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The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's (MDARD) Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division offers and processes Certificates of Free Sale for animal feed related products. Issued certificates expire 1 year from the date of issuance.
$60.00 for the initial certificate.
$10.00 for each additional certificate.
Requestor must be currently licensed by MDARD's Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division as a Commercial Animal Feed Processor. If you have questions regarding this, please contact MDARD-AnimalFeed@michigan.gov.
Requestor must complete the Certificate of Free Sale Request Form and send in payment. Request form and payment will be mailed to:
Regular USPS Mail: MDARD PO Box 30776 Lansing, MI 48909.
FedEx or UPS: MDOT/ASC 425 W. Ottawa St. Lansing, MI 48933
Email copy of request form, copies of product label(s), and the date your payment/request was mailed in to MDARD-AnimalFeed@michigan.gov.
When MDARD receives your payment and assures requestors compliance of the Michigan Feed Law, we will process your Certificate of Free Sale request. Once we have completed a draft of your request, we will email a copy to you for approval. Once approved by you, we request 7-10 business days to complete the request and mail it to you.
Michigan Feed Law, Act 120 of 1975, as amended
Please email MDARD-AnimalFeed@michigan.gov or call MDARD’s Customer Service Center at 800-292-3939.