North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33 - State Department of Health › Article 33-32 - Rules Initiated by the Registration Division › Chapter 33-32-02 - Commercial Feed › Section 33-32-02-03 - Brand and product names

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. 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 mixture labeled "Dairy
				Feed", for example, must be suitable for that purpose.
2. 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 such a
				name.
3. The name of a commercial
				feed may not be derived from one or more ingredients of a mixture to the
				exclusion of other ingredients and may 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 ingredients or
				combination of ingredients is quantitatively guaranteed in the guaranteed
				analysis, and the brand or product name is not otherwise false or misleading.
4. The word "protein" is not
				permitted in the product name of a feed that contains added nonprotein
				nitrogen.
5. When the name carries
				a percentage value, it shall be understood to signify protein or equivalent
				protein, or both, 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 may not be used in such a manner as to be
				misleading or confusing to the customer.
6. Single ingredient feeds must 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
				department designates otherwise.
7. 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 subsection 3 of
				section 33-32-02-04.
8. The term "mineralized" may 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.
9. The term "meat" and "meat byproducts"
				shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
				byproducts is derived unless the meat and meat byproducts are made from cattle,
				swine, sheep, and goats.
General Authority: NDCC 19-01-02, 19-13.1-10, 23-01-03
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 19-13.1-08