Indiana Administrative Code › Title 355 - STATE CHEMIST OF THE STATE OF INDIANA › Article 6 - ANIMAL FOODS › Rule 1 - General Provisions › Section 1-3 - Label information

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  15-19-7-34
Affected: IC
				  15-19-7-26;
				  IC
				  15-19-7-28
Sec. 3.
(a)
				Commercial feed, other than custom-mixed feed, shall be labeled with the
				information prescribed as follows:
(1)
				Product name and brand name, if any, as follows:
(A) The brand or product name must be
				appropriate for the intended use of the feed and must not be misleading. If the
				name indicates the feed is made for a specific use, the character of the feed
				must conform therewith. A commercial feed for a particular animal class must be
				suitable for that purpose.
(B)
				Commercial, registered brand or trade names are not permitted in guarantees or
				ingredient listings and only in the product name of feeds produced by or for
				the firm holding the rights to such a name.
(C) The name of a commercial feed shall not
				be derived from one (1) or more ingredients of a mixture to the exclusion of
				other ingredients and shall not be one representing any components of a mixture
				unless all components are included in the name, provided, that if any
				ingredient or combination of ingredients is intended to impart a distinctive
				characteristic to the product which is of significance to the purchaser, the
				name of that ingredient or combination of ingredients may be used as a part of
				the brand name or product name if the ingredient or combination of ingredients
				is quantitatively guaranteed in the guaranteed analysis, and the brand or
				product name is not otherwise false or misleading.
(D) The word "protein" shall not be permitted
				in the product name of a feed that contains added nonprotein
				nitrogen.
(E) When the name carries
				a percentage value, it shall be understood to signify protein and/or equivalent
				protein from nonprotein nitrogen content only, even though it may not
				explicitly modify the percentage with the word "protein", provided that other
				percentage values may be permitted if they are followed by the proper
				description and conform to good labeling practices. Digital numbers shall not
				be used in a product name in such a manner as to be misleading or confusing to
				the customer.
(F) Single ingredient
				feeds shall have a product name in accordance with the designated definition of
				feed ingredients as recognized by the Association of American Feed Control
				Officials unless the director designates otherwise.
(G) The word "vitamin", or a contraction
				thereof, or any word suggesting vitamin can be used only in the name of a feed
				which is represented to be a vitamin supplement, and which is labeled with the
				minimum content of each vitamin declared, as specified in section 4(c) of this
				rule.
(H) The term "mineralized"
				shall not be used in the name of a feed except for "TRACE MINERALIZED SALT".
				When so used, the product must contain significant amounts of trace minerals
				which are recognized as essential for animal nutrition.
(I) The term "meat" and "meat byproducts"
				shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
				byproducts is derived unless the meat and meat byproducts are made from cattle,
				swine, sheep, and goats.