California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 2 - Field Crops
Subchapter 2 - Commercial Feed
Article 14 - Definitions and Standards
Section 2788 - Marine Products

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 2788

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) Marine products containing more than 3.0 percent sodium must state the percentage. No marine product shall contain more than 7.0 percent sodium.

(b) Fish Meal is clean, dried, ground tissues of undecomposed whole fish and/or fish cuttings with or without the extraction of part of the oil. It shall contain not more than 10.0 percent moisture. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na), the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case must the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.

(c) Fish Residue Meal is the clean, dried, undecomposed residue from the manufacture of glue from non-oily fish. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na), the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case shall the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.

(d) Fish Market Scrap Meal is the clean, dried, ground tissues and/or viscera of fish and other sea food from fish markets, with or without the extraction of part of the oil.

(e) Crab Meal is undecomposed dried waste of the crab and contains the shell, viscera, and part or all of the flesh. It shall contain not less than 25.0 percent crude protein. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na) the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case shall the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.

(f) Shrimp Meal is undecomposed dried waste of shrimp and contains the head, hull, and/or the whole shrimp. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na), the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case shall the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.

(g) Anchovy Oil is the product obtained by extraction of part of the oil from the whole Pacific anchovy, or from cannery refuse of this species of fish.

(h) Tuna Oil is the product obtained by extraction of part of the oil from the cannery refuse of tuna.

(i) Condensed Fish Solubles are obtained by evaporating excess moisture from the stickwater, aqueous liquids, resulting from the wet rendering of fish into fish meal, with or without removal of part of the oil.

(j) Fish Glandular and Liver Hydrolysate is the partially dehydrated, ground entire coelomic contents of the fish, digested by the enzymes naturally present in fish, The solids content of this product shall not be less than 40.0 percent.

1. Repealer of subsection (g) and relettering of subsections (h)-(p) to subsections (g)-(o) filed 7-2-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 27).
2. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 8-17-82 (Register 82, No. 34).
3. Amendment filed 1-30-2002; operative 1-30-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2002, No. 5).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.

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