§ 198.3 — Definitions

Iowa § 198.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 198: COMMERCIAL FEED

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For the purposes of this chapter:
1. “Advertise” means to present a commercial message in any medium, including but not
limited to print, radio, television, sign, display, label, tag, or articulation.
2. “Brand name” means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof,
identifying the commercial feed of a distributor and distinguishing it from that of others.
3. “Broker” means a person, other than a licensed manufacturer, who distributes
commercial feed or commercial feed ingredients to a manufacturer.
4. “Commercial feed” means all materials or a combination of materials which are
distributed or intended for distribution for use as feed or for mixing in feed, unless such
materials are specifically exempted. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, unmixed
whole seeds and physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when such whole or physically
altered seeds are not chemically changed or are not adulterated within the meaning of
section 198.7, subsection 1, are exempt. The secretary by rule may exempt from this
definition, or from specific provisions of this chapter, commodities such as hay, straw, stover,
silage, cobs, husks, hulls and individual chemical compounds or substances when such
commodities, compounds or substances are not intermixed or mixed with other materials,
and are not adulterated within the meaning of section 198.7, subsection 1.
5. “Contract feeder” means a person who as an independent contractor, feeds commercial
feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby such commercial feed is supplied, furnished
orotherwiseprovidedtosuchpersonandwherebysuchperson’sremunerationisdetermined
all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits or amount or quality of product.
6. “Customer-formula feed” means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of
commercial feeds or feed ingredients, or both, each batch of which is manufactured
according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser.
7. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
8. “Distribute” means either of the following:
a. To offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter commercial feed.
b. To supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed to a contract feeder.
9. “Distributor” means any person who distributes.
10. “Drug”meansanyarticleintendedforuseinthediagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment
or prevention of disease in animals other than man and articles other than feed intended to
affect the structure or any function of the animal body.

11. “Feed ingredient” means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial
feed.
12. “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 commercial feed is distributed.
13. “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.
14. “Manufacture” means to grind, mix or blend or further process a commercial feed for
distribution.
15. “Mineral feed” means a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral
elements or inorganic nutrients.
16. “Official sample” means a sample of feed taken by the secretary or the secretary’s
agent in accordance with the provisions of section 198.11, subsection 3, 5, or 6.
17. “Percent” or “percentages” means percentages by weight.
18. “Pet” means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household
of the owner thereof.
19. “Pet food” means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by
dogs or cats.
20. “Product name” means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind,
class, or specific use.
21. “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.
22. “Specialty pet” means any domesticated animal pet normally maintained in a cage or
tank,suchas,butnotlimitedto,gerbils,hamsters,canaries,psittacinebirds,mynahs,finches,
tropical fish, goldfish, snakes, and turtles.
23. “Specialty pet food” means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for
consumption by specialty pets.
24. “Ton” means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois.

Legislative History

[S13, §5077-a8; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3113; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §198.1; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §198.3]