Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 200 - COMMERCIAL FEED ACT › Subpart A - COMMERCIAL FEED (EXCEPT PET FOOD) › Section 200.25 - Label Format

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Commercial feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall be labeled with the
				information prescribed in this Section on the principal display panel of the
				product and in the following general format:
1) Net Weight (may be stated in metric units
				in addition to the required avoirdupois units).
2) Product name and brand name, if
				any.
3) If a drug is used:
A) 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.
B)
				The purpose of the medication (claim statement).
C) An active drug ingredient statement
				listing the active drug ingredients by their established name and the amounts
				in accordance with Section
				200.45(d).
4) Directions for use and
				precautionary statements or reference to their location if the detailed feeding
				directions and precautionary statements required by Sections
				200.65
				and
				200.75
				appear elsewhere on the label.
5)
				The guaranteed analysis of the commercial feed which shall include the
				following items, unless exempted in subsection J of this Section, and they
				shall appear in the order as listed:
A)
				Minimum percentage of crude protein.
B) Maximum or minimum percentage of
				equivalent protein from non-protein nitrogen as required in Section
				200.45(e).
C) Minimum percentage of crude fat.
D) Maximum percentage of crude
				fiber.
E) Minerals in commercial
				feeds shall be listed in the following order:
i) minimum and maximum percentages of
				calcium,
ii) minimum percentage of
				phosphorus,
iii) minimum and
				maximum percentages of salt, and
iv) maximum or minimum percentages of other
				minerals.
F) Minerals in
				feed ingredients shall be those as specified by the official definitions of the
				Association of American Feed Control Officials which is adopted in Section 10
				of the Act.
G) Vitamins in such
				terms as specified in Section
				200.45(c).
H) Total percentages of sugars as invert on
				dried molasses products or products being sold primarily for their sugar
				content.
I) Viable lactic acid
				producing microorganisms for use in silages in terms specified in Section
				200.45(g).
J) Exemptions:
i) A mineral guarantee is not required when
				the feed or feed ingredient is not represented as or does not serve as a
				principal source of that mineral to the animal or where the commercial feed
				contains less than a total of 6.5 % calcium, phosphorous or salt.
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 relating to the primary purpose
				of the product, e.g. such as drug premixes, mineral or vitamin supplements, and
				molasses.
iv) Guarantees for
				microorganisms are not required when the commercial feed is intended for a
				purpose other than to furnish these substances relating to the primary purpose
				of the product, and no specific label claims are made.
6) Feed ingredients or collective
				terms for the grouping of feed ingredients as required by Section 5(a)(4) of
				the Act.
A) The common or usual name of each
				ingredient as defined in the Official Publication of the Association of
				American Feed Control Officials, which is adopted in Section 10 of the
				Act.
B) 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 may be used 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; and
ii) the manufacturer shall provide the
				Director, upon request, with a list of individual ingredients, within a defined
				group, that are or have been used in the commercial feed.
7) Name and principal mailing
				address of the manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the
				commercial feed. The principal mailing address shall include the city, state,
				and zip code.
8) The information
				required by Section 5(a)(1) through (5) of the Act shall appear in its entirety
				on one side of the label. The information required by Section 5(a)(6) and (7)
				of the Act shall be displayed in a prominent place on the label but not
				necessarily on the same side as the information required by Section 5(a)(1)
				through (5) of the Act. When the information required by Section 5(a)(6) and
				(7) of the Act is placed on a different side of the label, 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 Section 5 of the Act
				shall be subordinated or obscured by other statements or designs.