Current through September 16, 2024
Commercial feeds must be labeled with the information
prescribed in this regulation on the principal display panel of the product and
in the following general format:
2. Product name and
brand name, if any.
3. If drugs are
used:
(a) The word "medicated" must appear
directly following and below the product name in type size no smaller than
one-half the type size of the product name.
(b) The purpose of medication (claim
statement).
(c) The required
direction for use and precautionary statements or reference to their location
if the detailed feeding directions and precautionary statements required by
this chapter appear elsewhere on the label.
(d) An active drug ingredient statement
listing the active drug ingredients by their established name and the amounts
in accordance with NAC 587.550.
4. The guaranteed analysis of the feed as
required under the provisions of section 4 of the act must include the
following items, in the order listed unless otherwise exempted:
(a) Minimum percentage of crude
protein.
(b) Maximum percentage of
equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen as required in NAC
587.590.
(c) Minimum percentage of
crude fat.
(d) Maximum percentage
of crude fiber.
(e) Minerals, to
include, in the following order:
(1) Minimum
and maximum percentages of calcium (Ca);
(2) Minimum percentages of phosphorus
(P);
(3) Minimum and maximum
percentages of salt (NaCl); and
(4)
Other minerals.
(f)
Vitamins in such terms as specified in NAC 587.540.
(g) Total sugars as invert on dried molasses
products or products being sold primarily for their molasses content.
(h) Exemptions:
(1) Guarantees for minerals are not required
when specific label claims are absent and when the commercial feed contains
less than 6 1/2 percent of mineral elements.
(2) Guarantees for vitamins are not required
when the commercial feed is neither formulated for nor represented in any
manner as a vitamin supplement.
(3)
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.
5.
Feed ingredients, collective terms for the grouping of feed ingredients:
(a) The name of each ingredient as defined in
the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients published in the official
publication of the Association, 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 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 need not be listed on the
label.
(2) The manufacturer shall
provide the Director, upon request, with a listing of individual ingredients,
within a defined group, that are or have been used at manufacturing facilities
distributing in or into the State.
6. 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.
7. The information required in this
regulation must appear in its entirety on one side of the label or on one side
of the container. None of the information required shall be subordinated or
obscured by other statements or designs.
Dep't of Agriculture
Reg., 87.71, eff. 10-1-74
NRS 587.680
