Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule and requirements conform to the
AAFCO Model Rules. Missouri Commercial Feed Law states that products are
misbranded if not labeled for appropriate use. Restrictions by FDA on meat and
bone meal use are covered by this rule.
(1) Product name and brand name, if any,
under which the commercial feed is distributed.
(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 with the use. A commercial feed labeled for a particular species
and class of animal 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 that
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 component
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 crude
protein or equivalent crude protein content only, or both, 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 practice. Digital numbers shall not be
used in a manner to be misleading or confusing to the consumer.
(F) Single ingredient feeds shall have a
product name in accordance with the designated definition of feed ingredients
as established by
2
CSR 70-30.015, unless the director designates
otherwise.
(G) The word vitamin, or
a contraction, 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
2 CSR
70-30.040(3).
(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.
(2) Prohibited Mammalian Protein in Ruminant
Feeds.
(A) Mammalian protein ingredients
cannot be used in ruminant feed, excluding: blood and blood products; gelatin;
inspected meat products which have been cooked and offered for human food and
further heat processed for feed (such as plate waste and used cellulosic food
casing); and any product whose only mammalian protein consists entirely of
porcine (swine) or equine (horse) protein.
(B) Any product containing prohibited
mammalian protein must have the following precautionary statement "DO NOT FEED
TO CATTLE OR OTHER RUMINANTS." Pet food and specialty pet food labels will not
be required to contain this caution statement if products are sold at a retail
level.
(3) If a drug is
used-
(A) The word "Medicated" shall appear
directly following and below the product name in type size no smaller than
one-half (1/2) the type size of the product name;
(B) The purpose statement shall be written as
required in
2 CSR
70-30.030(4);
(C) The purpose of medication (claim
statement) shall be given; and
(D)
An active ingredient statement listing the active drug ingredients by their
established name and the amounts shall be listed in accordance with
2 CSR
70-30.040(4).
(4) Purpose Statement.
(A) The statement of purpose shall contain
the specific species and animal class(es) for which the feed is intended,
section
266.175(5),
RSMo.
(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 which may include, but is not limited to weight range(s), sex, or
ages of the animal(s) for which the feed is manufactured, section
2 CSR
70-30.030(5).
(C) The purpose statement may be excluded
from the label if the product name includes a description of the species and
animal class(es) 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.
(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
feed.
(F) The purpose statement of
a product shall include a statement of enzyme functionality if enzymatic
activity is represented in any manner.
(5) Nutritional Guaranteed Analysis.
(A) Sequence of nutritional guarantees, when
stated, shall be-
1. Crude protein;
2. Equivalent crude protein from non-protein
nitrogen (NPN);
3. Amino
acids;
4. Crude fat;
5. Crude fiber;
6. Acid detergent fiber (ADF);
7. Calcium;
8. Phosphorus;
9. Salt;
10. Sodium; and
11. Other required and voluntary
guarantees.
(B) Examples
of Other Required and Voluntary Guarantees (sequenced to provide consistent
grouping of units of measure)-
1. Percentage
(%);
2. Parts per million (ppm);
and/or
3. International units
(IU).
(C) Required
Species Specific Guarantees.
1. Required
guarantees for swine formula feeds.
A. Animal
classes-
(I) Pre-starter-2 to 11
pounds;
(II) Starter-11 to 44
pounds;
(III) Grower-44 to 110
pounds;
(IV) Finisher-110 to 242
pounds (market);
(V) Gilts, sows
and adult boars; and
(VI) Lactating
gilts and sows.
B.
Guaranteed analysis for swine complete feeds and supplements (all animal
classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Minimum percentage of
lysine;
(III) Minimum percentage of
crude fat;
(IV) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber;
(V) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium;
(VI)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus;
(VII) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added);
(VIII) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee;
(IX) Minimum selenium in ppm; and
(X) Minimum zinc in ppm.
2. Required guarantees for poultry
formula feeds (broilers, layers and turkeys).
A. Animal classes-
(I) Layer-Chickens that are grown to produce
eggs for food, e.g., table eggs-
(a)
Starting/growing-From day of hatch to approximately ten (10) weeks of
age;
(b) Finisher-From
approximately ten (10) weeks of age to time first egg is produced
(approximately twenty (20) weeks of age);
(c) Laying-From time first egg is laid
throughout the time of egg production; and
(d) Breeders-Chickens that produce fertile
eggs for hatch replacement layers to produce eggs for food, table eggs, from
time first egg is laid throughout their productive cycle;
(II) Broilers-Chickens that are grown for
human food-
(a) Starting/growing-From day of
hatch to approximately five (5) weeks of age;
(b) Finisher-From approximately five (5)
weeks of age to market (42 to 52 days); and
(c) Breeders-Hybrid strains of chickens whose
offspring are grown for human food (broilers), any age and either
sex;
(III) Broilers,
Breeders-Chickens whose offspring are grown for human food (broilers)-
(a) Starting/growing-From day of hatch until
approximately ten (10) weeks of age;
(b) Finishing-From approximately ten (10)
weeks of age to time first egg is produced, approximately twenty (20) weeks of
age;
(c) Laying-Fertile egg
producing chickens (broilers/roasters) from day of first egg throughout the
time fertile eggs are produced; and
(IV) Turkeys-
(a) Starting/growing-Turkeys that are grown
for human food from day of hatch to approximately thirteen (13) weeks of age
(females) and sixteen (16) weeks of age (males);
(b) 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);
(c) Laying-Female turkeys that are producing
eggs; from time first egg is produced, throughout the time they are producing
eggs; and
(d) Breeder-Turkeys that
are grown to produce fertile eggs, from day of hatch to time first egg is
produced (approximately thirty (30) weeks of age), both sexes.
B. Guaranteed analysis
for poultry complete feeds and supplements (all animal classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Minimum percentage of
lysine;
(III) Minimum percentage of
methionine;
(IV) Minimum percentage
of crude fat;
(V) Maximum
percentage of crude fiber;
(VI)
Minimum and maximum percentage of calcium;
(VII) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(VIII) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total salt, if added;
(IX) Minimum and maximum percentage of total
sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium exceeds that furnished by the
maximum salt guarantee.
3. Required guarantees for beef cattle
formula feeds.
A. Animal classes-
(I) Calves (birth to weaning);
(II) Cattle on pasture (may be specific as to
production stage; e.g. stocker, feeder, replacement heifers, brood cows, bulls,
etc.); and
(III) Feedlot
cattle.
B. Guaranteed
analysis for beef complete feeds and supplements (all animal classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Maximum percentage of
equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) when added;
(III) Minimum percentage of crude
fat;
(IV) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber;
(V) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium;
(VI)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus;
(VII) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added);
(VIII) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee;
(IX) Minimum percentage of potassium;
and
(X) Minimum vitamin A, other
than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if
added).
C. Guaranteed
analysis for beef mineral feeds (if added)-
(I) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium;
(II) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(III) Minimum and
maximum percentage of salt;
(IV)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee;
(V) Minimum percentage of
magnesium;
(VI) Minimum percentage
of potassium;
(VII) Minimum copper
in ppm;
(VIII) Minimum selenium in
ppm;
(IX) Minimum zinc in ppm;
and
(X) Minimum Vitamin A, other
than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound.
4. Required guarantees
for dairy formula feeds.
A. Animal classes-
(I) Veal milk replacer-Milk replacer to be
fed for veal production;
(II) Herd
milk replacer-Milk replacer to be fed for herd replacement calves;
(III) Starter-Approximately three (3) days to
three (3) months;
(IV) Growing
heifers, bulls and dairy beef-
(a) Grower
1-Three (3) months to twelve (12) months of age; and
(b) Grower 2-More than twelve (12) months of
age;
(V) Lactating dairy
cattle; and
(VI) Non-lactating
dairy cattle.
B.
Guaranteed analysis for veal and herd replacement milk replacer-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Minimum percentage of
crude fat;
(III) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber;
(IV) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium;
(V)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus; and
(VI) Minimum vitamin A, other than precursors
of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if added).
C. Guaranteed analysis for dairy cattle
complete feeds and supplements-
(I) Minimum
percentage of crude protein;
(II)
Maximum percentage of equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen (NPN)
when added;
(III) Minimum
percentage of crude fat;
(IV)
Maximum percentage of crude fiber;
(V) Maximum percentage of acid detergent
fiber (ADF);
(VI) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium;
(VII) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(VIII) Minimum selenium
in ppm; and
(IX) Minimum vitamin A,
other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if
added).
D. Required
guaranteed analysis for dairy mixing and pasture mineral-
(I) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium;
(II) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(III) Minimum and
maximum percentage of salt;
(IV)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee;
(V) Minimum percentage of
magnesium;
(VI) Minimum percentage
of potassium;
(VII) Minimum
selenium in ppm; and
(VIII) Minimum
vitamin A, other than the precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per
pound.
5.
Required guarantees for equine formula feeds.
A. Animal classes-
(I) Foal;
(II) Mare;
(III) Breeding; and
(IV) Maintenance.
B. Guaranteed analysis for equine complete
feeds and supplements (all animal classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Minimum percentage of
crude fat;
(III) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber;
(IV) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium;
(V)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus;
(VI) Minimum copper in ppm;
(VII) Minimum selenium in ppm;
(VIII) Minimum zinc in ppm; and
(IX) Minimum vitamin A, other than the
precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if added).
C. Guaranteed analysis for equine
mineral feeds (all animal classes)-
(I).
Minimum and maximum percentage of calcium;
(II) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(III) Minimum and
maximum percentage of salt (if added);
(IV) Minimum and maximum percentage of sodium
shall be guaranteed only when the total sodium exceeds that furnished by the
maximum salt guarantee;
(V) Minimum
copper in ppm;
(VI) Minimum
selenium in ppm;
(VII) Minimum zinc
in ppm; and
(VIII) Minimum vitamin
A, other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if
added).
6.
Required guarantees for goat and sheep formula feeds.
A. Animal classes-
(I) Starter;
(II) Grower;
(III) Finisher;
(IV) Breeder; and
(V) Lactating.
B. Guaranteed analysis for goat and sheep
complete feeds and supplements (all animal classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Maximum percentage of
equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) when added;
(III) Minimum percentage of crude
fat;
(IV) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber;
(V) Minimum and
maximum percentage of calcium;
(VI)
Minimum percentage of phosphorus;
(VII) Minimum and maximum percentage of salt
(if added);
(VIII) Minimum and
maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium
exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee;
(IX) Minimum and maximum copper in parts per
million (ppm) (if added, or if total copper exceeds twenty (20) ppm);
(X) Minimum selenium in parts per million
(ppm); and
(XI) Minimum vitamin A,
other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units per pound (if
added).
7.
Required guarantees for duck and geese formula feeds.
A. Animal classes-
(I) Ducks-
(a) Starter-0 to 3 weeks of age;
(b) Grower-3 to 6 weeks of age;
(c) Finisher-6 weeks to market;
(d) Breeder developer-8 to 19 weeks of age;
and
(e) Breeder-22 weeks to end of
lay; and
(II) Geese-
(a) Starter-0 to 4 weeks of age;
(b) Grower-4 to 8 weeks of age;
(c) Finisher-8 weeks to market;
(d) Breeder developer-10 to 22 weeks of age;
and
(e) Breeder-22 weeks to end of
lay.
B.
Guaranteed analysis for duck and geese complete feeds and supplements (for all
animal classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of
crude protein;
(II) Minimum
percentage of crude fat;
(III)
Maximum percentage of crude fiber;
(IV) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium;
(V) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(VI) Minimum and
maximum percentage of salt (if added); and
(VII) Minimum and maximum percentage of total
sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium exceeds that furnished by the
maximum salt guarantee.
8. Required guarantees for fish complete
feeds and supplements.
A. Animal species shall
be declared in lieu of animal class-
(I)
Trout;
(II) Catfish; and
(III) Species other than trout or
catfish.
B. Guaranteed
analysis for all fish complete feeds and supplements-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Minimum percentage of
crude fat;
(III) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber; and
(IV) Minimum
percentage of phosphorus.
9. Required guarantees for rabbit complete
feeds and supplements.
A. Animal classes-
(I) Grower-four (4) to twelve (12) weeks of
age; and
(II) Breeder-twelve (12)
weeks of age and over.
B. Guaranteed analysis for rabbit complete
feeds and supplements (all animal classes)-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Minimum percentage of
crude fat;
(III) Minimum and
maximum percentage of crude fiber (the maximum crude fiber shall not exceed the
minimum by more than five (5.0) units);
(IV) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium;
(V) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(VI) Minimum and
maximum percentage of salt (if added);
(VII) Minimum and maximum percentage of total
sodium shall be guaranteed only when total sodium exceeds that furnished by the
maximum salt guarantee; and
(VIII)
Minimum vitamin A, other than precursors of vitamin A, in International Units
per pound (if added).
10. The required guarantees of grain mixtures
with or without molasses and feeds other than those described in
2 CSR
70-30.030(5)(A)-(C) shall include the
following items, unless exempted in
2 CSR
70-30.030(5)(C) 11., in the order
listed:
A. Animal class(es) and species for
which the product is intended; and
B. Guaranteed analysis-
(I) Minimum percentage of crude
protein;
(II) Maximum or minimum
percentage of equivalent crude protein from non-protein nitrogen (NPN) as
required in
2 CSR
70-30.070;
(III) Minimum percentage of crude
fat;
(IV) Maximum percentage of
crude fiber;
(V) Minerals in
formula feeds, to include in the following order:
(a) Minimum and maximum percentage of
calcium;
(b) Minimum percentage of
phosphorus;
(c) Minimum and maximum
percentage of salt (if added);
(d)
Minimum and maximum percentage of total sodium shall be guaranteed only when
total sodium exceeds that furnished by the maximum salt guarantee;
and
(e) Other minerals;
(VI) Minerals in feed ingredients-
as specified by the official definitions of the Association of American Feed
Control Officials;
(VII) Vitamins
in such terms as specified in
2 CSR
70-30.040(3)(G).
(VIII) Total sugars as invert on dried
molasses products or products being sold primarily for their sugar
content;
(IX) Viable lactic acid
producing microorganisms for use in silages in terms specified in
2 CSR
70-30.040(7); and
(X) A commercial feed (e.g. vitamin/mineral
premix, base mix, etc.) 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. Article II of
AAFCO's "Criteria for Labeling Nutritional Indicators" is not applicable to the
label guarantees for those specified commercial feeds.
11. Exemptions.
A. 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-
(I) The feed or feed ingredient is not
intended or represented or does not serve as a principal source of that mineral
to the animal; or
(II) The feed or
feed ingredient is intended for non-food producing animals and contains less
than six and one-half percent (6.5%) total mineral.
B. Guarantees for vitamins are not required
when the commercial feed is neither formulated for nor represented in any
manner as a vitamin supplement.
C.
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.
D. Guarantees for
microorganisms 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.
E. The
indication for animal class(es) and species is not required on single
ingredient products if the ingredient is not intended, represented, or defined
for a specific animal class(es) or species.
(6) Feed ingredients, collective
terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, or appropriate statements as
provided.
(A) The name of each ingredient as
defined in the Official Publication of the American
Association of 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-
1. 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;
2. 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; and
(C) The licensee may affix the statement,
"Ingredients as filed with the state" in lieu of ingredient list on the label.
The list of ingredients must be on file with the director. This list shall be
made available to the feed purchaser upon request.
(7) Directions for use and precautionary
statements or reference to their location if the detailed feeding directions
and precautionary statements required appear elsewhere on the label.
(8) Name and principal mailing address of the
manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the feed. The principal
mailing address includes the street address, city, state, zip code; however,
the street address may be omitted if it is shown in the current city directory
or telephone directory. Only one (1) name and address is allowed per
label.
(9) Quantity statement
expressed as the numerical quantity in pounds with metric equivalent followed
in parentheses; net volume (liquid or dry); or count.
*Original authority 1972, amended 1993, 1995,
1997.