Arizona Administrative Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 3 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION
Article 9 - COMMERCIAL FEED
Section R3-3-905 - Labeling; Precautionary Statements
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 3-3-905
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 52, December 27, 2024
A. Ingredient statement.
1. Each ingredient or collective
term for the grouping of ingredients not defined in the Official Publication
shall be a common name.
2. All
labels for commercial feed and customer-formula feed containing cottonseed or a
cottonseed product shall separately list the ingredients in the ingredient
statement in addition to any collective term listed.
B. Labeling and expression of guarantees.
1. All labeling and expression of guarantees
shall comply with the commercial feed-labeling guide, medicated commercial feed
labeling, and expression of guarantees requirements prescribed in the Official
Publication.
2. All feed with an
expired "use by" or "expiration" date shall be removed from consumer access,
and are not permitted for sale.
3. The label shall
include the brand or product name, and shall indicate the intended use of the
feed. The label shall not contain any false or misleading statements.
4.
Directions for use and precautionary statements.
a. All labeling of whole cottonseed,
commercial feed, and customer-formula feed containing any additive (including
drugs, special purpose additives, or non-nutritive additives) shall clearly
state its safe and effective use. The directions shall not require special
knowledge of the purpose and use of the feed.
b. Directions for use and precautionary
statements shall be provided for feed containing non-protein nitrogen as
specified in
R3-3-906.
c. All whole cottonseed or commercial feed,
and customer-formula feed delivered to the consumer shall be accompanied by an
accurate label, invoice, weight ticket or other documentation approved by the
Department. The documentation shall be left with the consumer and shall contain
the following:
i. "This feed contains 20 or
less ppb aflatoxin and may be fed to any animal;" or
ii. "WARNING: This feed contains more than 20
ppb but not more than 300 ppb aflatoxin and shall not be fed to lactating
animals whose milk is intended for human consumption."?
iii. "DANGER: This feed has not been tested
for aflatoxin and shall not be used as a feed until tested and found compliant
with all state laws."?
d.
A distributor of whole cottonseed or cottonseed product intended for further
processing, planting seed, or for any other purpose approved by the Director,
shall document in writing to the Department that:
i. The lot of whole cottonseed or cottonseed
product will not be used as commercial feed until the lot is tested and
compliant with all state laws; and
ii. The documentation prescribed in
subsection (B)(3)(c) is not required.
e. The distributor shall maintain the
documentation for one year.
f. The
lot of whole cottonseed or cottonseed product shall be labeled as follows:
"WARNING: This material has not been tested for aflatoxin and shall not be
distributed for feed or fed to any animal until tested and brought into full
compliance with all state laws."
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