California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 2 - Field Crops › Subchapter 2 - Commercial Feed › Article 14 - Definitions and Standards › Section 2802 - Miscellaneous Products

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Oil
					 Cake is the product obtained after the extraction of part of the oil by
					 crushing, cooking, and pressing, or by crushing, heating, and the use of
					 solvents, from vegetable seeds which have been screened and cleaned of weed
					 seed, hulls, and other foreign materials by a commercial process. A name
					 indicative of the source shall be prefixed to the words "oil cake."
(b) Oil Meal is oil cake ground to a meal. A
					 name indicative of the source shall be prefixed to the words "oil
					 meal."
(c) Silage is green fodder
					 that has been preserved with or without additives by ensiling. Normally the
					 material is finely cut and blown into a chamber such as a pit or bag where it
					 is pressed to exclude air and where it undergoes an acid fermentation that
					 retards spoilage. The materials shall be labeled to show the kind of silage,
					 for example, corn silage, oat silage, hay silage. When the product is sold in a
					 formula or mixed feed, all ingredients shall be stated on the label. The label
					 shall state the following guarantees: minimum percent crude protein, minimum
					 percent crude fat, maximum percent crude fiber, maximum percent ash and maximum
					 and minimum percent moisture.
(d)
					 Ground Bean Screenings or Ground Pea Screenings is the ground, broken and
					 culled beans or peas removed from field run beans or peas in the process of
					 recleaning. They shall be free from dirt, pods, and straw.
(e) Charcoal (vegetable) is charred hard or
					 soft wood, nut shells, or fruit pits. If it is wood charcoal, it shall bear a
					 designation indicating whether it is hard wood charcoal or soft wood charcoal.
					 Charcoal from nut shells or fruit pits shall be designated as shell charcoal.
					 When used in a mixed feed the maximum percent shall be stated on the
					 label.
(f) Dried Citrus Pulp,
					 Citrus Meal is the dried, peel and residue of the inside portions, and
					 occasional cull fruits of the citrus family with or without the extraction of
					 part of the juice and part of the oil of the peel. If a neutralizing agent,
					 e.g., calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium hydrate is added as an aid
					 in processing, the maximum percentage shall be stated. If it bears a name
					 descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.
(g) Wet Citrus Pulp, is the peel and residue
					 of the inside portions, and occasional cull fruits of the citrus family with or
					 without the extraction of part of the juice and part of the oil of the peel. If
					 a neutralizing agent, e.g. calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium hydrate
					 is added as an aid in processing, the maximum percentage shall be stated. If it
					 bears a name descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.
(h) Coca Bean Shells or Coca Bean Hulls is
					 the hard outside coating of the coca bean.
(i) Ground Cull Nut Meats or Ground Nut Meat
					 Screenings is the ground fragments, immature, and culled nut meats obtained in
					 the cleaning and grading of nut meats. They shall be free of shells, hulls,
					 dirt, and other foreign material.
(j) Feeding Dried Fruits consists of the
					 culled substandard fruit or surplus production of the dried fruit industry. It
					 may contain an artificial color or flavoring matter which has been approved by
					 the secretary. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind.
(k) Ground Straw or Chopped Straw is ground
					 or chopped cereal or other straws from which the seeds have been removed. It
					 shall bear a name descriptive of its kind. When used in a mixture, the maximum
					 percentage shall be stated.
(l)
					 Ground Dried Vegetables is dried, ground vegetables. It shall bear a name
					 descriptive of its kind.
(m)
					 Buckwheat Middlings is that portion of the buckwheat grain immediately under
					 the hull after separation of the flour containing no more hulls than is
					 obtained in good commercial buckwheat milling practice, and containing not more
					 than 10.0 percent crude fiber.
(n)
					 Dried Kelp is dried seaweed. The maximum percentage of sodium (Na) and the
					 minimum percentage of potassium (K) shall be declared. If the kelp is sold as a
					 source of iodine (I), the minimum percentage of iodine shall be declared. If
					 the product is prepared by artificial drying, it may be called "Dehydrated
					 Kelp."
(o) Dehydrated Silage
					 Pellets are wholesome silage (ensilage) which has been dried by thermal means
					 and formed into pellets by a mechanical process. The product should bear a name
					 descriptive of the type of silage pelleted, such as "Dehydrated Alfalfa Silage
					 Pellets," etc.
(p) Paunch Product,
					 Dehydrated, is a product composed of the contents of the rumen of slaughtered
					 cattle, dehydrated at temperatures over 100 degrees centigrade to a moisture
					 content of 12.0 percent or less, and sufficient to destroy all pathogenic
					 organisms. It shall be dehydrated promptly after removal from the rumen to
					 prevent decomposition.
(q) Bagasse
					 is the portion of the stalk (leaves and tops removed) of sugar cane remaining
					 after extraction of the juice.
(r)
					 Coastal Bermudagrass Hay is the dried aerial portion of the perennial hybrid
					 grass, Coastal Bermuda (Cynodon dactylion) (L.) (Pers.), free of other crop
					 plants, and weeds which have been cultivated as a crop and harvested during a
					 period of active growth. If it is fully ground, it shall be designated as
					 "Coastal Bermudagrass Meal." If it is dried by thermal means, it may be
					 designated as "Dehydrated Coastal Bermudagrass Hay" or "Dehydrated Coastal
					 Bermudagrass Meal."
(s) Dried
					 Tomato Pomace is a dried mixture of tomato skins, pulp, and crushed seeds. If
					 the pomace contains spices used in the production of a tomato product, this
					 shall be shown in the name as "Dried Spiced Tomato Pomace."
(t) Ground Straw is the ground product
					 remaining after separation of the seed from mature forage plants. The source of
					 the material shall constitute a part of the name of the product; i.e., "Ground
					 Blue Grass Straw," "Ground Alfalfa Straw."
(u) Ground Grass is obtained by drying and
					 grinding grass which has been cut before formation of the seed. If a specie
					 name is used, the product shall correspond thereto.
(v) Cereal Food Fines consists of particles
					 of breakfast cereals obtained as a by-product of their processing.
(w) Dried Bakery Product is a mixture of
					 bread, cookies, cake, crackers, flours, and doughs which has been mechanically
					 separated from non-edible materials, artificially dried and ground. If the
					 product contains more than 3.5 percent sodium, the maximum percentage of sodium
					 shall be a part of the name; i.e., Dried Bakery Product with ___ percent
					 sodium.
(x) Buckwheat Hulls is the
					 outer covering of the buckwheat obtained in the milling of buckwheat
					 flour.
(y) Guar Meal is whole guar
					 beans after removal of most of the endosperm. If the product is heat treated,
					 it may be designated as "heat treated" or "toasted."
(z) Synthetic Fatty Alcohol is a blend of
					 long chain linear and branched alcohols with carbon numbers ranging from C 20
					 through C 32 and of hydrocarbons ranging from C 24 through C 40. The product is
					 an off white (straw) color, soft solid, with a melting point of approximately
					 115°F. The product shall contain not less than 95.0 percent long chain
					 alcohols. It shall be labeled to show the minimum percent long chain alcohols,
					 and maximum percent moisture, insoluble and unsaponifiable matter. The
					 statement "For use in ruminant feeds only, not to exceed 5.0 percent of the
					 ration," shall appear on the label. When used in blended fat or other fat
					 products, the percent shall be stated.
(aa) Salvage Pet Food is a product resulting
					 from pet food manufacturing. This product may consist of, but is not limited
					 to, start-up and over-run product, unfinished pet food, pet food fines and
					 other product not suitable for packaging for retail sale. If it contains, or
					 may contain, any material identified by Code of Federal Regulations Title 21,
					 Part 589.2000, April 1, 2021, hereby incorporated by reference, as prohibited
					 from use in the feed of ruminant animals, or if it is no longer accompanied by
					 a detailed label listing all of the ingredients in the salvage pet food, the
					 label must contain the precautionary statement "Do not feed to cattle or other
					 ruminants." It shall be free of foreign materials harmful to animals, suitable
					 for the purpose for which it is being marketed, and properly labeled for its
					 intended use.
(ab) Distressed Pet
					 Food is a product resulting from pet food distribution, but which is no longer
					 available for retail sale. This product may be pet food in, but not limited to,
					 dented cans, torn bags, product past its sell-by date, or returned product that
					 is suitable for use in feed. It may consist of a single formula, still in the
					 original packaging, or a variety of formulas commingled into one bulk container
					 and containing none of the original packaging or labeling. If it contains, or
					 may contain, any material identified by Code of Federal Regulations Title 21,
					 Part 589.2000, April 1, 2021, hereby incorporated by reference, as prohibited
					 from use in the feed of ruminant animals, or if it is no longer accompanied by
					 a detailed label listing all of the ingredients in the distressed product, the
					 label must contain the precautionary statement "Do not feed to cattle or other
					 ruminants." It shall be free of foreign materials harmful to animals, suitable
					 for the purpose for which it is being marketed, and properly labeled for its
					 intended use.
1.
						Repealer of subsection (c) filed 11-4-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 76, No. 45).
2. New subsections (c) and (aa) and amendment
						of subsection (p) filed 7-2-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
						82, No. 27).
3. Amendment filed 1-30-2002; operative 1-30-2002
						pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2002, No. 5).
4. Repealer of subsection (v), subsection
						relettering and new subsections (aa)-(ab) filed 3-29-2022; operative 3-29-2022
						pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2022, No. 13). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
						11349.3(a)
						extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407
						  and
						  14902,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  14992
						  and
						  15011,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.