economic waste in the practice of adulterating cotton seed with dirt and other foreign material, no proprietor, lessee or manager of any cotton gin outfit that is constructed so as to clean seed cotton and separate the foreign material from same shall allow the foreign material to be returned to the seed.
NOTE: The Alabama Food and Drug Act of 1927 mentioned in the above rule is codified in Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 20-1-20et seq.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-6-1-.11
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-19-62.