Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XVII - Feed › Chapter 1 - Commercial Feeds › Subchapter A - Official Feed › Section XVII-103 - Label Format

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Commercial
				  feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall be labeled with the information
				  prescribed in this regulation on the principal display panel of the product and
				  in the following general format:
1. net
				  weight;
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 medication (claim
				  statement);
c. an active drug
				  ingredient statement listing the active drug ingredients by their established
				  name and the amounts in accordance with
				  §107 D;
d. the required directions for use and
				  precautionary statements or reference to their location if the detailed feeding
				  directions and precautionary statements required by
				  §111 appear elsewhere on the
				  label;
4. the guaranteed
				  analysis of the feed as required under the provisions of
				  R.S.
				  3:1394(A)(3) include the
				  following items, unless exempted in
				  §103. A.4 h, and in the
				  order listed:
a. minimum percentage of crude
				  protein;
b. maximum or minimum
				  percentage of equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen as required in
				  §107 E;
c. minimum percentage of crude fat;
d. maximum percentage of crude
				  fiber;
e. minerals, to include, in
				  the following order:
i. minimum and maximum
				  percentages of calcium (Ca);
ii.
				  minimum percentage of phosphorus (P);
iii. minimum and maximum percentages of salt
				  (NaCl); and
iv. other
				  minerals;
f. vitamins in
				  such terms as specified in
				  §107 C;
g. total sugars as invert on dried molasses
				  products or products being sold primarily for their sugar content;
h. exemptions:
i. guarantees for minerals are not required
				  when there are no specific label claims and when the commercial feed contains
				  less than 6 1/2 percent of the total of calcium, phosphorus, sodium and
				  chloride. Except that all commercial feeds for dairy use sold in bulk shall be
				  accompanied by a label stating the content of these minerals;
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 or they are of minor
				  significance relating to the primary purpose of the product, such as drug
				  premixes, mineral or vitamin supplements and molasses;
5. feed ingredients, collective
				  terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, as provided under the provisions of
				  R.S.
				  3:1394(A)(6):
a. the name of each ingredient as defined in
				  the
Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control
				  Officials
, common or usual name, or one approved by the
				  commission;
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
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;
ii. the manufacturer shall provide the feed
				  control official, upon request, with a list of individual ingredients, within a
				  defined group, that are or have been used at manufacturing facilities
				  distributing in or into the state;
6. name and principal mailing address of the
				  manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the feed. The principal
				  mailing address shall include the street address, city, state and zip
				  code;
7. the information required
				  in R.S.
				  3:1394(A)(1) through
				  R.S.
				  3:1394 (A)(7) must appear in its entirety on
				  one side of the label or on one side of the container. The information required
				  by R.S.
				  3:1394 (A)(8) and
				  R.S.
				  3:1394 (A)(9) shall be displayed in a
				  prominent place on the label or container but not necessarily on the same side
				  as the above information. When the information required by
				  R.S.
				  3:1394 (A)(8) and R.S. 3: 1394 (A)(9) is
				  placed on a different side of the label or container, 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
				  R.S.
				  3:1394 shall be subordinated or obscured by
				  other statements or designs.
8. If
				  the feed contains protein derived from mammalian tissues, a statement that the
				  feed shall not be fed to ruminants.