California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 5 - Sanitation (Environmental) › Subchapter 2 - Foods and Drugs › Group 2 - DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS › Article 16 - PROCESSED PET FOOD REGULATIONS › Section 19025 - Labeling and Restrictions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
						words "dog food," "cat food," or similar designations shall appear conspicuously
						upon the principal display panels of the pet food labels.
(b) The following shall appear on the label:
"Guaranteed Analysis"
Crude
								  protein
--minimum
%
Crude fat
--minimum
%
Crude fiber
--maximum
%
Moisture
--maximum
%
Additional guarantees, if any, shall follow crude
						  fiber.
(c) The ingredients used
						in the manufacture of the processed pet food shall be listed in the ingredient
						statement on the label by their common or usual name as defined in Section
						19005 of this Article in their
						descending order of predominance by weight. When water is added in the preparation
						of a processed pet food, a statement of that fact, for example, "sufficient water
						has been added for processing," may appear at the conclusion of the ingredient
						list.
(d) No product or any of its
						wrappers, packaging or other containers shall bear any false or misleading marking,
						label or other labeling, and no statement, word, picture, design, or device which
						gives a false indication of origin, quality or flavor. No product shall be wholly or
						partly enclosed in any wrapper, packaging or other container that is so made,
						formed, or filled as to be misleading.
(e) All labels shall also comply with the
						provisions of Sections
						27031,
						27032,
						27033,
						and
						27034 of
						the California Health and Safety Code and the U.S. Fair Packaging and Labeling
						Act.
(f) A processed pet food shall not
						be labeled a specific flavor unless a sufficient amount of that ingredient is used
						to impart such characteristic flavor and/or odor to the finished product which is
						detectable by a recognized test method, or is one the presence of which provides a
						characteristic distinguishable by the pet. Any flavor designation on a pet food
						label must either conform to the name of its source as shown in the ingredient
						statement or the ingredient statement shall show the source of the flavor.
(g) The terms "fit for human food," "fit for human
						consumption," or any similar terms are prohibited on the labels or in advertisements
						of a processed pet food.
(h) The name of
						the processed pet food shall not be derived from one or more ingredients of a
						mixture to the exclusion of other ingredients and shall not be one representing any
						components of a mixture of a pet food product unless all components or ingredients
						are included in the name except as specified in paragraphs (f), (i), (j), (k) and (
						l) of this section; provided, that if any ingredient or combination of ingredients
						is intended to impart a distinctive characteristic to the product which is
						significant to the purchaser, the name of that ingredient or combination of
						ingredients may be used as a part of the name of the pet food if:
(1) the ingredient or combination of ingredients
						is present in sufficient quantity to impart a distinctive characteristic to the
						product;
(2) it does not constitute a
						representation that the ingredient or combination of ingredients is present to the
						exclusion of other ingredients; and
(3)
						it is not otherwise false or misleading.