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 2802 - Miscellaneous Products

(a) Oil Cake is the product obtained after the extraction of part of the oil by crushing, cooking, and pressing, or by crushing, heating, and the use of solvents, from vegetable seeds which have been screened and cleaned of weed seed, hulls, and other foreign materials by a commercial process. A name indicative of the source shall be prefixed to the words "oil cake."

(b) Oil Meal is oil cake ground to a meal. A name indicative of the source shall be prefixed to the words "oil meal."

(c) Silage is green fodder that has been preserved with or without additives by ensiling. Normally the material is finely cut and blown into a chamber such as a pit or bag where it is pressed to exclude air and where it undergoes an acid fermentation that retards spoilage. The materials shall be labeled to show the kind of silage, for example, corn silage, oat silage, hay silage. When the product is sold in a formula or mixed feed, all ingredients shall be stated on the label. The label shall state the following guarantees: minimum percent crude protein, minimum percent crude fat, maximum percent crude fiber, maximum percent ash and maximum and minimum percent moisture.

(d) Ground Bean Screenings or Ground Pea Screenings is the ground, broken and culled beans or peas removed from field run beans or peas in the process of recleaning. They shall be free from dirt, pods, and straw.

(e) Charcoal (vegetable) is charred hard or soft wood, nut shells, or fruit pits. If it is wood charcoal, it shall bear a designation indicating whether it is hard wood charcoal or soft wood charcoal. Charcoal from nut shells or fruit pits shall be designated as shell charcoal. When used in a mixed feed the maximum percent shall be stated on the label.

(f) Dried Citrus Pulp, Citrus Meal is the dried, peel and residue of the inside portions, and occasional cull fruits of the citrus family with or without the extraction of part of the juice and part of the oil of the peel. If a neutralizing agent, e.g., calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium hydrate is added as an aid in processing, the maximum percentage shall be stated. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.

(g) Wet Citrus Pulp, is the peel and residue of the inside portions, and occasional cull fruits of the citrus family with or without the extraction of part of the juice and part of the oil of the peel. If a neutralizing agent, e.g. calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium hydrate is added as an aid in processing, the maximum percentage shall be stated. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.

(h) Coca Bean Shells or Coca Bean Hulls is the hard outside coating of the coca bean.

(i) Ground Cull Nut Meats or Ground Nut Meat Screenings is the ground fragments, immature, and culled nut meats obtained in the cleaning and grading of nut meats. They shall be free of shells, hulls, dirt, and other foreign material.

(j) Feeding Dried Fruits consists of the culled substandard fruit or surplus production of the dried fruit industry. It may contain an artificial color or flavoring matter which has been approved by the secretary. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind.

(k) Ground Straw or Chopped Straw is ground or chopped cereal or other straws from which the seeds have been removed. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.

(l) Ground Dried Vegetables is dried, ground vegetables. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind.

(m) Buckwheat Middlings is that portion of the buckwheat grain immediately under the hull after separation of the flour containing no more hulls than is obtained in good commercial buckwheat milling practice, and containing not more than 10.0 percent crude fiber.

(n) Dried Kelp is dried seaweed. The maximum percentage of sodium (Na) and the minimum percentage of potassium (K) shall be declared. If the kelp is sold as a source of iodine (I), the minimum percentage of iodine shall be declared. If the product is prepared by artificial drying, it may be called "Dehydrated Kelp."

(o) Dehydrated Silage Pellets are wholesome silage (ensilage) which has been dried by thermal means and formed into pellets by a mechanical process. The product should bear a name descriptive of the type of silage pelleted, such as "Dehydrated Alfalfa Silage Pellets," etc.

(p) Paunch Product, Dehydrated, is a product composed of the contents of the rumen of slaughtered cattle, dehydrated at temperatures over 100 degrees centigrade to a moisture content of 12.0 percent or less, and sufficient to destroy all pathogenic organisms. It shall be dehydrated promptly after removal from the rumen to prevent decomposition.

(q) Bagasse is the portion of the stalk (leaves and tops removed) of sugar cane remaining after extraction of the juice.

(r) Coastal Bermudagrass Hay is the dried aerial portion of the perennial hybrid grass, Coastal Bermuda (Cynodon dactylion) (L.) (Pers.), free of other crop plants, and weeds which have been cultivated as a crop and harvested during a period of active growth. If it is fully ground, it shall be designated as "Coastal Bermudagrass Meal." If it is dried by thermal means, it may be designated as "Dehydrated Coastal Bermudagrass Hay" or "Dehydrated Coastal Bermudagrass Meal."

(s) Dried Tomato Pomace is a dried mixture of tomato skins, pulp, and crushed seeds. If the pomace contains spices used in the production of a tomato product, this shall be shown in the name as "Dried Spiced Tomato Pomace."

(t) Ground Straw is the ground product remaining after separation of the seed from mature forage plants. The source of the material shall constitute a part of the name of the product; i.e., "Ground Blue Grass Straw," "Ground Alfalfa Straw."

(u) Ground Grass is obtained by drying and grinding grass which has been cut before formation of the seed. If a specie name is used, the product shall correspond thereto.

(v) Cereal Food Fines consists of particles of breakfast cereals obtained as a by-product of their processing.

(w) Dried Bakery Product is a mixture of bread, cookies, cake, crackers, flours, and doughs which has been mechanically separated from non-edible materials, artificially dried and ground. If the product contains more than 3.5 percent sodium, the maximum percentage of sodium shall be a part of the name; i.e., Dried Bakery Product with ___ percent sodium.

(x) Buckwheat Hulls is the outer covering of the buckwheat obtained in the milling of buckwheat flour.

(y) Guar Meal is whole guar beans after removal of most of the endosperm. If the product is heat treated, it may be designated as "heat treated" or "toasted."

(z) Synthetic Fatty Alcohol is a blend of long chain linear and branched alcohols with carbon numbers ranging from C 20 through C 32 and of hydrocarbons ranging from C 24 through C 40. The product is an off white (straw) color, soft solid, with a melting point of approximately 115°F. The product shall contain not less than 95.0 percent long chain alcohols. It shall be labeled to show the minimum percent long chain alcohols, and maximum percent moisture, insoluble and unsaponifiable matter. The statement "For use in ruminant feeds only, not to exceed 5.0 percent of the ration," shall appear on the label. When used in blended fat or other fat products, the percent shall be stated.

(aa) Salvage Pet Food is a product resulting from pet food manufacturing. This product may consist of, but is not limited to, start-up and over-run product, unfinished pet food, pet food fines and other product not suitable for packaging for retail sale. If it contains, or may contain, any material identified by Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Part 589.2000, April 1, 2021, hereby incorporated by reference, as prohibited from use in the feed of ruminant animals, or if it is no longer accompanied by a detailed label listing all of the ingredients in the salvage pet food, the label must contain the precautionary statement "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants." It shall be free of foreign materials harmful to animals, suitable for the purpose for which it is being marketed, and properly labeled for its intended use.

(ab) Distressed Pet Food is a product resulting from pet food distribution, but which is no longer available for retail sale. This product may be pet food in, but not limited to, dented cans, torn bags, product past its sell-by date, or returned product that is suitable for use in feed. It may consist of a single formula, still in the original packaging, or a variety of formulas commingled into one bulk container and containing none of the original packaging or labeling. If it contains, or may contain, any material identified by Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Part 589.2000, April 1, 2021, hereby incorporated by reference, as prohibited from use in the feed of ruminant animals, or if it is no longer accompanied by a detailed label listing all of the ingredients in the distressed product, the label must contain the precautionary statement "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants." It shall be free of foreign materials harmful to animals, suitable for the purpose for which it is being marketed, and properly labeled for its intended use.