5 GCA GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 67 FEEDING STUFFS CHAPTER 67 FEEDING STUFFS § 67101. Definitions

§ 67102. Labeling

§ 67103. Rules and Regulations

§ 67104. Effective Date

§ 67101. Definitions. When used in this Chapter: (a) The term distribute means to offer for sale, barter or otherwise supply commercial feeds or custom-mixed feeds

(b) The term distributor means any person who distributes

(c) The term sell or sale includes exchange

(d) The term official name of a feed ingredient means the name of a feed ingredient which is defined in the current official publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Incorporated

(e) The term commercial feed means all materials which are designed for use as feed or for mixing feed for animals other than dogs, cats or other domestic pets, and which are distributed or imported except: (1) Unmixed or unprocessed whole seeds which are not adulterated; (2) Hay, straw, stover, silate, cobs, husks and hulls (i) when unground or (ii) when unmixed with other materials; (3) Wet garbage; (4) individual chemical compounds when not mixed with other materials; (5) Unmixed feeding cane, molasses, unmixed pineapple pulp, unmixed pineapple hay and unmixed sugar cane hay

(f) The term feed ingredient means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed

COL120106 1 5 GCA GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 67 FEEDING STUFFS (g) The term mineral feed means a substance or mixture of substances designed or intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients

(h) The term custom-mixed feed means a special commercial mixture which is formulated by the manufacturer or processor in accordance with the specific instructions of the final purchaser and contains feed material or materials wholly or partly supplied by such manufacturer or processor

(i) The term toll-milled feed means a special feed which is processed by the processor (1) from materials entirely delivered by the owner thereof or his authorized agent and (2) in accordance with the specific instructions of such owner, and which is not distributed

(j) The term commercial feed means a commercial feed which is a mixture or blend of more than one feed ingredient

(k) The term commercial simple feed means a commercial feed that consists of only one feed ingredient

(l) The term brand name means any word, name, symbol or device or any combination thereof identifying the commercial feed of a distributor and distinguishing it from that of others

(m) The term product name means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class or specific use

(n) The term label means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed or imported, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed or custom-mixed feed is distributed or imported

(o) The term ton means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois

(p) The term percent or percentage means percentage by weight

(q) The term official sample means any sample of feed taken by the Department or its agent and designated as official by the Depart- ment of Agriculture

SOURCE: GC § 12600 added by P.L. 13-84:1

COL120106 2 5 GCA GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 67 FEEDING STUFFS § 67102. Labeling. (a) Any commercial feed other than custom-mixed or toll-milled feed, distributed in this Territory or imported shall be accompanied by a legible label bearing the following information: (1) The net weight; (2) The product name or brand name under which the commercial feed is distributed; (3) The guaranteed analysis of the commercial feed, listing the minimum percentage of crude, protein, minimum percentage of crude fat, maximum percentage of fiber and maximum percentage of ash; additional guarantees required to be or intentionally shown, shall appear only in the guaranteed analysis section of the label after the guarantee for maximum ash. For all mineral feeds and for those commercial feeds containing a level of added mineral ingredients, the list shall include the following, if added: minimum and maximum percentage of calcium (Ca), minimum percentage of phosphorus (P), minimum percentage of iodine (I) and minimum and maximum percentage of salt (NaCI). Other substances or elements, determinable by laboratory methods, may be guaranteed by permission of the Department of Agriculture. When any items are guaranteed, it shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accordance with the methods and regulations that may be prescribed by the Department of Agriculture. Products sold solely as mineral and vitamin supplements and guaranteed as specified in this Section need not show guarantee for protein, fat, fiber and ash but must be labeled with adequate feeding or mixing directions; (4) The common or official name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed, except as the Department may, by regulation, permit the use of collective term for a group of ingredients all of which perform the same function; (5) The name and principal address of the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed

(b) When a commercial feed is distributed in this Territory in bags or other containers, the label shall be placed on or affixed to the container; when a commercial feed is distributed in bulk, the label shall COL120106 3 5 GCA GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 67 FEEDING STUFFS accompany delivery and be furnished to the purchaser at the time of delivery

(c) A custom-mixed feed shall be labeled by numbered invoice. The invoice, which is to accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery, shall bear the following information: (1) Name and address of the mixer; (2) Name and address of the purchaser; (3) Date of sale; (4) Product name and brand name, if any, of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture and the name and number of pounds of each other feed ingredient added; (5) The term custom-mixed feed

(d) A toll-milled feed shall be labeled with the term, toll-milled feed and the name and address of the owner thereof

(e) If a commercial, custom-mixed or toll-milled feed contains (1) a non-nutritive substance which is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease or which is intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body or (2) a food additive, the Department may require the label of the commercial or toll- milled feed or the invoice of the custom-mixed feed to show the amount present, directions for use and/or warnings against misuse of the feed

(f) Whenever a manufacturer, processor, mixer or distributor of feed makes a claim or guarantee relative to the content of the feed on or with the package containing the same, which claim or guarantee is in addition to those required by law, he shall be responsible for maintaining the claim or guarantee, and may be required to submit information and records pertinent to the claim or guarantee

SOURCE: GC § 12601 added by P.L. 13-84:1

§ 67103. Rules and Regulations. The Department of Agriculture is charged with the enforcement of this Chapter, and is empowered to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations with respect to: (a) Providing for inspection fees; COL120106 4 5 GCA GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 67 FEEDING STUFFS (b) Providing for penalties for deficiencies of official samples; (c) Determining responsibilities and procedures for payment of registration, inspection and penalty feed; (d) Such other matters as may be necessary in order to secure the efficient administration of this Chapter

SOURCE: GC § 12602 added by P.L. 13-84:1

§ 67104. Effective Date. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1976

SOURCE: P.L. 13-84:2

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