Massachusetts commercial feed license

For horse, livestock, poultry and wild-bird feed in Massachusetts: no firm license; per-product fee $100/yr; tonnage report: no. Pet food and treats follow the same rules.

Calculate Massachusetts feed fees Massachusetts pet food registration

Who needs a Massachusetts commercial feed license or registration?

No firm license; Massachusetts registers products instead. Product registration ($100/yr).Source: mass.gov · mass.gov

Same rules as pet food Same as pet food: every commercial feed product is registered at $100 a year, pet or not.Source: mass.gov · 801 CMR 4.02 sets “Commercial Feed Registration (including Pet Food)” at $100. M.G.L. c.128 §52: “Each commercial feed shall be registered before being distributed in the commonwealth”; the statute's older $25 figure (“The registration fee shall be twenty-five dollars”) is replaced in practice by the fee schedule, set under M.G.L. c.7 §3B; MDAR charges $100.

	All commercial feed, pet food included
Agency	Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), Feed ProgramSource: mass.gov
Who needs it	Per product: every commercial feed and pet food product distributed in Massachusetts is registered each year. No firm license.Source: mass.gov

Massachusetts commercial feed license fee and product registration

	All commercial feed, pet food included
License or firm fee	None (Massachusetts has no firm license for feed or pet food)Source: mass.gov
Per-product registration fee	$100 per product per yearSource: mass.gov
Package-size rule	No package-size rule. One registration covers all package sizes of a product.Source: mass.gov

Summary for other animal feed: no firm license; per-product fee $100/yr. The calculator applies these rules to your own products and package sizes. Rules from: mass.gov · mass.gov.

Renewal and tonnage reports

	All commercial feed, pet food included
Renewal due	Renew in EEA ePLACE between October 5 and December 31Source: mass.gov
Tonnage report required?	No. MDAR does not require tonnage reporting.Source: mass.gov
Tonnage report frequency	Not applicableSource: mass.gov
Tonnage report due	Not applicableSource: mass.gov

No tonnage report for other animal feed in Massachusetts.

Due dates for other animal feed

December 31: Massachusetts product registrations expire; renew in EEA ePLACE ($100 per product; renewal window opens October 5) (if you register products)Source: mass.gov

Forms and how to apply

	All commercial feed, pet food included
Form or portal	https://eplace.eea.mass.gov/citizenaccess/Default.aspxSource: mass.gov
License form	None. No firm license for pet food in Massachusetts.Source: mass.gov

What to send with each application, for pet food: Massachusetts pet food registration.

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