North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 09 - FOOD AND DRUG PROTECTION › Subchapter E - FEED › Section 09E .0105 - BRAND AND PRODUCT NAMES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(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 feed must conform therewith. A mixture labeled "Dairy Feed", for
				example, must be suitable for that purpose.
(b) Commercial, registered brand or trade
				names are not permitted in guarantees or ingredient listing.
(c) 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 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. When a figure is used in the brand name (except in mineral,
				vitamin, or other products where the protein guarantee is nil or unimportant),
				it shall be preceded by the word "number" or some other suitable
				designation.
(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 Board of Agriculture 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
				02 NCAC
				09E .0106(c).
(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 is derived unless the meat and meat by-products are from cattle,
				swine, sheep, and goats.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  106-284.41;
Eff. February 1,
				  1976;
Amended Eff. December 20, 1980;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. March 22,
				  2015.