§ 15-19-7-26 — Commercial feed label information

Indiana § 15-19-7-26

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 19: LIVESTOCK
• Ch. 7: Commercial Feed

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A commercial feed, except a customer
formula feed, must be accompanied by a label bearing the following
information:
(1) The quantity statement.
(2) The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the
commercial feed is distributed.
(3) The guaranteed analysis, expressed on an "as-is" basis, and
stated in the terms that the state chemist, by rule, determines are
required to advise the user of the composition of the feed or to
support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or
elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the
methods published by AOAC International.
(4) The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the
manufacture of the commercial feed. However, the state chemist,
by rule, may:
(A) permit the use of a collective term for a group of
ingredients that perform a similar function; or
(B) exempt a commercial feed or group of commercial feeds
from the requirement for an ingredient statement if the state
chemist finds that such a statement is not required in the
interest of consumers.
(5) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer
or the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed.
(6) Adequate directions for use for:
(A) commercial feeds containing drugs; and
(B) other feeds that the state chemist requires by rule as
necessary for their safe and effective use.
(7) Precautionary statements that the state chemist by rule
determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the
commercial feed.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-5-13-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.120-2008, SEC.88; P.L.99-2012, SEC.33.