01-001 C.M.R. ch. 208
DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
SUMMARY: Biologics may contain living organism or virus and must be handled and administered as recommended to remain effective in the control of disease; for this reason their use and role must be closely monitored.
Biologics containing living organisms shall be stored refrigerated at places of business and at the temperatures recommended by manufacturers.
Such biologics shall be shipped using a rapid mode of transportation, if necessary under refrigeration, in parcels bearing labels indicating the perishability of the contents. Additional information may be added, for example: KEEP FROM HEAT, or KEEP FROM HEAT AND FREEZING.
All outdated biologics shall be destroyed immediately by heat, or returned, to the manufacturer.
Any salesman or distributor shall be able to submit proof of a permit to sell or distribute approved animal or poultry biologics.
All imports into the State of Maine, sales and/or distribution within the State of Maine of domestic animal and poultry biologics containing living organisms shall be reported monthly to the director of the said Division of Animal Industry, State Office Building, Augusta, Maine.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 7 MRSA ' 1752
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1, 1962
AMENDED:
February 8, 1968
RE-ADOPTED:
August 28, 1979
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 4, 1996
CONVERTED TO MS WORD:
May 13, 2008
CORRECTIONS:
February, 2014 – agency names, formatting