Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-252 - Commercial feed-Pet food and specialty pet food › Section 16-252-008 - 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:
"All life stages"
means gestation/lactation,
				  growth, and adult maintenance life stages.
"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.
"Distressed specialty pet food"
means specialty
				  pet food in distribution that is no longer available for retail sale. Examples
				  of distressed specialty pet food include, but are not limited to, dented cans,
				  torn bags, or specialty pet food past its sell-by date.
"Family"
means a group of products, which are
				  nutritionally adequate for any or all life stages based on their nutritional
				  similarity to a lead product, which has been successfully test-fed according to
				  an AAFCO feeding protocol(s).
"Grain mixture specialty pet food"
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 pet food or specialty pet
				  food 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 pet food or specialty pet food that the manufacturer
				  or distributor named on the label warrants. Both minimum and maximum
				  concentrations of specified nutrients contained in a pet food or specialty pet
				  food are stated on an "as is" basis rather than on a"one hundred percent
				  moisture free" basis in units specified by this chapter.
"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;
(b)
				Compliance with product/label information and all applicable rules and
				regulation; and
(c) Registering pet
				food/specialty pet food products distributed in/into the state.
"Immediate container"
means the unit, can, box,
				  tin, bag, or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food or specialty pet
				  food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include
				  containers used as shipping containers.
"Ingredient statement"
means a collective and
				  contiguous listing on the label of the ingredients of which the pet food or
				  specialty pet food is composed.
"Label"
means a display of written, printed, or
				  graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a pet food or
				  specialty pet food is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with
				  which a bulk pet food or specialty pet food is distributed. This includes
				  statements and promotion on company web sites or other internet based customer
				  interfaces.
"Labeling"
means all labels and other written,
				  printed, or graphic matter upon a pet food or specialty pet food or any of its
				  containers or wrappers, or accompanying such pet food or specialty pet food.
				  This includes statements and promotion 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 pet food or specialty pet food, the lot identifier is on a
				  label, invoice, or shipping document accompanying the pet food or specialty pet
				  food.
"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 pet food or
				  specialty pet food, when fed according to directions on the label, will meet
				  the nutritional requirements of the class of animals for which the pet food or
				  specialty pet food 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"
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 pet food and specialty
				  pet food 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 pet food and specialty pet food"
means
				  pet food and specialty pet food 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 specialty pet
				  food, 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.