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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart B - Liquid Foods › Chapter 59a - MILK SANITATION › Subchapter F - RAW MILK FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION › Section 59a.415 - Enforcement: Injunctions

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The Department may ask the Attorney General to initiate
						legal action to enjoin a person from selling raw milk for human consumption
						without the required raw milk permit or from violating the act or this chapter.
						Violations of an injunction can result in fines or imprisonment, or
						both.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart B - Liquid Foods › Chapter 59a - MILK SANITATION › Subchapter F - RAW MILK FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION › Section 59a.416 - Enforcement: Seizure, condemnation, denaturing or destruction of raw milk; exclusion from sale

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(a)
Seizure, condemnation, denaturing or destruction of raw milk.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary, a given supply of raw milk or raw
					 milk products is considered unsafe or a menace to public health, the Secretary
					 may seize, condemn, denature or destroy the milk or milk products, without
					 compensation to the owner of the milk or milk products. Examples of
					 circumstances under which raw milk or raw milk products may be unsafe or a
					 menace to public health include situations when raw milk or raw milk products
					 have been produced in violation of the act, the Food Safety Act or this chapter
					 and these violations relate to handling and sanitation, when herd health
					 conditions risk the transmittal of disease through the milk or milk products or
					 when pathogenic bacteria are present in the raw milk permitholder's raw milk
					 supply,
(b)
Excluding milk
					 from sale.
The Department may exclude raw milk or raw milk products
					 from sale in either of the following circumstances:
(1) The Secretary considers the raw milk or
					 raw milk products to be unsafe or a menace to public health.
(2) If a raw milk permitholder violates a
					 provision of the act or this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart B - Liquid Foods › Chapter 59a - MILK SANITATION › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 59a.501 - Interrelatedness with Food Safety Act

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The subject matter of the act and this chapter overlaps
						with the subject matter of the Food Act (repealed) and the regulations
						promulgated under authority of that statute in Chapter 46 (relating to food
						code). This chapter does not restrict, prevent or limit the Department or any
						other government entity from exercising authority under the Food Safety Act or
						its attendant regulations with respect to milk, milk products, manufactured
						dairy products or any other foods.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.1 - General provisions

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(a) The
				  names and definitions for commercial feeds shall be those contained in the
				  Official Definition of Feed Ingredients adopted by the Association of American
				  Feed Control Officials, unless in specific cases the Secretary designates
				  otherwise.
(b) The terms used in
				  reference to commercial feeds shall be those contained in the Official Feed
				  Terms adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, unless in
				  specific cases, the Secretary designates otherwise.
(c) The following commodities are excluded
				  from the definition of commercial feed, under the provisions of section 3(4) of
				  the act (3 P. S.
				  58.3(4)); hay, straw,
				  stover, silages, cobs, husks, and hulls, when unground and not mixed with other
				  materials.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Pennsylvania Commercial Feed Law
					 (3 P.
					 S. §
											§
											58.1-58.16)
					 (Repealed).
Prohibited weed seeds
-The seeds of
					 perennial weeds such as not only reproduce by seed but also spread by
					 underground roots, stems, and other reproductive parts, and which, when well
					 established, are highly destructive and difficult to control in this
					 Commonwealth ordinary good cultural practice.
Restricted weed seed
-The seeds of such
					 weeds as are very objectionable in fields, lawns, and gardens of this
					 Commonwealth, but can be controlled by good cultural practices.
Secretary
-The Secretary of Agriculture of
					 the Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.3 - Label format

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(a) Commercial
				  feeds shall be labeled with the information prescribed in this Chapter on the
				  principal display panel of the product and in the following format:
(1) Net weight.
(2) Product name and any brand
				  name.
(3) Drug labeling
				  information.
(4) Guaranteed
				  analysis of the feed.
(5) Feed
				  ingredients, collective terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, or
				  appropriate statements under the provisions of section 5(a)(4) of the act
				  (3 P.
				  S. §
												58.5(a)(4)).
(6) Name and principal mailing address of the
				  manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the feed. The principal
				  mailing address shall include the street address, city, state and ZIP code;
				  however, the street address may be omitted if it is shown in the current city
				  directory or telephone directory.
(7) Directions for use and precautionary
				  statements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.4 - Drug labeling

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If drugs are contained in the feed, all of the following
					 information shall appear on the principal display panel of the product:
(1) The word "medicated" directly following
				  and below the product name in type size no smaller than 1/2 the type size of
				  the product name.
(2) The purpose
				  of the medication (claim statement).
(3) An active drug ingredient statement
				  listing the active drug ingredients by their established name and the amounts
				  in accordance with the requirements of §
										71.5(g) (relating
				  to guaranteed analysis requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.5 - Guaranteed analysis requirements

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(a) All of the following items of information
				  shall be stated in the guaranteed analysis, in the order listed, subject to the
				  exemptions contained in subsection (b) of this section:
(1) Minimum percentage of crude
				  protein.
(2) Maximum percentage of
				  equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen.
(3) Minimum percentage of crude
				  fat.
(4) Maximum percentage of
				  crude fiber.
(5) Minerals, to
				  include, in the following order:
(i) Minimum
				  and maximum percentage of calcium (Ca).
(ii) Minimum percentage of phosphorus
				  (P).
(iii) Minimum and maximum
				  percentage of salt (NaCl).
(iv)
				  Other minerals.
(6)
				  Vitamins, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e).
(7) Total sugars as invert in dried molasses
				  products or products being sold primarily for their molasses content.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.6 - Ingredient listing requirements

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(a) The name of each ingredient shall be as
				  defined in the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients published in the
				  current Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control
				  Officials, the common or usual name or a name approved by the
				  Secretary.
(b) Collective terms for
				  the grouping of feed ingredients, as defined in the Official Definitions of
				  Feed Ingredients published in the current Official Publication of the
				  Association of American Feed Control Officials, may be used in lieu of the
				  individual ingredients.
(c) When a
				  collective term for a group of ingredients is used on the label, individual
				  ingredients within that group shall not be listed on the label.
(d) The manufacturer shall provide the
				  Secretary, upon request, with a listing of individual ingredients, within a
				  defined group of feed ingredients that are or have been used at manufacturing
				  facilities distributing in or into this State.
(e) The name of each ingredient must be shown
				  in letters or type of the same size.
(f) No reference to quality or grade of an
				  ingredient shall appear in the ingredient statement of a feed.
(g) The term "dehydrated" shall precede the
				  name of any product that has been artificially dried.
(h) A single ingredient product, as contained
				  in the current listing of the Association of American Feed Control Officials,
				  is not required to have an ingredient statement.
(i) Tentative definitions for ingredients
				  shall not be used until adopted as official unless no official definition
				  exists or the ingredient has a common accepted name that requires no definition
				  for example, sugar.
(j) When the
				  word "iodized" is used in connection with a feed ingredient, the feed
				  ingredient shall contain not less than 0.007% iodine (I), uniformly
				  distributed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.7 - Nonprotein nitrogen

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(a) Urea
				  and other nonprotein nitrogen products defined in the Official Publication of
				  the Association of American Feed Control Officials are acceptable ingredients
				  only in commercial feeds for ruminant animals as a source of equivalent crude
				  protein and are not to be used in commercial feeds for other animals and
				  birds.
(b) If the commercial feed
				  contains more than 8.75% of the equivalent crude protein from all forms of
				  nonprotein nitrogen added as such, or the equivalent crude protein from all
				  forms of nonprotein nitrogen added as such exceeds 1/3 of the total crude
				  protein, the label shall bear adequate directions for the safe use of feeds and
				  the following precautionary statement:
CAUTION: USE AS DIRECTED
The directions for use and the caution statement shall be
					 in type of such size and be so placed on the label that they will be read and
					 understood by ordinary persons under customary conditions of purchase and
					 use.
(c) On labels such as
				  those for medicated feeds which bear adequate feeding directions or warning
				  statements, or both the presence of added nonprotein nitrogen shall not require
				  a duplication of the feeding directions or the precautionary statements
				  provided those statements include sufficient in those statements include
				  sufficient information to ensure the safe and effective use of this product due
				  to the presence of nonprotein nitrogen.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												71.11 (relating to directions for
						use and precautionary statements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.8 - Drug and feed additives

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(a) Prior
				  to approval of a facility registration for commercial feed which contains
				  additives, including drugs, other special purpose additives or nonnutritive
				  additives, the distributor may be required to submit evidence to prove the
				  safety and efficacy of the commercial feed when used according to the
				  directions furnished on the label.
(b) Satisfactory evidence of safety and
				  efficacy of a commercial feed may consist of either of the following:
(1) When the commercial feed contains such
				  additives, the use of which conforms to the requirements of the applicable
				  regulation in Title 21 of the
Code of Federal Regulations
, or
				  which are "prior sanctioned" or "generally recognized as safe" for such
				  use.
(2) When the commercial feed
				  is itself a drug as defined in section 3(16) of the act (3 P. S. §
												58.3(16)) and is generally
				  recognized as safe and effective for the labeled use or is marketed subject to
				  an application approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration under
				  the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, section 302, 76 Stat. 794,
				  21 U.S.C.A. §
												360(b).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.9 - Adulterants

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(a) For the purpose
				  of section 7(1) of the act (3 P. S. §
											58.7(1)), poisonous and
				  deleterious ingredients include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Fluorine and any mineral or mineral
				  mixture which is to be used directly for the feeding of domestic animals and in
				  which the fluorine exceeds the following amounts:
(i) 0.30% for cattle.
(ii) 0.35% for sheep.
(iii) 0.45% for swine.
(iv) 0.60% for poultry.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.10 - Brand and product names

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(a)
				  The brand or product name shall be appropriate for the intended use of the feed
				  and shall not be misleading. If the name indicates the feed is made for a
				  specific use, the character of the feed shall conform therewith.
(b) Commercial, registered brand or trade
				  names are not permitted in guarantees or ingredient listings.
(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. 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 included
				  in the product name of a feed that contains added nonprotein
				  nitrogen.
(e) When the name carries
				  a percentage value it shall be understood to signify protein and equivalent
				  protein content only, even though it may not explicitly modify the percentage
				  with the word "protein." 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
				  Secretary designates otherwise.
(g)
				  The word "vitamin," or a contraction thereof, or any word suggesting vitamin,
				  may 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 §
										71.5 (relating to guaranteed
				  analysis requirements).
(h) The
				  term "mineralized" shall not be used in the name of a feed, except in the
				  phrase "Trace Mineralized Salt." When so used, the product shall contain
				  significant amounts of trace minerals which are recognized as essential for
				  animal nutrition.
(i) The term
				  "meat" and "meat byproducts" shall be used only if the meat and meat byproducts
				  are from cattle, swine, sheep and goats.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.11 - Directions for use and precautionary statements

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(a) Directions for use and precautionary
				  statements on the labeling of all commercial feeds and customer-formula feeds
				  containing additives including drugs, special purpose additives or nonnutritive
				  additives shall:
(1) be adequate to permit
				  safe and effective use for the intended purposes by users with no special
				  knowledge of the purpose and use of such articles; and
(2) include all information prescribed by 11
				  applicable regulations adopted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
				  of 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040,
				  21 U.S.C.A. §
												321, as amended.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 71 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 71.12 - Good manufacturing practices

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For the purpose of enforcement of the act, the Federal
					 regulations relating to the production of medicated feeds, 30 FR 6475,
					 21 CFR
					 133.100-110 and relating to medicated
					 premixes, 32 FR 15109, 21
					 CFR 133.200-210, are adopted as standards of
					 good manufacturing practices.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Pennsylvania Commercial Feed Law
					 of 1966 (3 P. S. §
											§
											58.1-58.16) (Repealed).
Immediate container
-The unit, can, box,
					 tin, bag or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food is displayed for
					 sale at retail.
Ingredient statement
-A complete listing on
					 the label of the ingredients of which the pet food is composed.
Principal display panel
-That part of a
					 label on an immediate container that is most likely to be displayed or examined
					 under normal and customary conditions of display for sale at
					 retail.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.2 - Label format

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(a) The
				  following information shall be shown on the principal display panel:
(1) Statement of net content.
(2) Product name.
(3) The words "Dog Food," "Cat Food" or
				  similar designations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.3 - Statement of net content

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The declaration of net content shall be made in conformity
					 with the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C.A. §
											1451 et seq.).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.4 - Guaranteed analysis

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(a) The
				  guaranteed analysis shall be stated in the following order:
(1) Crude protein (minimum).
(2) Crude fat (minimum).
(3) Crude fiber (maximum).
(4) Moisture (maximum).
(5) Any additional guarantees.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.5 - Ingredients statement

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(a) Each
				  ingredient of the pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement in
				  descending order of predominance by weight and names of all ingredients in the
				  ingredient statement shall be shown in letters or type of the same size. Any
				  ingredient for which the Association of American Feed Control Officials has
				  established a name and definition shall be identified by by the name so
				  established. Any ingredient for which no name and definition has been so
				  established shall be identified by the common or usual name of the ingredient.
				  Brand or trade names shall not be used in the ingredient statement.
(b) The term "dehydrated" shall precede the
				  name of any ingredient in the ingredient list that has been artificially
				  dried.
(c) No reference to quality
				  or grade of an ingredient shall appear in the ingredient statement of a pet
				  food product label.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.6 - Brand and product names

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(a) No flavor
				  designation shall be used on a pet food label unless the designated flavor is
				  detectable by a recognized test method, or is one the presence of which
				  provides a characteristic distinguishable by the pet. Any flavor designation on
				  a pet food label must either conform to the name of its source as shown in the
				  ingredient statement or the ingredient statement shall show the source of the
				  flavor. Distributors of pet food employing such flavor designation or claims on
				  the labels of the product distributed by them shall, upon request, supply
				  verification of the designated or claimed flavor to the Secretary.
(b) The designation "100%" or "All" or words
				  of similar connotation shall not be used in the brand or product name of a pet
				  food if it contains more than one ingredient. Water sufficient for processing,
				  required decharacterizing agents, and trace amounts or preservatives and
				  condiments shall not be considered ingredients for the purpose of this
				  subsection.
(c) The terms "meat"
				  and "meat byproducts" shall be used on a pet food label only if the meat and
				  meat byproducts are from cattle, swine, sheep and goats.
(d) The name of the pet food shall 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 of a
				  pet food product unless all components or ingredients are included in the name
				  except as specified in subsection (a), (e) or (f). If any ingredient or
				  combination of ingredients is intended to impart a distinctive characteristic
				  to the product which is significant to the purchaser, the name of the
				  ingredient or combination of ingredients may be used as a part of the name of
				  the pet food provided the following conditions exist:
(1) The ingredient or combination of
				  ingredients is present in sufficient quantity to impart a distinctive
				  characteristic to the product.
(2)
				  It does not constitute a representation that the ingredient or combination of
				  ingredients is present to the exclusion of other ingredients.
(3) It is not otherwise false or
				  misleading.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.7 - Balanced and complete rations

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(a)
				  The label of a pet food shall not contain an unqualified representation or
				  claim, directly or indirectly, that the pet food therein contained, or a
				  recommended feeding thereof, is or meets the requisites of a complete, perfect,
				  scientific, or balanced ration for dogs or cats unless such product or feeding
				  meets one of the following requisites:
(1) If
				  contains ingredients in quantities sufficient to provide the estimated nutrient
				  requirements for all stages of the life of a dog or cat, as the case may be,
				  which have been established by a recognized authority on animal nutrition, such
				  as the Committee on Animal Nutrition of the National Research Council of the
				  National Academy of Sciences.
(2)
				  It contains a combination of ingredients which when fed to a normal animal as
				  the only source of nourishment will provide satisfactorily for fertility of
				  male and female gestation and lactation, normal growth from weaning to maturity
				  without supplementary feeding, and will maintain the normal weight of an adult
				  animal whether working or at rest and has had its capabilities in this regard
				  demonstrated by adequate testing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.8 - Limited purpose pet foods

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(a) The
				  label of a pet food product which is suitable only for intermittent or
				  supplemental feeding or for some other limited purpose shall either bear a
				  clear and conspicuous disclosure to that effect or contain specific feeding
				  directions which clearly state that the product should be used only in
				  conjunction with other foods.
(b)
				  Labels for products which are compounded for or which are suitable for only a
				  limited purpose may contain representations that the particular pet food
				  product or a recommended feeding thereof is or meets the requisites of a
				  complete, perfect, scientific, or balanced ration for dogs or cats only in
				  conjunction with a statement of the limited purpose for which the product is
				  intended or suitable, for such as "a complete food for puppies." Such
				  representations and the required qualifications of purpose shall be juxtaposed
				  on the same panel and in the same size, style and color printing.
(c) Qualified representations for limited
				  purpose pet food products may appear on labels only if one of the following
				  conditions exist:
(1) The pet food contains
				  ingredients in quantities sufficient to satisfy the estimated nutrient
				  requirements established by a recognized authority on animal nutrition, such as
				  the Committee on Animal Nutrition of the National Research Council of the
				  National Academy of Sciences for such limited or qualified purpose.
(2) The pet food product contains a
				  combination of ingredients which when fed for such limited purpose will satisfy
				  the nutrient requirements for such limited purpose and has had its capabilities
				  in this regard demonstrated by adequate testing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.9 - Moisture limitation

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The maximum moisture in all pet foods shall not exceed 78%
					 or the natural moisture content of the constituent ingredients of the product,
					 whichever is greater. Pet foods such as those consisting principally of stew,
					 gravy, sauce, broth or juice which are so labeled, may contain moisture in
					 excess of 78%.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.10 - Drugs and additives

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(a) An
				  artificial color may be used in a pet food only if it has been shown to be
				  harmless to pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color
				  by the United States Food and Drug Administration at
				  21 CFR Parts
				  8 and
				  9 as safe for use, together with
				  the conditions, limitations and tolerances, if any, incorporated therein, shall
				  be deemed to be satisfactory evidence that the color is, when used, under the
				  regulations, harmless to pets.
(b)
				  Prior to approval of a facility registration for pet foods which contain
				  additives, including drugs, other special purpose additives or nonnutritive
				  additives, the distributor may be required to submit evidence to prove the
				  safety and efficacy of the pet food, when used according to directions
				  furnished on the label. Evidence of the safety and efficacy of a pet food is
				  not required under the following conditions:
(1) The pet food contains additives which
				  conforms to the requirements of Federal standards set forth at
				  21 CFR
				  121.101(a)-(h), or which are
				  prior sanctioned or generally recognized as safe for that use.
(2) The pet food itself is a drug as defined
				  in section 3 of the act (3 P. S. §
												58.3) and is generally recognized as safe and
				  effective for use or is marketed subject to an application approved by the
				  United States Food and Drug Administration under the provisions of sections 505
				  and 507 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (21 U.S.C.A. §
												§
												355 and
				  357).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.11 - Misrepresentations

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(a) A vignette,
				  graphic or pictorial representation of a product on a pet food label shall not
				  misrepresent the contents of the package.
(b) The use of the word "proven" in
				  connection with label claims for a pet food is prohibited unless scientific or
				  other empirical evidence establishing the claim is first submitted to the
				  Secretary for review.
(c) No
				  statement may appear upon the label of a pet food which makes false or
				  misleading comparisons between that pet food and another pet food.
(d) Personal or commercial endorsements are
				  permitted on pet food labels where said endorsements are factual and not
				  otherwise misleading.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.12 - Identification of producer

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(a) The
				  label of a pet food shall specify the name and address of the manufacturer,
				  packer or distributor of the pet food. The statement of the place of business
				  shall include the street address, if any, of the place unless the street
				  address is shown in a current city directory or telephone directory.
(b) If a person manufactures, packages or
				  distributes a pet food in a place other than his principal place of business,
				  the label may state the principal place of business in lieu of the actual place
				  where each package of the pet food was manufactured or packaged or is to be
				  distributed, if the statement is not misleading in any particular.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 72 - PET FOOD › Section 72.13 - Outer containers or wrappers

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When a pet food is enclosed in an outer container or
					 wrapper which is intended for retail sale, the required label information shall
					 appear on the outside wrapper or container unless all of the required label
					 information is readily legible through apertures or transparencies in the
					 outside container or wrapper.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Pennsylvania Fertilizer, Soil
					 Conditioner and Plant Growth Substance Law (3 P. S. §
											§
											68.1-68.23).
Primary plant nutrient
-A fertilizer
					 component consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compounds.
Secondary plant nutrient
-A fertilizer
					 nutrient component other than primary plant nutrients.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.2 - Fertilizer terms, names and definitions

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(a) The fertilizer terms used shall be those
				  contained in the current edition of the
Official Publication of the
				  Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, Inc.
(b) Except as the Secretary designates
				  otherwise in specific cases, the names and definitions for commercial
				  fertilizers shall be those adopted by the Association of American Plant Food
				  Control Officials.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.3 - Secondary plant nutrients

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(a) A
				  plant nutrient other than nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, if mentioned in
				  any form or manner, shall be registered and shall be guaranteed on the
				  elemental basis. Sources of the elements guaranteed and proof of availability
				  shall be submitted to the Secretary upon request.
(b) The minimum percentages of nutrients
				  which will be accepted for registration are shown in the following table:
Element
Percent
Calcium (Ca)
1.00
Magnesium (Mg)
0.50
Sulfur (S)
1.00
Boron (B)
0.02
Chlorine (Cl)
0.10
Cobalt (Co)
0.0005
Copper (Cu)
0.05
Iron (Fe)
0.10
Manganese (Mn)
0.05
Molybdenum (Mo)
0.0005
Sodium (Na)
0.10
Zinc (Zn)
0.05
(c)
				  The guarantee or claim for the plant nutrients listed in subsection (b) and
				  immediately following the guarantees for the primary plant nutrients.
(e) A proposed label and direction for use of
				  the fertilizer shall be furnished with the application for
				  registration.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.4 - Warning statements

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(a) A
				  warning statement is required on the label for a product which contains .03% or
				  more of boron in a water-soluble form. The statement shall contain the
				  following:
(1) The word warning in a
				  conspicuous manner.
(2) The crops
				  for which the fertilizer is to be used.
(3) A warning that the use of the fertilizer
				  on crops other than those recommended may result in serious injury to the
				  crops.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.5 - Specialty fertilizer labels

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The following information shall appear in a readable and
					 conspicuous form and shall occupy at least the upper 1/3 of one side of the
					 container:
(1) Net weight.
(2) Brand name.
(3) Grade.
(4) Guaranteed analysis, as follows:
(i) The percentage of total
				  nitrogen.
(ii) The percentage of
				  ammoniacal nitrogen, of claimed.
(iii) The percentage of water-insoluble
				  nitrogen, if claimed or the statement "organic" or "slow-acting" nitrogen on
				  the label.
(iv) The percentage of
				  available phosphoric acid.
(v) The
				  percentage of soluble potash.
(vi)
				  Additional plant nutrients.
(vii)
				  Potential acidity or alkalinity, the percentage or pounds of calcium carbonate
				  equivalent per ton of claimed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.6 - Slowly available plant nutrients

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(a) No
				  fertilizer label may bear a statement that implies the presence of a slowly
				  available plant nutrient unless the nutrient is identified on the
				  label.
(b) If a fertilizer label
				  implies that nitrogen is slowly available, for example, organic nitrogen, the
				  guaranteed analysis shall indicate the percentage of water-insoluble nitrogen
				  in the material.
(c) If the label
				  states the amount of organic nitrogen present in a phrase such as "25% of the
				  nitrogen from ureaformaldehyde (Ureaform)," the water-insoluble nitrogen
				  guarantee may be not less than 60% of the nitrogen so designated.
(d) If the water-insoluble nitrogen is less
				  than 15% of the total nitrogen, the label may not bear designations such as
				  "organic," "ureaform" or similar terms.
(e) The phrases "coated-slow release
				  fertilizer" and "coated-slow releast" are acceptable descriptive terms for
				  products for which a testing program has substantiated the claim.
				  Water-insoluble nitrogen shall be guaranteed at 15% of the total nitrogen level
				  for slow release materials.
(f) The
				  Association of Official Analytical Chemists Test Method as prescribed in
Methods of Analysis
shall be used to substantiate the presence
				  of slow release materials. It is permissible to eliminate grinding during
				  sample preparation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.7 - Percentage

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The term "percentages," by symbol or word if used on a
					 fertilizer label, shall be deemed to represent only the amount of individual
					 plant nutrients or other factors in relation to the total product by
					 weight.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.8 - Investigational allowances or tolerances

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(a) A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed
				  deficient if the analysis of any nutrient is below the guarantee by an amount
				  exceeding the values in the following schedule:
Guarantee
								percent
Nitrogen
								percent
Available phosphoric acid
								percent
Potash percent
4 or less
.49
.67
.41
5
.51
.67
.43
6
.52
.67
.47
7
.54
.68
.53
8
.55
.68
.60
9
.57
.68
.65
10
.58
.69
.70
12
.61
.69
.79
14
.63
.70
.87
16
.67
.70
.94
18
.70
.71
1.01
20
.73
.72
1.08
22
.75
.72
1.15
24
.78
.73
1.21
26
.81
.73
1.27
28
.83
.74
1.33
30
.86
.75
1.39
32 or more
.88
.76
1.44
(b)
				  For guarantees not listed in the table set forth in subsection (a), the
				  appropriate value shall be calculated by interpolation.
(c) For the investigational allowances listed
				  in subsection (a) to be applicable, the Association of Official Analytical
				  Chemists procedures for obtaining samples, sample preparation and analysis
				  shall be used. The procedures are described in
Methods of
				  Analysis
, published by the Association of Official Analytical
				  Chemists.
(d) The sampling
				  equipment and procedures shall be those adopted by the Association of Official
				  Analytical Chemists wherever applicable.
(e) The practice of averaging at least two
				  values shall be adhered to. If more than two values are obtained, all
				  significant values shall be averaged. Values carried to two decimals shall be
				  used in applying averages to this table. Values shall be rounded to one place
				  in reporting.
(f) Secondary and
				  micronutrient elements shall be deemed deficient if any element is below the
				  guarantee by an amount exceeding the values in the following table:
Element
Allowable Deficiency
Calcium
.2 unit + 5% of guarantee
Magnesium
.2 unit + 5% of guarantee
Sulfur
.2 unit + 5% of guarantee
Boron
.003 unit + 15% of guarantee
Cobalt
.0001 unit + 30% of guarantee
Molybdenum
.0001 unit + 30% of guarantee
Chlorine
.005 unit + 10% of guarantee
Copper
.005 unit + 10% of guarantee
Iron
.005 unit + 10% of guarantee
Manganese
.005 unit + 10% of guarantee
Sodium
.005 unit + 10% of guarantee
Zinc
.005 unit + 10% of guarantee
(g)
				  The maximum allowance when calculated in accordance with subsection (f) shall
				  be one unit, 1%.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.9 - Computation of tonnages

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In determining tonnages for payment of the inspection fee,
					 the tonnages of all fillers added to dry fertilizers and of water added to
					 liquid fertilizers shall be included.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.10 - Labeling

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No person may distribute in this Commonwealth any type of
					 fertilizer in bulk unless the bulk distribution container is properly labeled
					 with all of the following information:
(1) The name and address of the licensee or
				  registrant.
(2) The name of the
				  product.
(3) The guaranteed
				  analysis showing the precentage of plant food claimed, in the following format:
(i) The percentage of total
				  nitrogen.
(ii) The percentage of a
				  vailable phosphoric acid.
(iii) The
				  percentage of soluble potash.
(iv)
				  The percentage of secondary and micronunutrient elements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 73 - FERTILIZERS › Section 73.11 - Reports

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The fertilizer tonnage reports required under section 11 of
					 the act (3 P. S. §
											68.11) shall be
					 rendered in the format specified by Computer Reporting Procedures in the
					 Uniform Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting System, Association of American Plant Food
					 Control Officials, Inc., whether the semiannual reporting system or the invoice
					 reporting system is used. If a licensee does not have electronic data
					 processing equipment, a typewritten or a legibly handwritten report in the
					 prescribed format may be used.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 76 - RESERVED › Section 76.1-76.17 - Reserved

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The provisions of these §
												§
												76.1-76.5 reserved under the Retail Food
						Facility Safety Act,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													5701-5714; the Food
						Safety Act,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													5721-5737; the act of
						July 2, 1935 (P. L. 589, No. 210) (31 P. S. §
													§
													645-660g), known as the Milk Sanitation Law;
						section 1705(d) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													445(d)); and the Food
						Employee Certification Act,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													6501-6510.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 76 - RESERVED › Section 76.19 - Reserved

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The provisions of this §
												76.19 reserved under the Retail
						Food Facility Safety Act,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													5701-5714; the Food
						Safety Act,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													5721-5737; the act of
						July 2, 1935 (P. L. 589, No. 210) (31 P. S. §
													§
													645-660g), known as the Milk Sanitation Law;
						section 1705(d) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													445(d)); and the Food
						Employee Certification Act,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													6501-6510.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 77 - SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF WHEY › Section 77.1 - General

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(a) The sale or
				  transfer for animal consumption of whey produced from dried milk products shall
				  only take place from countries declared free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by
				  the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
(b) The discharge onto the surface of the
				  soil of whey produced from dried milk products manufactured in any country not
				  declared free of Foot and Mouth Disease by USDA is prohibited.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 77 - SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF WHEY › Section 77.2 - Current list of countries free of Foot and Mouth Disease

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The following countries currently have been declared free
					 of Foot and Mouth Disease by the USDA: Finland, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain,
					 Northern Ireland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji
					 Islands and all Central American countries.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 77 - SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF WHEY › Section 77.3 - Notification

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Milk handlers, upon obtaining dried milk powder
					 manufactured in a country other than on the USDA designated FMD-free list,
					 shall notify the Bureau of Foods and Chemistry, Department of Agriculture
					 immediately.