New Mexico pet food registration

Firm license
none

Per product
$27
packages ≤10 lb · annual, due Dec 31

Tonnage
none for small packages
quarterly, due Apr 30 / Jul 31 / Oct 31 / Jan 31

How to file
mixed · USAPlants
Pay by check

You sign, pay and submit We fill the forms, compute the fee and tell you where it goes.

Details

Product fee	$27 $27 = $2 registration per product (any size) + $25 annual inspection fee per product distributed in packages ≤10 lb (in lieu of tonnage); PLUS $100 Spay and Neuter Program fee per dog/cat pet food product ($127 total) unless exempt (gross pet-food revenue ≤$3M or veterinary prescription diet, by notarized annual attestation). Products also sold >10 lb owe quarterly tonnage as well.
Renewal window	registrations valid from approval to Dec 31 of same year; Spay & Neuter fee collected on the Annual Renewal Application
Exempt	raw meat pet food diets only if the meat is not ground and not mixed with other ingredients customer-formula feed no exemption for sample-size containers
Tonnage note	$25 per product per year for products in packages ≤10 lb; firms distributing exclusively <10 lb have no tonnage reports. Products in >10 lb packages: $0.15/ton, no minimum; quarterly report due the last day of the month after quarter end (Apr 30, Jul 31, Oct 31, Jan 31), NMDA mails the form ~1 week before quarter close and will not accept it early even for zero tons; penalty 20% or $10, whichever is greater, 'even if reporting 0'. Products sold in both ≤10 lb and >10 lb sizes owe BOTH the $25 fee and tonnage.
Third-party filing	agent_signature: “Application for Registration of Commercial Feed (forms/NM/commercial-feed-registration.pdf, read 2026-10-08), instructions: 'Registrant Information: This information is required only if application is being submitted by someone other than the manufacturer, company will appear as a C/O on all reports.' Form block: 'Registrant Information (outside party submitting registration): Registrant Name / Phone Number / Mailing Address / Contact / Contact Type / E-Mail'. Certification signed 'Signature / Printed Name' with no officer/title requirement. USAPlants is view-only for feed (no agent login role), so not agent_account.”
Before you file	Spay & Neuter exemption form must be signed AND notarized, submitted annually (or with each new prescription-diet product) Complete legible labels for every product (8.5x11 / 11x17 hard copy or digital files named to match the application); all sizes listed next to each product name
Mail to	New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Section, P.O. Box 30005, MSC 3150, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005 (physical: 3190 South Espina, Las Cruces, NM 88003)
Public registry	html_search

How the online filing goes

Online or paper?
Public check (no login): Product Registration → Brand Search
Registrant account — Register User (from user guide)
Account Home → Feed Manufactures program page (from user guide)

Your packet lists every value for each screen. No online payment for feed. Mail one check (payable to New Mexico Department of Agriculture) with the paper application or the mailed Annual Renewal Application to NMDA Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Section, P.O. Box 30005, MSC 3150, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005: $2 registration + $25 small-package inspection fee per product, plus $100 Spay & Neuter fee per dog/cat food product unless the notarized exemption form is enclosed. The check later appears in USAPlants under Payments.

Forms

Good to know

Spay & Neuter Program fee ($100/pet food product/yr) is the big line item; small brands (≤$3M pet-food revenue) escape it ONLY by filing the notarized exemption form every year — otherwise it is charged.
Statute 76-19A-10.1 carries the note 'Repealed effective July 1, 2026' on Justia (2025 code); the NMDA page and application still list the $100 fee as of today — confirm whether the fee is still collected for 2027 renewals.
Application has an explicit 'Registrant Information (outside party submitting registration)' block — agent appears as C/O on all reports.
Renewals: existing registrants use the Annual Renewal Application sent by NMDA (not the new-product form); USAPlants shows products, payments and tonnage. USAPlants ID + PIN issued by the FSF office on request.
Label revisions require a Label Revision Form with the NM product ID written on each label.

Agency

New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMSU), Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Section
https://nmdeptag.nmsu.edu/licensing-and-registrations/commercial-feed-registration.html
(575) 646-3107

Sources: Commercial Feed Registration — NMDA · Application for Registration of Commercial Feed · Spay and Neuter Program Fee Exemption Form · Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food — NMDA · Introduction to USAPlants · USAPlants instructions · Commercial Feed Tonnage — NMDA · NMSA 76-19A-10.1 Spay and neuter program fee (Repealed effective July 1, 2026). Verified 2026-10-08. Not legal advice; confirm with the state before paying.