Indiana Administrative Code
Title 355 - STATE CHEMIST OF THE STATE OF INDIANA
Article 6 - ANIMAL FOODS
Rule 1 - General Provisions
Section 1-3 - Label information
Universal Citation: 355 IN Admin Code 1-3
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 15-19-7-34
Affected: IC 15-19-7-26; IC 15-19-7-28
Sec. 3.
(a) Commercial feed, other than custom-mixed feed, shall be labeled with the information prescribed as follows:
(1)
Product name and brand name, if any, as follows:
(A) The brand or product name must be
appropriate for the intended use of the feed and must not be misleading. If the
name indicates the feed is made for a specific use, the character of the feed
must conform therewith. A commercial feed for a particular animal class must be
suitable for that purpose.
(B)
Commercial, registered brand or trade names are not permitted in guarantees or
ingredient listings and only in the product name of feeds produced by or for
the firm holding the rights to such a name.
(C) The name of a commercial feed shall not
be derived from one (1) or more ingredients of a mixture to the exclusion of
other ingredients and shall not be one representing any components of a mixture
unless all components are included in the name, provided, that if any
ingredient or combination of ingredients is intended to impart a distinctive
characteristic to the product which is of significance to the purchaser, the
name of that ingredient or combination of ingredients may be used as a part of
the brand name or product name if the ingredient or combination of ingredients
is quantitatively guaranteed in the guaranteed analysis, and the brand or
product name is not otherwise false or misleading.
(D) The word "protein" shall not be permitted
in the product name of a feed that contains added nonprotein
nitrogen.
(E) When the name carries
a percentage value, it shall be understood to signify protein and/or equivalent
protein from nonprotein nitrogen content only, even though it may not
explicitly modify the percentage with the word "protein", provided that other
percentage values may be permitted if they are followed by the proper
description and conform to good labeling practices. Digital numbers shall not
be used in a product name in such a manner as to be misleading or confusing to
the customer.
(F) Single ingredient
feeds shall have a product name in accordance with the designated definition of
feed ingredients as recognized by the Association of American Feed Control
Officials unless the director designates otherwise.
(G) The word "vitamin", or a contraction
thereof, or any word suggesting vitamin can be used only in the name of a feed
which is represented to be a vitamin supplement, and which is labeled with the
minimum content of each vitamin declared, as specified in section 4(c) of this
rule.
(H) The term "mineralized"
shall not be used in the name of a feed except for "TRACE MINERALIZED SALT".
When so used, the product must contain significant amounts of trace minerals
which are recognized as essential for animal nutrition.
(I) The term "meat" and "meat byproducts"
shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
byproducts is derived unless the meat and meat byproducts are made from cattle,
swine, sheep, and goats.
(2) If a drug is used, the following
requirements apply:
(A) The word "medicated"
shall appear directly following and below the product name in type size, no
smaller than half the type size of the product name.
(B) Purpose statement as required in
subdivision (3).
(C) The purpose of
medication (claim statement).
(D)
An active ingredient statement listing the active drug ingredients by their
established name and the amounts in accordance with section 4(d) of this
rule.
(3) Requirements
for purpose statement are as follows:
(A) The
statement of purpose shall contain the specific species and animal class or
classes for which the feed is intended as defined in subdivision (4).
(B) The manufacturer shall have flexibility
in describing in more specific and common language the defined animal class,
species, and purpose while being consistent with the category of animal class
defined in subdivision (4), which may include, but is not limited to, weight
range, sex, or age of the animal for which the feed is manufactured.
(C) The purpose statement may be excluded
from the label if the product name includes a description of the species and
animal class or classes for which the product is intended.
(D) The purpose statement of a premix for the
manufacture of feed may exclude the animal class and species and state "For
Further Manufacture of Feed" if the nutrients contained in the premix are
guaranteed and sufficient for formulation into various animal species feeds and
premix specifications are provided by the end user of the premix. This section
is applicable to commercial feeds regulated under subdivision
(4)(J)(ii)(JJ).
(E) The purpose
statement of a single purpose ingredient blend, such as a blend of animal
protein products, milk products, fat products, roughage products, or molasses
products may exclude the animal class and species and state "For Further
Manufacture of Feed" if the label guarantees of the nutrients contained in the
single purpose nutrient blend are sufficient to provide for formulation into
various animal species feeds. This section is applicable to commercial feeds
regulated under subdivision (4)(J)(ii)(JJ).
(F) The purpose statement of a product shall
include a statement of enzyme functionality if enzymatic activity is
represented in any manner.
(4) Guarantees for crude protein, equivalent
crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen, amino acids, crude fat, crude fiber,
acid detergent fiber, calcium, phosphorus, salt, and sodium shall be the
sequence of nutritional guarantees when such guarantee is stated. Other
required and voluntary guarantees should follow in a general format such that
the units of measure used to express guarantees (percentage, parts per million,
International Units, etc.) are listed in a sequence that provides a consistent
grouping of the units of measure as follows:
(A) Required guarantees for swine formula
feeds are as follows:
(i) Animal classes as
follows:
(AA) Prestarter, two (2) to eleven
(11) pounds.
(BB) Starter, eleven
(11) to forty-four (44) pounds.
(CC) Grower, forty-four (44) to one hundred
ten (110) pounds.
(DD) Finisher,
one hundred ten (110) to two hundred forty-two (242) pounds (market).
(EE) Gilts, sows, and adult boars.
(FF) Lactating gilts and sows.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for swine
complete feeds and supplements (all animal classes) as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
lysine.
(CC) Minimum percentage of
crude fat.
(DD) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber.
(EE) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium.
(FF)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus.
(GG) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added).
(HH) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(II) Minimum selenium in parts per
million.
(JJ) Minimum zinc in parts
per million.
(B) Required guarantees for formula poultry
feeds (broilers, layers, and turkeys) as follows:
(i) Animal classes as follows:
(AA) Layer, chickens that are grown to
produce eggs for food, for example, table eggs:
(aa) starting/growing, from day of hatch to
approximately ten (10) weeks of age;
(bb) finisher, from approximately ten (10)
weeks of age to the time first egg is produced (approximately twenty (20) weeks
of age);
(cc) laying, from the time
the first egg is laid throughout the time of egg production; and
(dd) breeders, chickens that produce fertile
eggs for hatch replacement layers to produce eggs for food, table eggs, from
the time the first egg is laid throughout their productive cycle.
(BB) Broilers, chickens that are
grown for human food:
(aa) starting/growing,
from the day of hatch to approximately five (5) weeks of age;
(bb) finisher, from approximately five (5)
weeks of age to market, (forty-two (42) to fifty-two (52) days); and
(cc) breeders, hybrid strains of chickens
whose offspring are grown for human food (broilers) any age and either sex.
(CC) Broilers, breeders,
chickens whose offspring are grown for human food (broilers):
(aa) starting/growing, from the day of hatch
until approximately ten (10) weeks of age;
(bb) finishing, from approximately ten (10)
weeks of age to the time the first egg is produced, approximately twenty (20)
weeks of age; and
(cc) laying,
fertile egg producing chickens (broilers/roasters) from the day of the first
egg throughout the time fertile eggs are produced.
(DD) Turkeys:
(aa) starting/growing, turkeys that are grown
for human food from the day of the hatch to approximately thirteen (13) weeks
of age (females) and sixteen (16) weeks of age (males);
(bb) finisher, turkeys that are grown for
human food, females from approximately thirteen (13) weeks of age to
approximately seventeen (17) weeks of age; males from sixteen (16) weeks of age
to twenty (20) weeks of age (or desired market weight);
(cc) laying, female turkeys that are
producing eggs; from the time the first egg is produced, throughout the time
they are producing eggs; and
(dd)
breeder, turkeys that are grown to produce fertile eggs, from the day of hatch
to the time the first eggs produced (approximately thirty (30) weeks of age),
both sexes.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for poultry complete
feeds and supplements (all animal classes):
(AA) minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(BB) minimum percentage of
lysine;
(CC) minimum percentage of
methionine;
(DD) minimum percentage
of crude fat;
(EE) maximum
percentage of crude fiber;
(FF)
minimum and maximum percentage of calcium;
(GG) minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(HH) minimum and maximum
percentage of salt (if added); and
(II) minimum and maximum percentage of total
sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium exceeds that furnished by the
maximum salt guarantee.
(C) Required guaranteed for beef cattle
formula feeds as follows:
(i) Animal classes
as follows:
(AA) Calves (birth to
weaning).
(BB) Cattle on pasture
may be specific as to production stage, for example:
(aa) shocker;
(bb) feeder;
(cc) replacement heifers;
(dd) brood cows; or
(ee) bulls.
(CC) Feedlot cattle.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for beef complete
feeds and supplements (all animal classes) as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Maximum percentage of
equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen when added.
(CC) Minimum percentage of crude
fat.
(DD) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber.
(EE) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium.
(FF)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus.
(GG) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added).
(HH) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(II) Minimum percentage of
potassium.
(JJ) Minimum vitamin A,
other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if
added).
(iii) Guaranteed
analysis for beef mineral feeds (if added) as follows:
(AA) Minimum and maximum percentage
calcium.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus.
(CC) Minimum and maximum
percentage of salt.
(DD) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(EE) Minimum percentage of
magnesium.
(FF) Minimum percentage
of potassium.
(GG) Minimum copper
in parts per million.
(HH) Minimum
selenium in parts per million.
(II)
Minimum zinc in parts per million.
(JJ) Minimum vitamin A, other than precursors
of vitamin A, in International Units per pound.
(D) Required guarantees for dairy formula
feeds as follows:
(i) Animal classes as
follows:
(AA) Veal milk replacer, milk
replacer to be fed for veal production.
(BB) Herd milk replacer, milk replacer to be
fed for herd replacement calves.
(CC) Starter, approximately three (3) days to
three (3) months.
(DD) Growing
heifers, bulls, and dairy beef as follows:
(aa) Grower 1, three (3) months to twelve
(12) months of age.
(bb) Grower 2,
more than twelve (12) months of age.
(EE) Lactating dairy cattle.
(FF) Nonlactating dairy cattle.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for veal
and herd replacement milk replacer as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage crude
protein.
(BB) Minimum percentage
crude fat.
(CC) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber.
(DD) Minimum and
maximum percentage calcium.
(EE)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus.
(FF) Minimum vitamin A, other than precursors
of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if added).
(iii) Guaranteed analysis for dairy cattle
complete feeds and supplements as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Maximum percentage of
equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen when added.
(CC) Minimum percentage of crude
fat.
(DD) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber.
(EE) Maximum
percentage of acid detergent fiber.
(FF) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium.
(GG) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus.
(HH) Minimum selenium
in parts per million.
(II) Minimum
vitamin A, other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound
(if added).
(iv) Required
guaranteed analysis for dairy mixing and pasture mineral as follows:
(AA) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus.
(CC) Minimum and
maximum percentage of salt.
(DD)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(EE) Minimum percentage of
magnesium.
(FF) Minimum percentage
of potassium.
(GG) Minimum selenium
in parts per million.
(HH) Minimum
vitamin A, other than the precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per
pound.
(E)
Required guarantees for equine formula feeds as follows:
(i) Animal classes as follows:
(AA) Foal.
(BB) Mare.
(CC) Breeding.
(DD) Maintenance.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for equine complete
feeds and supplements (all animal classes) as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
crude fat.
(CC) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber.
(DD) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium.
(EE)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus.
(FF) Minimum copper in parts per
million.
(GG) Minimum selenium in
parts per million.
(HH) Minimum
zinc in parts per million.
(II)
Minimum vitamin A, other than the precursors of vitamin A, in International
Units per pound (if added).
(iii) Guaranteed analysis for equine mineral
feeds (all animal classes) as follows:
(AA)
Minimum and maximum percentage of calcium.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus.
(CC) Minimum and maximum
percentage of salt (if added).
(DD)
Minimum and maximum percentage of sodium shall be guaranteed only when the
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(EE) Minimum copper in parts per
million.
(FF) Minimum selenium in
parts per million.
(GG) Minimum zinc
in parts per million.
(HH) Minimum
vitamin A, other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound
(if added).
(F)
Required guaranteed for goat and sheep formula feeds as follows:
(i) Animal classes as follows:
(AA) Starter.
(BB) Grower.
(CC) Finisher.
(DD) Breeder.
(EE) Lactating.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for goat and sheep
complete feeds and supplements (all animal classes) as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Maximum percentage of
equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen when added.
(CC) Minimum percentage of crude
fat.
(DD) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber.
(EE) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium.
(FF)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus.
(GG) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added).
(HH) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(II) Minimum and maximum copper in parts per
million (if added, or if total copper exceeds twenty (20) parts per
million).
(JJ) Minimum selenium in
parts per million.
(KK) Minimum
vitamin A, other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound
(if added).
(G)
Required guarantees for duck and geese formula feeds as follows:
(i) Animal classes as follows:
(AA) Ducks as follows:
(aa) Starter, zero (0) to three (3) weeks of
age.
(bb) Grower, three (3) to six
(6) weeks of age.
(cc) Finisher, six
(6) weeks to market.
(dd) Breeder
developer, eight (8) to nineteen (19) weeks of age.
(ee) Breeder, twenty-two (22) weeks to end of
lay.
(BB) Geese as
follows:
(aa) Starter, zero (0) to four (4)
weeks of age.
(bb) Grower, four (4)
to eight (8) weeks of age.
(cc)
Finisher, eight (8) weeks to market.
(dd) Breeder developer, ten (10) to
twenty-two (22) weeks of age.
(ee)
Breeder, twenty-two (22) weeks to end of lay.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for duck and geese
complete feeds and supplements (for all animal classes) as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
crude fat.
(CC) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber.
(DD) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium.
(EE)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus.
(FF) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added).
(GG) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt
guarantee.
(H)
Required guarantees for fish complete feeds and supplements as follows:
(i) Animal species shall be declared in lieu
of animal class as follows:
(AA)
Trout.
(BB) Catfish.
(CC) Species other than trout or catfish.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis
for all fish complete feeds and supplements as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
crude fat.
(CC) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber.
(DD) Minimum
percentage of phosphorus.
(I) Required guarantees for rabbit complete
feeds and supplements as follows:
(i) Animal
classes as follows:
(AA) Grower, four (4) to
twelve (12) weeks of age.
(BB)
Breeder, twelve (12) weeks of age and over.
(ii) Guaranteed analysis for rabbit complete
feeds and supplements (all animal classes) as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(BB) Minimum percentage of
crude fat.
(CC) Minimum and maximum
percentage of crude fiber (the maximum crude fiber shall not exceed the minimum
by more than five (5.0) units).
(DD)
Minimum and maximum percentage of calcium.
(EE) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus.
(FF) Minimum and maximum
percentage of salt (if added).
(GG)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(HH) Minimum vitamin A, other than precursors
of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if added).
(J) The required guarantees of
grain mixtures with or without molasses and feeds other than those described in
clauses (A) through (I) shall include the following items, unless exempted in
clause (K), in the order listed as follows:
(i) Animal classes and species for which the
product is intended.
(ii) Guaranteed
analysis as follows:
(AA) Minimum percentage
crude protein.
(BB) Maximum or
minimum percentage of equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen as
required in section 4(e) of this rule.
(CC) Minimum percentage of crude
fat.
(DD) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber.
(EE) Minerals in
formula feeds, to include in the following order:
(aa) Minimum and maximum percentages of
calcium.
(bb) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus.
(cc) Minimum and maximum
percentage of salt (if added).
(dd)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee.
(ee) Other minerals.
(FF) Minerals in feeds ingredients as
specified by the official definitions of the Association of American Feed
Control Officials.
(GG) Vitamins in
such terms as specified in section 4(c) of this rule.
(HH) Total sugars as invert on dried molasses
products or products being sold primarily for their sugar content.
(II) Viable lactic acid producing
micro-organisms for use in silages in terms specified in section 4(g) of this
rule.
(JJ) A commercial feed, for
example, vitamin/mineral premix or base mix, intended to provide a specialized
nutritional source for use in the manufacture of other feeds, must state its
intended purpose and guarantee those nutrients relevant to such stated purpose.
(K) Exemptions
as follows:
(i) A mineral guarantee for feed,
excluding those feeds manufactured as complete feeds and for feed supplements
intended to be mixed with grain to produce a complete feed for swine, poultry,
fish, and veal and herd milk replacers is not required when the feed or feed
ingredient:
(AA) is not intended or
represented or does not serve as a principal source of that mineral to the
animal; or
(BB) is intended for
nonfood producing animals and contains less than six and five-tenths percent
(6.5%) total mineral.
(ii) Guarantees for vitamins are not required
when the commercial feed is neither formulated for nor represented in any
manner as a vitamin supplement.
(iii) Guarantees for crude protein, crude
fat, and crude fiber are not required when the commercial feed is intended for
purposes other than to furnish these substances or they are of minor
significance relating to the primary purpose of the product, such as drug
premixes, mineral or vitamin supplements, and molasses.
(iv) Guarantees for micro-organisms are not
required when the commercial feed is intended for a purpose other than to
furnish these substances or they are of minor significance relating to the
primary purpose of the product, and no specific label claims are
made.
(v) The indication for animal
classes and species is not required on single ingredient products if the
ingredient is not intended, represented, or defined for a specific animal class
or species.
(vi) Mixtures of whole
seeds intended to be fed to wild birds may be labeled showing, by weight
percentage, the amount of seed by kind, and a weight designated as "other" that
includes weed seed, other crop seed, and inert matter contained in the mixture
to total one hundred percent (100%), in lieu of supplying guarantees for
minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, and maximum crude fiber. If the feed
contains greater than two and five-tenths percent (2.5%) weed seed by weight,
the labeling must include the statement, "Note: This feed contains more than
two and five-tenths percent (2.5%) weed seed by weight, printed on the label.".
(5) Feed
ingredients, collective terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, or
appropriate statements as provided under the provisions of Section 6(4) of IC
15-5-13[IC 15-5 was repealed by P.L. 2-2008,
SECTION
83, effective July 1, 2008. See IC
15-19-7-26.]
as follows:
(A) The name of each ingredient
as defined in the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed
Control Officials, common or usual name, or one approved by the
director.
(B) Collective terms for
the grouping of feed ingredients as defined in the Official Definitions of Feed
Ingredients published in the Official Publication of the Association of
American Feed Control Officials in lieu of the individual ingredients, provided
that:
(i) when a collective term for a group
of ingredients is used on the label, individual ingredients within that group
shall not be listed on the label; and
(ii) the manufacturer shall provide the feed
control official, upon request, with a list of individual ingredients, within a
defined group, that are or have been used at manufacturing facilities
distributing in or into the state.
(6) Directions for use and precautionary
statements or reference to their location if the detailed feeding directions
and precautionary statements required by sections 7 and 8 of this rule appear
elsewhere on the label.
(7) Name
and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or person responsible for
distributing the feed. The principal mailing address shall include the street
address, city, state, and zip code; however, the street address may be omitted
if it is shown in the current city directory or telephone directory.
(8) Net weight or quantity statement.
(b) The director or the director's agent may request labels or labeling under the following conditions:
(1) When the license applicant is a new firm
and the labeling practices of the applicant have not been observed.
(2) When labels or labeling of a licensee
have been found to be in violation.
(3) When analytical problems are
noted.
(4) When a consumer
complaint has been received.
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