Week 5

Feed Additives and Labeling

Feed Laws & Labeling

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• Regulations and laws control manufacture and distribution of commercial feeds, mineral supplements, liquid supplements, premixes, and other supplements
• Established to ensure
• Orderly commerce
• Animal and human health
• In general, state Department of Agriculture administers
• Companies in commercial production of feeds regulated
• For commercial feed company to produce and market feed
• Product registered with state regulatory agency
• State agency will sample and analyze composition of product
• Ensure product consistent with label information
• Results are published and available to consumer
• In U.S., most agencies use Model Feed Bill as basis
• Model Feed Bill
• Developed by AFCO
• AFCO
• Individuals of commercial feed regulatory agencies of North America
• Facilitates “uniform and equitable laws, regulations, standards, and definitions and enforcement policies for regulating the manufacture, labeling, distribution, and sale of animal feeds, resulting in safe, effective, and useful feeds”
• Click for information regarding AFCO and publications available through AFCO: http://www.aafco.org/
• States regulations regarding manufacture, labeling, distribution, and sale of animal feeds
• Labels
• Provide information regarding content
• Regulations encompass required, optional, and prohibited information
• State instructions for appropriate use
• Requirements
• Identify product
• Inform of nature of and intended purpose of product
• Provide instructions on proper use
• State specific cautions regarding use, if applicable
• Nonmedicated
• Required to be attached to each bag or available
• Exception for custom feeds
• Medicated
• All must be labeled
• Nonmedicated feed
• Label
• Product name and brand name, if applicable
• Guaranteed analysis
• List of ingredients
• Purpose statement
• Directions for use
• Warnings, if applicable
• Name and address of manufacturer
• Net weight
• Figure 10-1 on page 196 – Typical label for nonmedicated feed
• Medicated feed
• Animal feed containing one or more drugs at any level
• FDA classifies compound as drug
• Types
• Medicated complete feeds to be sole feedstuff in ration
• Medicated supplements for direct consumption and may be offered ad-lib
• Medicated concentrates to be mixed prior to being fed
• Label
• Information stated on nonmedicated feed label
• Term “medicated”
• Purpose statement of medication
• Names and amounts of active ingredients
• Warning statement – minimum withdrawal, if applicable
• Figure 10-2 on page 197 of text – Typical label for medicated feed
• Manufacturers
• File and receive approval on production and distribution
• Familiar with Good Manufacturing Practice Regulation in Federal Register
• Submit periodic samples for analysis
• Common issues
• Feeding to animal species, in concentrations, and/or in combinations not approved by FDA
• Manufacture or feeding in methods not approved by FDA is illegal
• Custom feeds
• Feeds prepared for individual customer
• Required to have label and shipping document
• Required information on documents
• Product name and brand name, if applicable
• Net weight of each ingredient
• Adequate instructions on product use
• Precautionary statements, if applicable
• Name and address of feed manufacturer
• Name and address of purchaser
• Date of delivery
• Guaranteed analysis
• Provides information on minimum and/or maximum levels of specific components
• Generally
• Dry-matter
• Crude protein
• Crude fat
• Crude fiber
• Ash
• Nitrogen-free extract
• Ca
• P
• Salt
• Additional components
• Varies by species
• Table 10-1 on page 195 – Partial list required for each specie by Model Feed Bill
• Varies by state
• May require percentage of roughage ingredients
• Maximum moisture and minimum total sugar for liquid supplements
• NPN compounds
• Maximum amount of NPN
• Dependent on NPN and total CP, may require information on safe use
• In general, state product only be fed to ruminants
• Ingredients
• In general, listed according to relative concentration
• Descending order
• In general, use collective feed names
• Manufacturers not required to
• State each ingredient
• Reregister for formulation changes within collective feed class
• Pages 41-43 of text – Lists the collective terms and various feedstuffs in each category approved by AFCO
• Closed formulas
• Commercial feed formulas that do not state amount of each ingredient
• Classification systems for various animal species
• Clarify intended use of product and facilitate appropriate use
• States criteria for each class within specie
• Each specie has separate classification systems
• Name and address of manufacturer
• Clearly stated
• Manufacturers are responsible for feed produced and legally responsible in event product does not meet quality guarantees