Ahmedabad, Sept. 10 -- The Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill making licences mandatory for the manufacture, storage and sale of livestock feed, poultry feed and mineral mixtures in the state, with penalties prescribed for substandard and adulterated feed.

The Gujarat Livestock Feed, Poultry Feed and Mineral Mixture (Regulation of Production, Storage, Distribution, Sale and Quality Control) Bill, 2026, provides for a fine of up to Rs.5 lakh and suspension of a licence for up to one year for manufacturing substandard feed. Misleading branding can attract a fine of up to Rs.5 lakh and suspension of a licence for up to three years.

Manufacturing or selling adulterated feed, where no animal death occurs, can ...