Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 02 - Commercial Feed › Brand and Product Names › Section 2-1-3-02-102

Current through June 25, 2024
Commercial feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall
						be labeled with the information prescribed in this regulation:
1. Product 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 mislabeled. If the
					 name indicates the feed is made for 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 but 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 or 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 non-protein
					 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
					 Commissioner and State Chemist designate 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 as declared in Section 103.03.
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.