Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
11.1. For the
purpose of Section
35-60-107(2)(a),
C.R.S., of the Colorado Feed Law, the terms "poisonous or deleterious
substances" include but are not limited to the following:
11.1.1. Fluorine and any mineral or mineral
mixture which is to be used directly for the feeding of domestic animals and in
which the fluorine exceeds 0.20% for breeding and dairy cattle; 0.30% for
slaughter cattle; 0.30% for sheep; 0.35% for lambs; 0.45% for swine; and 0.60%
for poultry.
11.1.2. Fluorine
bearing ingredients when used in such amounts that they raise the fluorine
content of the total ration (exclusive of roughage) above the following
amounts: 0.004% for breeding and dairy cattle; 0.009% for slaughter cattle;
0.006% for sheep; 0.01% for lambs; 0.015% for swine and 0.03% for
poultry.
11.1.3. Fluorine bearing
ingredients incorporated in any feed that is fed directly to cattle, sheep or
goats consuming roughage (with or without) limited amounts of grain, that
results in a daily fluorine intake in excess of 50 milligrams of fluorine per
100 pounds of body weight.
11.1.4.
Soybean meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets
which have been extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated
solvents.
11.1.5. Sulfur dioxide,
Sulfurous acid, and salts of Sulfurous acid when used in or on feeds or feed
ingredients which are considered or reported to be a significant source of
vitamin B1(Thiamine).
11.1.6.
Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2 above 20 parts per billion (ppb) individually or total
when in feed destined for dairy animals or an unknown use, over 20 ppb for feed
and ingredients (excluding cottonseed meal) for immature animals, over 100 ppb
for corn and peanut products for breeding cattle, breeding swine, and mature
poultry, over 200 ppb for corn and peanut products for finishing swine over 100
pounds, over 300 ppb for corn and peanut products finishing beef cattle, and
over 300 ppb for cottonseed meal for beef cattle, swine or poultry.
11.1.7. Fumonisin above 5 parts per million
(ppm) except that with proper labeling as approved by the Commissioner less
than 15 ppm may be distributed when destined for finishing swine (more than 100
lbs. body weight); less than 50 ppm may be distributed for feedlot
cattle.
11.2. All
screenings or by-products of grains and seeds containing weed seeds, when used
in commercial feed or sold as such to the ultimate consumer, shall be ground
fine enough or otherwise treated to destroy the viability of such weed seeds so
that the finished product contains no viable prohibited weed seeds and not more
than 1 viable restricted weed seeds per pound. For the purposes of this
provision, prohibited weed seed and restricted weed seeds shall be those as
established by the Commissioner under the Colorado Seed Act (Section
35-27-103(16),
C.R.S.) and in the Rules adopted thereunder.
