Minnesota Administrative Rules

1510.2550 DRUGS AND PET FOOD ADDITIVES.

Subpart 1.

Artificial color.

An artificial color may be used in a pet food or specialty pet food if it is listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 73A, for food coloring exempt from certification, or in Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 74A, for food coloring subject to certification. The coloring must be used within the conditions, limitations, and tolerances prescribed for the specific coloring substance.

Subp. 2.

Safety, efficacy, and utility.

Feed ingredients, including drugs, other special purpose additives, and nonnutritive additives may be used in the formulation of a pet or specialty pet food if the ingredient's safety, efficacy, and utility are established under one of the following methods:

A.

the pet food or specialty pet food contains additives, the use of which conforms to the requirements of the applicable regulation in Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, or which are "prior sanctioned" or "informal review sanctioned" or "generally recognized as safe" for use; or

B.

the pet food or specialty pet food is a drug or contains a drug as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 25.33, subdivision 8, and is "generally recognized as safe and effective" for the labeled use or is marketed subject to an application approved by the Food and Drug Administration under United States Code, title 21, section 360(b).

Subp. 3.

Included drugs.

If a drug is included in a pet food or specialty pet food, the format required by part 1510.1947, subpart 3, for labeling medicated feeds must be used for branded products, and part 1510.1943, subpart 2, item G, must be used for customer formula products.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 25.40

History:

29 SR 655

Published Electronically:

July 24, 2008