Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1)
The guarantees for crude protein, equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen,
crude fat, crude fiber and mineral guarantees (when required) will be in terms
of percentage by weight.
(2)
Commercial feeds containing 61 % or more calcium, phosphorus, sodium and
chloride shall include in the guaranteed analysis the minimum and maximum
percentage of calcium (Ca), the minimum percentage of phosphorus (P), and if
salt is added, the minimum and maximum percentage of salt (NaCl). Minerals
except salt (NaCl), shall be guaranteed in terms of percentage of the element.
When calcium and/or salt guarantees are given in the guaranteed analysis such
shall be stated and conform to the following:
(a) When the minimum is 5.0% or less, the
maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than one percentage
point.
(b) When the minimum is
above 5.0%, the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than 20% and in no
case shall the maximum exceed the minimum by more than five percentage
points.
(3) Guarantees
for minimum vitamin content of commercial feeds and feed supplements, when
made, shall be stated on the label in milligrams per pound for feed except
that:
(a) Vitamin A, other than precursors of
Vitamin A, shall be stated in International or USP units per pound.
(b) Vitamin D, products offered for poultry
feeding, shall be stated in International Chick Units per pound.
(c) Vitamin D for other uses shall be stated
in International or USP units per pound.
(d) Vitamin E shall be stated in
International or USP Units per pound.
(e) Guarantees for vitamin content on the
label of a commercial feed shall state the guarantee as true vitamins, not
compounds, with the exception of the compounds Pyridoxine Hydrochloride,
Choline Chloride, Thiamine, and Pantothenic Acid.
(f) Oils and premixes containing Vitamin A or
Vitamin D or both may be labeled to show vitamin content in terms of units per
gram.
(4) Guarantees for
drugs shall be stated in terms of percent by weight, except:
(a) Antibiotics present at less than 2,000
grams per ton (total, of commercial feed) shall be stated in grams per ton of
commercial feed.
(b) Antibiotics
present at 2,000 or more grams per ton (total, of commercial feed) shall be
stated in grams per pound of commercial feed.
(c) Labels for commercial feeds containing
growth promotion and/or feed efficiency levels of antibiotics, which are to be
fed continuously as the sole ration, are not required to make quantitative
guarantees except as specifically noted in the Federal Food Additive
regulations for certain antibiotics, wherein quantitative guarantees are
required regardless of the level or purpose of the antibiotic.
(d) The term milligrams per pound may be used
for drugs or antibiotics in those cases where a dosage is given in milligrams
in the feeding directions.
(5) Commercial feeds containing any added
nonprotein nitrogen shall be labeled as follows:
(a) For ruminants:
1. Complete feeds, supplements, and
concentrates containing added nonprotein nitrogen and containing more than 5%
protein from natural sources shall express the protein guarantee as follows:
Crude Protein, minimum,________% (This includes not more than
________% equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen.)
2. Mixed feed concentrates and supplements
containing less than 5% protein from natural sources may express the protein
guarantee as follows:
Equivalent Crude Protein from Nonprotein Nitrogen,
minimum,________%.
3.
Ingredient sources of nonprotein nitrogen such as Urea, Di-Ammonium Phosphate,
Ammonium Polyphosphate Solution, Ammoniated Rice Hulls, or other basic
nonprotein nitrogen ingredients shall be guaranteed as follows:
Nitrogen, minimum,________.
Equivalent Crude Protein from Nonprotein Nitrogen,
minimum,________%.
(6) Mineral phosphatic materials for feeding
purposes shall be labeled with the guarantee for minimum and maximum percentage
of calcium (when present), the minimum percentage of phosphorus, and the
maximum percentage of fluorine.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §
2-21-25.
