2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 15. Agriculture and Animals
ARTICLE 19. LIVESTOCK
CHAPTER 7. Commercial Feed
15-19-7-26. Commercial feed label information

   Sec. 26. A commercial feed, except a customer formula feed, must be accompanied by a label bearing the following information:

(1) The quantity statement.

(2) The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed.

(3) The guaranteed analysis, expressed on an "as-is" basis, and stated in the terms that the state chemist, by rule, determines are required to advise the user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the methods published by AOAC International.

(4) The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed. However, the state chemist, by rule, may:

(A) permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients that perform a similar function; or

(B) exempt a commercial feed or group of commercial feeds from the requirement for an ingredient statement if the state chemist finds that such a statement is not required in the interest of consumers.

(5) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed.

(6) Adequate directions for use for:

(A) commercial feeds containing drugs; and

(B) other feeds that the state chemist requires by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use.

(7) Precautionary statements that the state chemist by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-5-13-6.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.120-2008, SEC.88; P.L.99-2012, SEC.33.