Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 70 - Plant Industries › Chapter 30 - Feeds › Section 2 CSR 70-30.030 - Label Information

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule and requirements conform to the
				  AAFCO Model Rules. Missouri Commercial Feed Law states that products are
				  misbranded if not labeled for appropriate use. Restrictions by FDA on meat and
				  bone meal use are covered by this rule.
(1) Product name and brand name, if any,
				under which the commercial feed is distributed.
(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 with the use. A commercial feed labeled for a particular species
				and class of animal 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 that
				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 component
				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 crude
				protein or equivalent crude protein content only, or both, 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 a manner to be misleading or confusing to the consumer.
(F) Single ingredient feeds shall have a
				product name in accordance with the designated definition of feed ingredients
				as established by
				2
				CSR 70-30.015, unless the director designates
				otherwise.
(G) The word vitamin, or
				a contraction, 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
				2 CSR
				70-30.040(3).
(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.