New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING › Chapter 18 - SEEDS, FEEDS, AND FERTILIZERS › Part 3 - COMMERCIAL FEEDS › Section 21.18.3.9 - LABEL INFORMATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Commercial feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall be
				  labeled with the information prescribed in this regulation.
A. Product name and brand name, if any.
(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 commercial feed for a particular animal class 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 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 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" shall not be permitted
				in the product name of a feed that contains added non-protein
				nitrogen.
(5) When the name carries
				a percentage value, it shall be understood to signify protein 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.
(6) 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
				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 C of
				21.18.3.10
				NMAC.
(8) 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.
(9) The term "meat" and "meat by-products"
				shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
				by-products is derived unless the meat and meat by-products are made from
				cattle, swine, sheep and goats.
(10) If the commercial feed consists of raw
				milk, the words "Raw (blank) Milk" shall appear conspicuously on the principal
				display panel. (Blank is to be completed by using the species of animal from
				which the raw milk is collected.)