Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-014 - Label information

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Commercial feed, other than customer-formula feed, shall be
				  labeled with the information prescribed in this section.
(1) Product name and brand name, if any.
(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 the feed
				must conform therewith. A commercial feed for a particular animal class, must
				be suitable for that purpose.
(b)
				Commercial, registered brand or trade names are not permitted in guarantees or
				ingredient listings and may only be used in the product name of feeds produced
				by or for the firm holding the rights to such a name.
(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 ingredients 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 nonprotein
				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. Digital numbers shall not be used in such a manner as to be
				misleading or confusing to the customer.
(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
				department 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 WAC
				16-250-036(3).
(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 byproducts are
				made from cattle, swine, sheep and/or goats.
(j) If the commercial feed consists of raw
				milk, the words, "Raw (blank) Milk" shall appear conspicuously on the principal
				display panel. (Blank is to be completed by using the species of animal from
				which the raw milk is collected.)