New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Agr - Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food
Chapter Agr 1200 - COMMERCIAL FEEDS
Part Agr 1203 - PET FOOD AND SPECIALTY PET FOOD
Section Agr 1203.06 - Drugs and Pet Food Additives

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Agr 1203.06

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) An artificial color shall be used in a pet food or specialty pet food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets or specialty pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color in the United States Food and Drug regulations, Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 73, as safe for use, together with the conditions, limitations, and tolerances, if any, incorporated therein, shall be deemed to be satisfactory evidence that the color is, when used pursuant to such regulations, harmless to pets or specialty pets.

(b) Evidence may be required to prove the safety and efficacy or utility of a pet food or specialty pet food which contains additives or drugs, when used according to directions furnished on the label.

(c) Satisfactory evidence of the safety and efficacy of a pet food or specialty pet food shall be as follows:

(1) When the pet food or specialty pet food contains such additives, the use of which conforms to the requirements of the applicable regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, or are "GRAS" for such use; or

(2) When the pet food or specialty pet food itself is a drug or contains a drug as defined in RSA 435:19, VII and is "generally recognized as safe and effective" for the labeled use or is marketed subject to an application approved by the Food and Drug Administration under Title 21, U.S.C. 360(b).

(d) When a drug is included in a pet food or specialty pet food, the format required by Agr 1202.03(b) for labeling medicated feeds shall be used.

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