§ 35-60-106 — Labeling - general requirements - commercial and customer-formula feeds

Colorado § 35-60-106

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 35: Agriculture
• Art.: Commercial Feeding Stuffs

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(1) Commercial feed label contents. Except as otherwise specified
in rule by the commissioner, a commercial feed must be labeled with the
information required in this subsection (1). The information must appear on the label
in the following order:

(a) The product name of the commercial feed and its brand name, if any;

(b) If the commercial feed contains any drug, the information required by the
commissioner as established by rule;

(c) The statement of purpose as established by the commissioner by rule;

(d) The guaranteed analysis stated in terms established by the commissioner
by rule. The guaranteed analysis shall advise the user of the composition of the
feed and support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or
elements shall be determinable by laboratory methods as published by the
international association of official analytical chemists or by other methods
acceptable to the commissioner.

(e) The ingredient statement as established by the commissioner by rule. The
common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the
commercial feed shall be listed; except that the commissioner, by rule, may permit
the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients that perform a similar
function. The commissioner may exempt such commercial feed or any group
thereof from the requirement of including an ingredient statement on the label if
the commissioner finds that such statement is not necessary to protect consumers.

(f) The use directions and precautionary statements determined by the
commissioner by rule as are necessary for the safe and effective use of the
commercial feed;

(g) The date of manufacture, processing, packaging, or repackaging or a
code that permits the determination of the date;

(h) The name and address of the registered manufacturer or distributor of
the commercial feed;

(i) A quantity statement; and

(j) Any other information required by the commissioner as established by
rule.

(2) Customer-formula feed label contents. The manufacturer of a customer-formula feed shall provide the purchaser of that feed with all of the following
information, in writing, when the manufacturer delivers the customer-formula feed
to the purchaser:

(a) The name and address of the manufacturer;

(b) The name and address of the purchaser;

(c) The date on which the manufacturer sold or delivered the customer-formula feed to the purchaser;

(d) The name of the customer-formula feed;

(e) The name and net quantity of every commercial feed and every other
ingredient used to manufacture the customer-formula feed;

(f) The use directions and precautionary statements determined by the
commissioner by rule as are necessary for the safe and effective use of the
customer-formula feed. If any commercial feed used in the manufacture of the
customer-formula feed is labeled with use directions or precautionary statements,
the manufacturer of the customer-formula feed shall provide those use directions
and precautionary statements to the purchaser.

(g) If the commercial feed contains any drug, the information required by the
commissioner as established by rule. The information shall include, but shall not be
limited to, the following:

(I) The purpose of the medication; and

(II) The established name of each active drug ingredient and the level of each
drug used in the final mixture expressed in accordance with established regulation;

(h) A quantity statement; and

(i) A statement on the label or labeling that states This feed was
manufactured according to specific instructions provided by (insert name of
person who provided the instructions) and cannot be sold to any other person.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire article R&RE, p. 570, � 1, effective January 1, 2000. L. 2007: IP(1) amended and (2)(i) added, p. 995, �� 6, 7, effective May 22. L. 2012: IP(1) amended, (HB 12-1158), ch. 13, p. 33, � 2, effective July 1.