Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 41 - Commercial Feed › Rule 21-41.3 - Label Information

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Cornmercial feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall be
				labeled with the information prescribed in this regulation.
(1) Product name and brand name if any.
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 Cornmercial feed for a particular animal class must
			 be suitable for that purpose.
b.
			 Cornmercial, 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 Cornmercial 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 Cornponents of a mixture
			 unless all Cornponents are included in the name; provided, that if any
			 ingredient or Cornbination 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 Cornbination of ingredients may be used as a part of
			 the brand name or product name if the ingredients or Cornbination 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 or equivalent
			 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 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
			 secretary 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 41.4(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.
i. The term "meat" and "meat by-products"
			 shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
			 by-products are derived unless the meat and meat by-products are made from
			 cattle, swine, sheep and goats.