Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a)
The guarantees for crude protein, equivalent protein from non-protein nitrogen,
crude fat, crude fiber and mineral guarantees (when required) shall be in terms
of percentage by weight.
(b)
Commercial feeds containing 6 1/2 percent or more mineral elements shall
include in the guaranteed analysis the minimum and maximum percentages of
calcium (Ca), if any, the minimum percentage of phosphorus (P), if any, and if
salt (NaCl) is added, the minimum and maximum percentages of salt. In such
case, the minerals, except salt (NaCl), shall be guaranteed in terms of
percentage of the element. When calcium and/or salt guarantees are given in the
guaranteed analysis, such shall conform to the following:
(1) When the minimum of calcium or salt is
five percent or less, the maximum of the same shall not exceed the minimum by
more than one percentage point.
(2)
When the minimum of calcium or salt is above five percent, the maximum of the
same shall not exceed the minimum by more than 20 percent and in no case shall
the maximum exceed the minimum by more than five percentage points.
(c) Guarantees for minimum vitamin
content of commercial feeds and feed supplements, when made, shall be stated on
the label in milligrams per pound of feed, except that:
(1) Vitamin A, other than precursors of
vitamin A, shall be stated in international or USP units per pound.
(2) Vitamin D, in products offered for
poultry feeding, shall be stated in international chick units per
pound.
(3) Vitamin D for other uses
shall be stated in international or USP units per pound.
(4) Vitamin E shall be stated in
international or USP units per pound.
(5) Guarantees for vitamin content on the
label of any commercial feed shall state the guarantee as true vitamins, not
compounds, with the exception of the compounds, pyridoxine hydrochloride,
choline chloride, thiamin, and d-pantothenic acid.
(6) Oils and premixes containing vitamin A or
vitamin D or both may be labeled to show vitamin content in terms of units per
gram.
(d) Guarantees for
drugs shall be stated in terms of percent by weight, except that:
(1) Antibiotics present at less than 2,000
grams per ton (total) of commercial feed shall be stated in grams per ton of
such feed;
(2) Antibiotics present
at 2,000 or more grams per ton (total) of commercial feed shall be stated in
grams per pound of such feed;
(3)
Labels for commercial feeds containing growth promotion and/or feed efficiency
levels of antibiotics, which are to be fed continuously as the sole ration, are
not required to make quantitative guarantees, except as specifically provided
in the Federal food additive regulations for certain antibiotics, wherein
quantitative guarantees are required regardless of the level or purpose of the
antibiotic.
(4) The term
"milligrams per pound" may be used for drugs or antibiotics in those cases
where a dosage is given in "milligrams" in the feeding directions.
(e) Commercial feeds containing
any added non-protein nitrogen shall be labeled as follows:
(1) Complete feeds, supplements, and
concentrates containing added non-protein nitrogen and containing more than
five percent protein from natural sources shall be guaranteed as follows: Crude
protein, minimum, ________% (This includes not more than ________% equivalent
protein from non-protein nitrogen.)
(2) Mixed feed concentrates and supplements
containing less than five percent protein from natural sources may be
guaranteed as follows: Equivalent crude protein from non-protein nitrogen,
minimum, ________%
(3) Ingredient
sources of non-protein nitrogen such as urea, di-ammonium phosphate, ammonium
polyphosphate solution, ammoniated rice hulls, or other basic non-protein
nitrogen ingredient sources officially defined by AAFCO, except where the
commissioner prescribes otherwise, shall be guaranteed as follows: Nitrogen,
minimum, ________% Equivalent crude protein from non-protein nitrogen, minimum,
________%.
(f) Mineral
phosphatic materials for feeding purposes shall be labeled with the guarantee
for minimum and maximum percentages of calcium (Ca), the minimum percentage of
phosphorus (P), and the maximum percentage of fluorine (F), if any.