Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 12 - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Chapter 3 - Pet Food
Section 12 KAR 3:027 - Ingredients
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 250.501, 250.521
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 250.571(1) authorizes the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station to promulgate administrative regulations necessary for efficient enforcement of KRS 250.491 to 250.631. KRS 250.521(1)(c) requires that a commercial feed label list the common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of a commercial feed, unless the director promulgates an administrative regulation permitting the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients. This administrative regulation establishes the required format for listing ingredients on the label of pet foods and specialty pet foods.
Section 1. Each ingredient of a pet food or specialty pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement as established in subsections (1) through (4) of this section.
Section 2. The ingredients "meat" or "meat by-products" shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat or meat by-products are derived unless the meat or meat byproducts are derived from cattle, swine, sheep, goats, or any combination thereof. For example, ingredients derived from horses shall be listed as "horsemeat" or "horsemeat by-products".
Section 3. Brand or trade names shall not be used in the ingredient statement.
Section 4. The quality, nature, form, or other attribute of an ingredient may be referenced if:
Section 5. Incorporation by Reference.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 250.521(1)(c), 250.571(1)