Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XVII - Feed › Chapter 1 - Commercial Feeds › Subchapter A - Official Feed › Section XVII-105 - Brand and Product Names

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
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 mixture labeled
dairy feed
, for example, 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 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 ingredients 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 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 practice.
				  Digital numbers shall not be used 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 commission 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
				  §107 C
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 by-products
shall be qualified
				  to designate the animal from which the meat and meat by-products is derived
				  unless the meat and meat by-products are made from cattle, swine, sheep and
				  goats.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 3:1392, 1393, and
					 1394.