Current through September 24, 2024
Commercial feeds shall be labeled with the information
prescribed in this regulation on the principal display panel of the product and
in following general format:
(b) Product name and brand
name if any.
(c) If drugs are used:
1. The word "medicated" shall appear directly
following and below the product name in type size no smaller than one half the
type size of the product name.
2.
The purpose of medication (claim statement.)
3. The required direction for use and
precautionary statements or reference to their location if the detailed feeding
directions and precautionary statements required by
0080-05-06-.06 and .07 of this
regulation appear elsewhere on the label.
4. An active drug ingredient statement
listing the active drug ingredients by their established name and the amounts
in accordance with regulation
0080-05-06-.04(4).
(d) The guaranteed analysis of the
feed as required under the provisions of Section
0080-05-06-.05(l)
of the Act include the following items, unless exempted in
0080-05-06-.05(l)
and in the order listed:
1. Minimum percentage
of crude protein.
2. Maximum
percentage of equivalent protein from non-protein nitrogen as required in
regulation 0080-05-06-.04(5).
3. Minimum percentage of crude fat.
4. Maximum percentage of crude
fiber.
5. Minerals to include in
the following order; (a.) minimum and maximum percentages of calcium (CA), (b)
minimum percentages of phosphorus (P), (c) minimum and maximum percentages of
salt (NACL) and (d) other minerals.
6. Vitamins in such terms as specified in
regulation Section 0080-05-06-.04(3).
7. Total sugars as invert on dried molasses
products or products being sold primarily for their molasses content.
8. EXEMPTIONS
(i) Guarantees for minerals are not required
when there are no specific label claims and when the commercial feed contains
less than 6 1/2% of mineral elements.
(ii) Guarantees for vitamins are not required
when the commercial feed is neither formulated for nor represented in any
manner as a vitamin supplement.
(iii) 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.
(e) Feed ingredients, collective
terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, or appropriate statements as
provided under the provisions of Section
0080-05-06-.05(l)
of the Act.
1. The name of each ingredient as
defined in the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients published in the
Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials,
common or usual name, or one approved by the Commissioner.
2. 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 of American Feed
Control Officials in lieu of the individual ingredients; Provided that:
(i) When a collective term for a group of
ingredients is used on the label, individual ingredients within that group
shall not be listed on the label.
(ii) The manufacturer shall provide the feed
control official, 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.
(f) 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 director.
(g) The information required in
0080-05-06-.05(a)
of the Act must appear in its entirety on one side of the label or on one side
of the container. The information required by
0080-05-06-.05(l)
and .06-.07 of the Act shall be displayed in a prominent place on the label or
container but not necessarily on the same side as the above information. When
the information required by
0080-05-06-.05(l)
and .06-.07 is placed on a different side of the label or container, it must be
referenced on the front side with a statement such as "See back of label for
directions for use". None of the information required by
0080-05-06-.05 of the Act shall
be subordinated or obscured by other statements or designs.
Authority: T.C.A. §
4-3-203,
44-1127, and 44-6-110.
