Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs (Packing of Approved Animal Foodstuffs) Rules (L.N.212/1972)

[Rev. 2012] CAP. 345 Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs [Subsidiary] 27 [Issue 1] FERTILIZERS AND ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS (PACKING OF APPROVED ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS) RULES, 1972 [L.N. 212/1972.] 1. These Rules may be cited as the Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs (Packing of Approved Animal Foodstuffs) Rules, 1972. 2. Approved animal foodstuffs exposed for sale in quantities of 25 kg or more shall be packed in containers which are of sufficient strength and sufficiently sealed so as to withstand reasonable handling without tearing, bursting or falling open. 3. Each container containing approved animal foodstuffs, shall be clean and free from visible indications of contamination, infection and insect infestation. 4. Each container containing 25 kg or more of an approved animal foodstuff shall be clearly, conspicuously and indelibly marked with or the particulars shown hereunder shall bear a securely attached label showing the following particulars— (a) the name and full postal and business address of the manufacturer or seller; (b) the name and weight in kilogrammes of the animal foodstuff contained therein; (c) the guaranteed analysis expressed as a percentage to the first decimal place of each of the constituents for which guarantees are required under the Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs (Declaration and Warranty) Rules, 1972 (L.N. 216/1972); (d) the date of manufacture or other code or reference figures or letter by which the animal foodstuff may be identified as required under the Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs (Records and Returns) Rules, 1972 (L.N. 217/1972). 5. In the case of sale of approved animal foodstuffs in quantities of less than 25 kg, it shall be adequate, if the animal foodstuff sold is taken out in the presence of and with the knowledge of the purchaser from a container in which the vendor himself bought the animal foodstuff and on which are clearly, conspicuously and indelibly marked the particulars required under rule 4 of these Rules. 6. Any person who sells approved animal foodstuffs in containers in quantity of 25 kg or more which do not comply with the requirements of rules 2, 3 and 4 of these Rules, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.