Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.4 - Label Format

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Commercial feeds
				  shall be labeled with the information prescribed in this Regulation on the
				  principal display panel of the product and in the following general format:
1. Net weight
2. Product name and brand name if
				  any
3. If drugs are used:
a. The word "medicated" shall appear directly
				  following and below the product name in type size no smaller than one half
				  (1/2) the type size of the product name.
b. The purpose of medication (claim
				  statement).
c. The required
				  direction for use and precautionary statements or reference to their location
				  if the detailed feeding direction and precautionary statements required by
				  §§
												5.8 and
				  5.9 of this Part appear
				  elsewhere on the label.
d. An
				  active drug ingredient statement listing the active drug ingredients by their
				  established name and the amounts in accordance with §
												5.6(D) of
				  this Part.
4. The
				  guaranteed analysis of the feed as required under the provisions of R.I. Gen.
				  Laws §
											4-2-5(a)(3)
				  include the following items, unless exempted in §
											5.4(A)(4)(h)
				   of this Part, and in the order listed:
a. Minimum percentage of crude
				  protein.
b. Maximum or minimum
				  percentage of equivalent protein from nonprotein nitrogen as required in §
												5.6(E) of
				  this Part.
c. Minimum percentage of
				  crude fat.
d. Maximum percentage of
				  crude fiber.
e. Minerals, to
				  include, in the following order:
(1) Minimum
				  and maximum percentages of calcium (Ca),
(2) Minimum percentages of phosphorus
				  (P),
(3) Minimum and maximum
				  percentages of salt (NaCl), and,
(4) Other minerals.
f. Vitamins in such terms as specified in
				  §
												5.6(C) of
				  this Part.
g. Total sugars as
				  invert or dried molasses products or products being sold primarily for their
				  sugar content.
h. Exemptions:
(1) Guarantees for minerals are not required
				  when there are no specific label claims and when the commercial feed contains
				  less than six and one half percent (6.5%) of calcium, phosphorus, sodium and
				  chloride.
(2) Guarantees for
				  vitamins are not required when the commercial feed is neither formulated for
				  nor represented in any manner as a vitamin supplement.
(3) Guarantees for crude protein, crude fat,
				  and crude fiber are not required when the commercial feed is intended for
				  purposes other than to furnish these substances or they are of minor
				  significance relating to the primary purpose of the product, such as drug
				  premixes, mineral or vitamin supplements, and molasses.
5. Feed ingredients, collective
				  terms for the grouping of feed ingredients, or appropriate statements as
				  provided under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											4-2-5(a)(4).
a. The name of each ingredient as defined in
				  the Official Ingredient Definitions specified in Feed Terms and Ingredient
				  Definitions published in the AAFCO 2015 Official Publication, incorporated
				  above at §
												5.2 of this Part, common or
				  usual name, or one approved by the Director.
b. Collective terms for the grouping of feed
				  ingredients as defined in the Official Ingredient Definitions specified in Feed
				  Terms and Ingredient Definitions published in the AAFCO 2015 Official
				  Publication, incorporated above at §
												5.2 of this Part, in lieu of
				  the individual ingredients; Provided that:
(1)
				  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.
(2) The manufacturer shall
				  provide the feed control official, upon request, with a listing of individual
				  ingredients, within a defined group, that are or have been used at
				  manufacturing facilities distributing in or into the State.
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. The information required in R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §§
											4-2-5(a)(1) through
				  (5) must appear in its entirety on one (1)
				  side of the label or on one (1) side of the container. The information required
				  by R.I. Gen. Laws §§
											4-2-5(a)(6) through
				  (7) shall be displayed in a prominent place
				  on the label or container but not necessarily on the same side as the above
				  information. When the information required by R.I. Gen. Laws §§
											4-2-5(a)(6) through
				  (7) is placed on a different side of the
				  label or container, it must be referenced on the front side with a statement
				  such as "see back of label for directions for use." None of the information
				  required by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											4-2-5 shall be subordinated or
				  obscured by other statements or designs.