Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1510 - SEEDS, FERTILIZERS, FEEDS
RULES FOR PET FOOD AND SPECIALTY PET FOOD
Part 1510.2500 - DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

Universal Citation: MN Rules 1510.2500

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Subpart 1. Scope.

The definitions in this part and Minnesota Statutes, section 25.33, apply to parts 1510.2500 to 1510.2595.

Subp. 2. All life stages.

"All life stages" means gestation/lactations, growth, and adult maintenance life stages.

Subp. 3. Family.

"Family" means a group of products that are nutritionally adequate for any or all life stages based on nutritional similarity to a lead product, which has been successfully test-fed according to an AAFCO feeding protocol.

Subp. 4. Immediate container.

"Immediate container" means the unit, can, box, tin, bag, or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food or specialty pet food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping containers.

Subp. 5. Ingredient statement.

"Ingredient statement" means a collective and contiguous listing on a label of the ingredients making up the pet food or specialty pet food.

Subp. 6. Principal display panel.

"Principal display panel" means the part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.

Statutory Authority: MS s 25.40

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