Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 27 - Feed
Part 1 - COMMERCIAL FEED
Section 35:30-27-9.1 - Aflatoxin contaminated corn as a feed ingredient
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 35:30-27-9.1
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Aflatoxin contaminated corn when unblended may be used as a feed ingredient pursuant to the following action levels:
(1) Less than 20 ppb total aflatoxins
may be utilized as a feed ingredient intended for dairy animals, immature
animals, animals not listed below, or other undesignated uses.
(2) One (1) to 100 ppb total aflatoxins may
be utilized as a feed ingredient intended for breeding cattle, breeding swine,
and mature poultry.
(3) One (1) to
200 ppb total aflatoxins may be utilized as a feed ingredient intended for
finishing swine over 100 pounds.
(4) One (1) to 300 ppb total aflatoxins may
be utilized as a feed ingredient intended for finishing beef cattle in
confinement.
(b) A commercial handler of whole corn may blend lots of whole corn originally containing more than 300 ppb but not more than 500 ppb of total aflatoxins, pursuant to the following restrictions:
(1)
The final lot of blended corn shall contain less than 200 ppb total aflatoxins
as determined by a commercial laboratory using approved Association of
Analytical Chemists International (AOACI) methods, or the Oklahoma Department
of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry laboratory.
(2) The blended corn shall only be used as a
feed ingredient intended for finishing beef cattle in confinement even if the
final blended product contains less than 20 ppb.
(3) The blended corn shall be prohibited from
distribution into interstate commerce or conversion to any other use.
(4) The facility shall maintain records
indicating the amount of corn blended, the aflatoxin laboratory test results,
and distribution records for a minimum of two (2) years and the records shall
be made available to the Department upon request.
(c) The label requirements for corn containing aflatoxin shall be the following:
(1) Whole, unblended corn containing total
aflatoxins of 20 ppb or more shall be accompanied by a label bearing the range
of aflatoxin contamination (i.e. if the test indicates 50 ppb the range should
be 20 - 100 ppb), the intended species in accordance with the listed action
levels, and the appropriate warning statement pursuant to the general format
listed below:
(A) Feed corn.
(B) This product contains between _____ and
_____ ppb aflatoxin. May be fed to _______________________.
(C) WARNINGS: This product may not be fed to
dairy animals or immature animals. Not for human use.
(D) Supplier's name, address, and
city/state/zip.
(E) Net wt. _____
lb. (_____ kg).
(2) The
blended corn shall be accompanied by a label indicating that the corn is
blended, the level of total aflatoxins in the final blended product, the date
of laboratory analysis, the intended use, and the appropriate warning statement
pursuant to the general format listed below:
(A) Blended corn.
(B) For finishing beef cattle in confinement
only.
(C) This product contains
_____ ppb aflatoxin, as determined by laboratory analysis on ______.
(D) WARNINGS: Feed only to finishing beef
cattle fed in confinement. Not for human use.
(E) Manufactured by: Manufacturer's name,
address, and city/state/zip.
(F)
Net wt. _____ lb. (_____ kg).
Added at 27 Ok Reg 99, eff 8-31-09 (emergency); Added at 27 Ok Reg 1119, eff 7-1-10
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