Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-008 - Definitions and terms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				The department adopts the Official Feed Terms and the Official Common and Usual
				Names and Definitions of Feed Ingredients in the AAFCO official
				publication.
(2) In addition, the
				following definitions apply to this chapter:
"Dehydrated grass meal"
means the aerial portion
				  of a grass plant that is:
(a) Cut
				before the formation of seed;
(b)
				Reasonably free of other crop plants, weeds, and mold;
(c) Finely ground; and
(d) Dried by artificial thermal
				means.
"Grain mixture feed"
means mixed or intermixed
				  whole or physically altered grains that:
(a) Are not chemically altered;
(b) May or may not contain molasses;
				and
(c) Except for molasses,
				contain no other additives.
"Grass seed by-products meal or pellets"
means a
				  ground product consisting of light and broken seeds, hulls, chaff, straw, and
				  some weed seeds but excluding sand, dirt, and heavy weed seeds.
"Grass seed screenings meal or pellets"
means a
				  product comprised chiefly of hulls obtained from the cleaning of various grass
				  seeds.
"Guarantee"
means a listing of specified
				  nutrients or nonnutritive substances contained in a commercial feed that the
				  manufacturer or distributor named on the label warrants.
"Guaranteed analysis"
means a listing of the
				  minimum, maximum or both minimum and maximum concentrations of specified
				  nutrients contained in a commercial feed that the manufacturer or distributor
				  named on the label warrants. Both minimum and maximum concentrations of
				  specified nutrients contained in a commercial feed are stated on an "as is"
				  basis rather than on a "one hundred percent moisture free" basis in units
				  specified by these rules.
"Guarantor"
means any person whose name appears
				  on the label of a commercial feed and is responsible for:
(a) Product/label information that is not
				misleading or misbranded; and
(b)
				Compliance with product/label information and all applicable rules and
				regulation; and
(c) Licensing the
				facility that distributes in/into the state.
"Ingredient statement"
means a collective and
				  contiguous listing on the label of all ingredients of which the commercial feed
				  is composed.
"Label"
means a display of written, printed, or
				  graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is
				  distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a bulk commercial
				  feed is distributed. This includes statements and promotions on company web
				  sites or other internet-based customer interfaces.
"Labeling"
means all labels and other written,
				  printed, or graphic matter upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or
				  wrappers, or accompanying such commercial feed. This includes statements and
				  promotions on company web sites or other internet-based customer
				  interfaces.
"Lot identifier"
means a unique identifier for
				  each lot, batch or production run that enables the manufacturer to accurately
				  trace the complete manufacturing and distribution history of the product. A lot
				  identifier is an individual lot, batch or production run number, code, date, or
				  other suitable identification applied to the label, container, or package. In
				  the case of bulk feed, the lot identifier is on a label, invoice, or shipping
				  document accompanying the feed.
"Net weight"
means the weight of a commodity
				  excluding any materials, substances, or items not considered to be part of the
				  commodity. Examples of materials, substances, or items not considered to be
				  part of a commodity include, but are not limited to, containers, conveyances,
				  bags, wrappers, packaging materials, labels, individual piece coverings,
				  decorative accompaniments, and coupons. (See
				  RCW
				  19.94.010(1)(i) )
"Nutritionally adequate"
means the feed, when
				  fed according to directions on the label, will meet the nutritional
				  requirements of the class of animals for which the feed was
				  manufactured.
"Nutritionally suitable"
means nutritionally
				  adequate.
"Pea bran"
means a product consisting primarily
				  of the various components from a pea splitting operation. Pea bran must contain
				  at least ten percent crude protein and not more than thirty-eight percent crude
				  fiber.
"Pea by-products meal"
means a product
				  containing light and broken peas, and offal from pea cleaning, which includes
				  chips, pea powder, pea hulls, and screenings. Pea by-products meal must contain
				  at least fifteen percent crude protein and not more than thirty percent crude
				  fiber.
"Pea meal"
means a pea product resulting from
				  the grinding of whole peas that are reasonably free of other crop seeds, weeds,
				  and mold. Pea meal must contain at least twenty percent crude protein and not
				  more than eight percent crude fiber.
"Pea screenings meal"
means a product consisting
				  primarily of the various components from the screening and cleaning of peas.
				  Pea screenings meal must contain at least ten percent crude protein and not
				  more than thirty-eight percent crude fiber.
"Principal display panel"
means the out-facing
				  side of the feed tag, or if no tag, the part of the label that is most likely
				  to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under normal and customary
				  conditions of display for retail sale.
"Prohibited mammalian protein"
has the same
				  meaning as that term is defined in 21 C.F.R. Part 589.2000(a)(1).
"Quantity statement"
means the part of the label
				  expressing net weight (mass), net volume (liquid or dry) or count.
"Repackage"
means taking commercial feed from
				  packages (no larger than one hundred pounds for dry feed or fifty-five gallons
				  for liquid feed) and placing it into smaller packages for resale.
"Salvage commercial feed"
means commercial feed
				  still under control of the original manufacturer and will not be offered for
				  sale at retail. Examples include, but are not limited to, start-up and over-run
				  product, unpelleted commercial feed, specialty pet food fines, and other
				  products not suitable for packaging for retail sale.
"Sell"
or
"sale"
means all parts of
				  exchanges concerning commercial feed including, but not limited to,
				  advertising, offering, acceptance, dispensing, giving, delivering, serving,
				  bartering, trading, or other supplying, holding for sale, and preparing for
				  sale.