North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 7 - Agriculture Commissioner › Article 7-17 - Pet Food and Specialty Pet Food › Chapter 7-17-13 - Pet and Specialty Pet Nutrition Facts › Section 7-17-13-01 - Pet and specialty pet nutrition facts

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Pet nutrition facts
must be
				displayed in a prominent place on the label of all pet foods (including treats,
				food supplements, veterinary diets, and food mixers). Information must be set
				off in a box by use of hairlines and clearly be visible under the heading "pet
				nutrition facts" that is centered in the top row of the box. The box must
				contain the following required elements with all text the same size and style
				in the following order:
a. The stated whole
				familiar household unit (e.g., can, measuring cup, treat, or piece), consistent
				with the feeding directions, and its weight in grams.
b. A statement of calorie content, determined
				as specified in section 7-17-14-01, which must include:
(1) The calorie content per familiar
				household unit.
(2) Below the
				calorie content statement, the number of calories contributed by protein, fat,
				and carbohydrate must be declared, in that order, after "from:".
c. The nutrient guarantees under
				the headers "nutrients". Each nutrient value and total grams per familiar
				household unit must be listed as follows:
(1)
				A pet food label must list the following required guaranteed amounts:
(a) "Protein", which is minimum percentage of
				crude protein;
(b) "Fat", which is
				minimum percentage of crude fat;
(c) Maximum percentage of crude fat, if
				required;
(d) "Total carbohydrate
				", which is maximum percentage equal to [100 - (crude protein + crude fat +
				moisture + ash)];
(e) "Dietary
				fiber", which is maximum percentage of total dietary fiber. The dietary fiber
				guarantee must be indented to reflect that it is a component of the total
				carbohydrate guarantee;
(f)
				"Moisture", which is maximum percentage of moisture; and
(g) Additional required or voluntary
				guarantees, which must follow moisture or ash, if listed.
(2) If "ash" is listed, it must be guaranteed
				as a maximum percentage and immediately must follow moisture.
(3) If listed on the label of a dog or cat
				food product, guarantees for "dietary starch" and "sugars" must be stated as
				maximum guaranteed amounts. Neither guaranteed amount may be listed without the
				other. The guaranteed amount for dietary starch must follow dietary fiber. The
				guaranteed amount for sugars must follow dietary starch with the same
				indentation.
(4) The " calculated
				value" must appear immediately after the last guarantee.
(5) Other additional required or voluntary
				guarantees must appear as follows:
(a)
				Guarantees for nutrients must be in the same order and units of the nutrients
				in the AAFCO Dog (or Cat) Food Nutrient Profiles following ash, if listed, or
				moisture, if ash is not listed.
(b)
				Guarantees for substances not listed in the AAFCO Dog (or Cat) Food Nutrient
				Profiles, or not otherwise provided for in these regulations, must immediately
				follow the listing of the recognized nutrients and be accompanied by an
				asterisk.
The disclaimer "*not recognized as an essential nutrient by
				  the AAFCO Dog (or Cat) Food Nutrient Profiles" must appear immediately after "
				  calculated value".
(6) The statement of nutritional adequacy
				must follow the guarantees as follows:
(a) A
				statement that the dog or cat food meets the requirements of one or more of the
				recognized categories of nutritional adequacy: gestation/lactation, growth,
				maintenance, and all life stages. It must be stated verbatim as one of the
				following:
[1] "(Name of product) is
				formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog (or Cat)
				Food Nutrient Profiles for". This statement must also include the stage or
				stages of the pet's life, such as gestation/lactation, growth, maintenance, or
				the words "all life stages". For a dog food, when the words "growth" or "all
				life stages," one of the following phrases must also be added verbatim to the
				end of the claim: "including growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an
				adult)", or "except for growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an
				adult)"; or
[2] "Animal feeding
				tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that (name of product) provides
				complete and balanced nutrition for". This statement must include the stage or
				stages of the pet's life tested, such as gestation/lactation, growth,
				maintenance, or the words "all life stages"; or
[3] "(Name of product) provides complete and
				balanced nutrition for". The statement must also include the stage or stages of
				the pet's life, such as gestation/lactation, growth, maintenance, or the words
				"all life stages" and end with "comparable in nutritional adequacy to a product
				that has been substantiated using AAFCO feeding tests".
(b) A nutritional or dietary statement for
				purposes other than those listed in subsection 2 or 3 of section 7-17-12-01 if
				the statement is scientifically substantiated; or
(c) The statement: "This product is intended
				for intermittent or supplemental feeding only", if a product does not meet the
				requirements of subsection 2 or 3 of section 7-17-12-01 or any other special
				nutritional or dietary need and so is suitable only for limited or intermittent
				or supplementary feeding.