Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-05 - Markets
Chapter 0080-05-05 - Commercial Feed
Section 0080-05-05-.09 - ADULTERANTS
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0080-05-05-.09
Current through December 26, 2024
(1) For the purpose of Section 7 (a)(1) of the Act, the terms "poisonous or deleterious substances include but are not limited to the following:
(a) Fluorine and any
mineral or mineral mixture which is to be used directly for the feeding of
domestic animals and in which the fluorine exceeds 0.30% for cattle; 0.35% for
sheep; 0.45% for swine; and 0.60% for poultry.
(b) Fluorine bearing ingredients when used in
such amounts that they raise the fluorine content of the total ration above the
following amounts: 0.009% for cattle; 0.01% for sheep; 0.014% for swine; and
0.035% for poultry.
(c) Soybean
meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets which have
been extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated solvents.
(d) Sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid and salts
of sulfurous acid when used in or on feeds or feed ingredients which are
considered or reported to be a significant source of Vitamin B1
(Thiamine).
(2) All screenings or by-products of grains and seeds containing weed seeds, when used in commercial feed or sold as such to the ultimate consumer, shall be ground fine enough or otherwise treated to destroy the viability of such weed seeds so that the finished product contains no more than 20 viable prohibited weed seeds per pound and not more than 100 viable restricted weed seeds per pound.
Authority: T.C.A. §44-1127.
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