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25.35 LABELING.
(a) A commercial feed, except a customer formula feed, must be accompanied by a label
bearing the following information:
(1) the product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is
distributed;
(2) the guaranteed analysis, stated in terms the commissioner requires by rule, to advise the
user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. The substances
or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the methods published by the
AOAC International or other generally recognized methods;
(3) the common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial
feed. The commissioner may by rule permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients
which perform a similar function, or may exempt commercial feeds or any group of commercial
feeds from this requirement on finding that an ingredient statement is not required in the interest
of consumers;
(4) the name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person responsible for
distributing the commercial feed;
(5) adequate directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other
feeds as the commissioner may require by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use;
(6) precautionary statements which the commissioner determines by rule are necessary for
the safe and effective use of the commercial feed; and
(7) a quantity statement.
(b) A customer formula feed must be accompanied by a label, invoice, delivery slip, or other
shipping document bearing the following information:
(1) name and address of the manufacturer;
(2) name and address of the purchaser;
(3) date of delivery;
(4) the product name and either (i) the quantity of each commercial feed and each other
ingredient used in the mixture, or (ii) a guaranteed analysis and list of ingredients in paragraph
(a), clauses (2) and (3);
(5) adequate directions for use for all customer formula feeds containing drugs and for other
feeds the commissioner requires by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use;
(6) precautionary statements the commissioner determines by rule are necessary for the safe
and effective use of the customer formula feed;
(7) if a product containing a drug is used:
(i) the purpose of the medication (claim statement); and
(ii) the established name of each active drug ingredient and the level of each drug used in the
final mixture expressed in a manner required by the commissioner by rule; and
(8) for a customer formula feed for which the formula is developed by someone other than the
manufacturer, a disclaimer may be included on the label stating "THIS FEED IS A CUSTOMER
FORMULA FEED DEVELOPED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER.
THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT CLAIM, REPRESENT, WARRANT, OR GUARANTEE,
AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NUTRITIONAL ADEQUACY OF THIS FEED OR
THE NUTRITIONAL SUITABILITY OF THIS FEED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE."
(c) The manufacturer of a customer formula feed the formula of which is developed by
someone other than the manufacturer is not responsible or liable for the nutritional adequacy
or the nutritional suitability of the feed for its intended purpose if: (1) the manufacturer does
not make a claim of nutritional adequacy for the customer formula feed and does not make
a claim for nutritional suitability of the feed for its intended purpose; and (2) the manufacturer
includes the disclaimer in paragraph (b), clause (8). A person other than the manufacturer who
develops or recommends a formula for a customer formula feed is responsible for providing to the
manufacturer of the feed the appropriate labeling information and for providing the appropriate
use information to the feed manufacturer.
History: 1971 c 433 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 216 s 47

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