Ohio Administrative Code
Title 901:5 - Plant Industry
Chapter 901:5-7 - Commercial Feeds
Section 901:5-7-02 - Label guarantees for drugs, minerals, vitamins and moisture
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 901:5-7-02
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Each person who distributes a commercial feed which guarantees drug, vitamin, or mineral content shall attach a label which states guarantees:
(1) For drugs, other than antibiotics, in
terms of percentage by weight;
(2)
For each antibiotic in grams per ton of feed when the total of all antibiotics
included is less than two thousand grams per ton of feed;
(3) For each antibiotic in grams per pound of
feed when the total of all antibiotics included is two thousand grams or more
per ton of feed;
(4) In milligrams
per pound of feed, in lieu of percentage or gram declarations for drugs,
including antibiotics, only in those cases where dosage is given as milligrams
per day in the feeding directions;
(5) For minerals, as a percentage of the
element with the minimum and maximum percentage of calcium, minimum percentage
of phosphorus, minimum and maximum percentage of salt, and the minimum and/or
maximum percentages of other minerals being specified. The requirements for a
salt guarantee shall apply only if salt is added.
(a) When calcium and salt guarantees are
given in the guaranteed analysis, such shall be stated and conform to the
following:
(i) When the minimum is below 2.5
per cent, the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than 0.5 percentage
point.
(ii) When the minimum is
2.5 per cent but less than 5.0 per cent, the maximum shall not exceed the
minimum by more than one percentage point.
(iii) When the minimum is above five per cent
or greater, the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than twenty per
cent of the minimum and in no case shall the maximum exceed the minimum by more
than five percentage points.
(b) When required, guarantees for minimum
potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and maximum fluoride shall be stated in terms of
percentage. Other minimum mineral guarantees shall be stated in parts per
million (PPM) when the concentration is less than ten thousand PPM and in
percentage when the concentration is ten thousand PPM (one per cent) or
greater.
(6) For
vitamins in milligrams per pound of feed except that:
(a) Vitamin A, other than precursors of
vitamin A, shall be stated in international units per pound of feed;
(b) Vitamin D in products offered for poultry
feeding, shall be stated in international chick units, per pound of feed;
(c) Vitamin D for other uses shall
be stated in international units per pound of feed; and
(d) Vitamin E shall be stated in
international units per pound of feed.
(7) For sugars, as invert on dried molasses
products or products being sold primarily for their molasses content.
(B) Each person who guarantees the vitamin content of a commercial feed shall on the label, express the vitamin activity of the following vitamins: menadione; riboflavin; dpanthothenic acid; thiamine; niacin; vitamin B-6; folic acid; choline; biotin; inositol; P-amino benzoic acid; ascorbic acid; and carotene, in milligrams per pound.
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