§1391. Definitions
For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)"Brand name" or "brand" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any
combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a registrant and distinguishing it
from that of others.
(2)"Byproducts" means secondary products produced in addition to the principal
product except ingredients which are a primary source of protein.
(3)"Commercial feed" means all materials including vitamin and mineral mixes,
except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, which are
distributed for use as pet food or as feed for livestock or for mixing in pet food or in feed for
livestock and includes cottonseed meal and soybean meal.
(4)"Customer-formula feed" means commercial feed which consis
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§1391. Definitions
For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Brand name" or "brand" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any
combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a registrant and distinguishing it
from that of others.
(2) "Byproducts" means secondary products produced in addition to the principal
product except ingredients which are a primary source of protein.
(3) "Commercial feed" means all materials including vitamin and mineral mixes,
except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, which are
distributed for use as pet food or as feed for livestock or for mixing in pet food or in feed for
livestock and includes cottonseed meal and soybean meal.
(4) "Customer-formula feed" means commercial feed which consists of a mixture
of commercial feeds or feed ingredients, each batch of which is manufactured according to
the specific instructions of the final purchaser.
(5) "Distribute" means to sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale or trading.
(6) "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
(7) "Guaranteed feeding units" means the minimum crude protein, minimum crude
fat, maximum crude fiber, and minimum or maximum minerals expressed as percentages or
other required official units of measure, based on weight and indicated on the label as being
contained in the commercial feed.
(8) "Guarantor" means the entity listed on a commercial feed label or package that
guarantees quality, quantity, and safety of the product.
(9) "Ingredient" or "ingredients" means any of the constituent materials making up
a commercial feed.
(10) "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.
(11) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter which
is located upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper or accompanying such
commercial feed.
(12) "Livestock" means cattle, buffalo, bison, oxen, and other bovine; horses, mules,
donkeys, and other equine; sheep; goats; swine; domestic rabbits; fish, turtles, and other
animals identified with aquaculture that are located in artificial reservoirs or enclosures that
are both on privately owned property and constructed so as to prevent, at all times, the
ingress and egress of fish life from public waters; imported exotic deer and antelope, elk,
farm-raised white-tailed deer, farm-raised ratites, and other farm-raised exotic animals;
chickens, turkeys, and other poultry; and animals placed under the jurisdiction of the
commissioner of agriculture and forestry and any hybrid, mixture, or mutation of any such
animal.
(13) "Manufacture" means to grind, mix, blend, or further process a commercial feed
for distribution.
(14) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures a commercial feed or a
customer-formula feed.
(15) "Medication" means any drug, antibiotic, or other substance intended for use
in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than
man and any substance other than feed ingredients intended to affect the structure or any
function of the animal body.
(16) "Official sample" means a sample of feed taken by the commissioner or his
agent in accordance with provisions of R.S. 3:1398.
(17) "Package" means a parcel, bag, or other container.
(18) "Percent" or "percentages" mean percentages by weights.
(19) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, and association, or
other legal entity.
(20) "Pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the
household of the owner thereof.
(21) "Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for
consumption by pets.
(22) "Premises" means any place such as, but not exclusively, warehouses, factories,
stores, trucks, railroad cars, boats, etc.
(23) "Protein derived from mammalian tissues" means any protein containing a
portion of mammalian animals, excluding blood and blood products, gelatin, inspected meat
products which have been cooked and offered for human food and further heat-processed for
feed such as plate waste and used cellulosic food casings; milk products including milk and
milk proteins; and any product in which the only mammalian protein consists entirely of
porcine or equine protein.
(24) "Raw milk" means the lacteal secretion from any species other than humans
that has not been pasteurized in accordance with the processes recognized by the United
States Food and Drug Administration.
(25) "Registrant" means the person registering a feed with the commission.
(26) "Ruminant" includes any mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, which includes
but is not limited to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, deer, elk, and antelopes.
(27) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois.
(28) "Value of the protein deficiency" means the value of the crude protein as set by
the state chemist times the difference between the guaranteed protein analysis and the actual
protein analysis of the feed sample.