Section 2774 - Animal Products(a) General Provisions.(1) Animals other than livestock shall be excluded from all Animal Products.(2) All Animal Products must be produced by a commercial renderer operating in conformance with the standards of 3 CCR Section 1180.34. Any animal protein product sold as pure porcine shall be so labeled, pursuant to 21 CFR 589.2000.(3) The animal product will be considered adulterated when Salmonella is present in one or more subsamples of the animal feed or feed ingredient; and the Salmonella is of a serotype that is pathogenic to the animal species for which the animal feed or feed ingredient is intended; and the animal feed or feed ingredient will not undergo a subsequent commercial heat step or other commercial process that will kill Salmonella. (A) A Salmonella serotype that is considered pathogenic to the animal intended to consume the animal feed includes, but is not limited to:(i) Poultry feed with Salmonella Pullorum, Salmonella Gallinarum, or Salmonella Enteritidis.(ii) Swine feed with Salmonella Choleraesuis.(iii) Sheep feed with Salmonella abortusovis.(iv) Horse feed with Salmonella abortusequi.(v) Dairy and beef feed(s) with Salmonella Newport or Salmonella Dublin.(b) Air Dried Animal Blood Cells (Air Swept Tubular Drying) is obtained by drying red and white blood cells which have been separated from the plasma of clean, fresh, whole animal blood with only such amounts of plasma as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. The blood cells are dried by exposing the cells to a heated air stream and retaining them in the maximum moisture of 11 percent; and a minimum protein of 90 percent. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, origin, or composition it must correspond thereto.(c) Animal By-Product Meal is the rendered product from animal tissues, exclusive of any added hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition. This ingredient definition is intended to cover those individual rendered animal tissue products that cannot meet the criteria as set forth elsewhere in this section. This ingredient is not intended to be used to label a mixture of animal tissue products. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(d) Animal Digest is a material which results from chemical and/or enzymatic hydrolysis of clean and undecomposed animal tissue. The animal tissues used shall be exclusive of hair, horns, teeth, hooves and feathers, except in such trace amounts as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices and shall be suitable for animal feed. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind or flavor(s), it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(e) Animal Liver if it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto. Meal is obtained by drying and grinding liver from slaughtered animals. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(f) Animal Plasma is the product obtained by spray drying plasma which has been separated away from the cellular matter (red and white blood cells) of fresh whole blood by chemical and mechanical processing. The protein portion of this product is primarily albumin, globulin, and fibrinogen type proteins. The minimum percent crude protein and the maximum percent ash must be guaranteed on the label. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, composition, or origin, it must correspond thereto.(g) Animal Serum is the product obtained by removing the fibrin from liquid animal plasma by chemical and mechanical processes. The serum protein portion of this product is primarily albumin and globulin proteins. The minimum percent crude protein, maximum percent ash, minimum albumin content, and the minimum globulin content must be guaranteed on the label. The minimum albumin content is 42 percent (as a percent of total protein) determined by colorimetric assay and the minimum globulin content is 20 percent (as a percent of total protein) as measured by an assay method such as the Becker titer analysis. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, origin or composition, it must correspond thereto.(h) Blood Meal [Specify] is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous materials such as hair, stomach belchings and urine, except as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. The process used must be listed on the label as a part of the product name, such as "Blood Meal (Conventional Cooker Dried, Steamed, Hydrolyzed)." The product usually has a dark black like color and is rather insoluble in water.(i) Blood Meal, Flash Dried is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous material such as hair, stomach belchings and urine except as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. A large portion of the moisture (water) is usually removed by a mechanical dewatering process or by condensing by cooking to a semi-solid state. The semi-solid blood mass is then transferred to a rapid drying facility where the more tightly bound water is rapidly removed. The minimum biological activity of lysine shall be 80 percent.(j) Blood Protein is produced by quick freezing and/or transporting in a chilled state, clean, fresh, whole or dewatered animal blood exclusive of all extraneous material such as hair, stomach belchings and urine except as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, composition or origin, it must correspond thereto.(k) Cooked Bone Marrow is the soft material coming from the center of large bones, such as leg bones. This material, which is predominantly fat with some protein, must be separated from the bone material by cooking with steam. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition except for small amount of tissue which may adhere to the bone unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. The labeling of this product shall include, but is not limited to, guarantees for minimum crude protein and minimum crude fat. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(l) Dried Meat Solubles is obtained by drying the defatted water extract of the clean, wholesome parts of slaughtered animals prepared by steaming or hot water extraction. It must be designated according to its crude protein content which shall be no less than 70 percent. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(m) Egg Product is product obtained from egg graders, egg breakers and/or hatchery operations that is dehydrated, handled as liquid, or frozen. These sources shall be labeled as per USDA regulations governing eggs and egg products ( 9 CFR 590 ). This product shall be free of shells or other non-egg materials except in such amounts which might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices and contain a maximum ash content of six (6) percent on a dry matter basis.(n) Egg Shell Meal is a mixture of eggshells, shell membranes and egg content obtained by drying the residue from an egg breaking plant in a dehydrator to an end product temperature of 180 degrees Fahrenheit. It must be designated according to its protein and calcium content.(o) Ensiled Paunch is a product composed of the contents of rumen of cattle slaughtered at USDA inspected facilities. The moisture level is reduced to 50-68 percent. The product is then packed into an airtight environment, such as a silo, where it undergoes an acid fermentation that retards spoilage. The ensiled product will have a pH of four (4.0) or less.(p) Fleshings Hydrolysate (21 CFR 573.200) is obtained by acid hydrolysis of the flesh from fresh or salted hides. It is defatted, strained, and neutralized. If evaporated to 50 percent solids, it shall be designated "Condensed Fleshings Hydrolysate." It must have a minimum crude protein and maximum salt guarantee. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(q) Glandular Meal and Extracted Glandular Meal is obtained by drying liver and other glandular tissues from slaughtered mammals. When a significant portion of the water-soluble material has been removed, it may be called Extracted Glandular Meal. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(r) Hydrolyzed Hair is a product prepared from clean, undecomposed hair, by heat and pressure to produce a product suitable for animal feeding. Not less than 80 percent of its crude protein must be digestible by the pepsin digestibility method determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(s) Hydrolyzed Leather Meal is produced from leather scrap that is treated with steam for not less than 33 minutes at a pressure not less than 125 pounds per square inch and further processed to contain not more than 10 percent moisture, not less than 60 percent crude protein, not more than six (6) percent crude fiber, not more than 2.75 percent chromium, and with not less than 80 percent of its crude protein digestible by the pepsin digestibility method determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations. Hydrolyzed leather meal may be utilized in livestock feeds as provided in food additive regulation 21 CFR 573.540. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(t) Hydrolyzed Poultry By-Products Aggregate is the product resulting from hydrolyzation, heat treatment, or a combination thereof, of all by-products of slaughter poultry, clean and undecomposed, including such parts as heads, feet, undeveloped eggs, intestines, feathers and blood. The parts may be fermented as a part of the manufacturing process. The product shall be processed in such a fashion as to make it suitable for animal food, including heating (boiling at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius at sea level for 30 minutes, or its equivalent, and agitated, except in steam cooking equipment). It may, if acid treated, be subsequently neutralized. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, the name must correspond thereto.(u) Hydrolyzed Poultry Feathers is the product resulting from the treatment under pressure of clean, undecomposed feathers from slaughtered poultry, free of additives, and/or accelerators. Not less than 75 percent of its crude protein content must be digestible by the pepsin digestibility method determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations.(v) Leather Hydrolysate is obtained from chromium tanned unfinished leather shavings, trimmings, and/or lime fleshings that may or may not be pressure cooked with the addition of steam, sodium hydroxide, lime or magnesium oxide. Chromium is precipitated and separated so that only trivalent chromium at less than 1000 parts per million on a dry matter basis remains in the hydrolysate. This product is available as a liquid ingredient or as a spray dried powder. In either form, the analysis on a solids basis will not be less than 75 percent crude protein and not less than 85 percent of the protein shall be pepsin digestible determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations.(w) Meat is the clean flesh derived from slaughtered mammals and is limited to that part of the striate muscle which is skeletal or that which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus; with or without the accompanying and overlying fat and the portions of the skin, sinew, nerve, and blood vessels which normally accompany the flesh. It shall be suitable for use in animal food. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(x) Meat and Bone Meal is the rendered product from mammal tissues, including bone, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for in this definition. It shall contain a minimum of four (4.0) percent Phosphorus (P) and the Calcium (Ca) level shall not be more than 2.2 times the actual Phosphorus (P) level. It shall not contain more than 12 percent pepsin indigestible residue determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations and not more than nine (9) percent of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum Calcium (Ca). If it bears a name description of its kind, composition or origin it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(y) Meat and Bone Meal Tankage is the rendered product from mammal tissues, including bone, exclusive of any added hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. It may contain added blood or blood meal, however, it shall not contain any added extraneous materials not provided for in this definition. It shall contain a minimum of four (4.0) percent Phosphorus (P) and the Calcium (Ca) level shall not be more than 2.2 times the actual Phosphorus (P) level. It shall not contain more than 12 percent pepsin indigestible residue determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations and not more than nine (9) percent of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum Calcium (Ca). If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, composition or origin it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(z) Meat By-Products is the non-rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs. It shall be suitable for use in animal food. If it bears name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants." (aa) Meat Meal is the rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition. The Calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of Phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times. It shall not contain more than 12 percent Pepsin indigestible residue determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations and not more than nine (9) percent of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum Calcium (Ca). If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, composition or origin, it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(bb) Meat Meal Tankage is the rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of any added hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. It may contain added blood or blood meal, however, it shall not contain any other added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition. The Calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of Phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times. It shall not contain more than 12 percent pepsin indigestible residue determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations and not more than nine (9) percent of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible determined by AOAC method utilized by the AAFCO Proficiency Testing Program for Analytical Variations. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum Calcium (Ca). If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, composition or origin it must correspond thereto. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(cc) Meat Protein Isolate is produced by separating meat protein from fresh, clean, unadulterated bones by heat processing followed by low temperature drying to preserve function and nutrition. This product is characterized by a fresh meaty aroma, a 90 percent minimum protein level, one (1) percent maximum fat and two (2) percent maximum ash. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(dd) Mechanically Separated Bone Marrow is the soft material coming from the center of large bones, such as leg bones. This material, which is predominantly fat with some protein, must be separated from the bone material by mechanical separation. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition except for small amount of tissue which may adhere to the bone unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. The labeling of this product shall include, but is not limited to, guarantees for minimum crude protein and minimum crude fat. Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."(ee) Poultry is the clean combination of flesh and skin with or without accompanying bone, derived from the parts or whole carcasses of slaughtered poultry, or a combination thereof, exclusive of feathers (except as unavoidable in good manufacturing practices), heads, feet, and viscera. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto. If the bone has been removed, the process may be so designated by use of the appropriate feed term. It shall be suitable for use in animal food.(ff) Poultry By-Products consists of non-rendered clean parts of poultry, such as heads, feet, viscera, and whole carcasses, free from foreign matter except in such trace amounts as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, the name must correspond thereto. It shall be suitable for use in animal food.(gg) Poultry By-Product Meal consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of poultry, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, viscera, and whole carcasses, exclusive of added feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum calcium (Ca), and minimum phosphorus (P). The calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, the name must correspond thereto. It shall be suitable for use in animal food.(hh) Poultry Hatchery By-Product is a mixture of eggshells, infertile and unhatched eggs, and culled chicks which have been cooked, dried, and ground, with or without removal of part of the fat.(ii) Poultry Meal is the wet rendered or dry rendered product from a combination of clean flesh and skin with or without accompanying bone, derived from the parts of whole carcasses of slaughtered poultry, or a combination thereof, exclusive of feathers (except as unavoidable in good manufacturing practices), heads, feet, and viscera. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum calcium (Ca), and minimum phosphorus (P). The calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it must correspond thereto. It shall be suitable for use in animal food. (jj) Serum Albumin is the product obtained by removing the fibrin and globulin proteins from liquid animal plasma by chemical and mechanical processes. The resultant product will be greater than 60 percent albumin (as a percent of total protein) as measured by colorimetric assay (Doumas, B. T., Watson, W. A., Biggs, H. G., Clin Chim Acta. 1971). The minimum percent crude protein and the maximum percent ash must be guaranteed on the label as well as the minimum albumin concentration. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, origin or composition, it must correspond thereto.(kk) Serum Globulin is the product obtained by removing the fibrin and albumin proteins from liquid animal plasma by chemical and mechanical processes. The resultant product will be greater than 40 percent globulin (as a percent of total protein) as measured by an assay method such as the Becker titer analysis (Becker, W. 1969 Immunochemistry 6: 539-546). The minimum percent crude protein and the maximum percent ash must be guaranteed on the label as well as the minimum globulin concentration. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, origin or composition, it must correspond thereto.(ll) Spray Dried Animal Blood is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous material such as hair, stomach belchings, urine, except in such traces as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. Moisture is removed from the blood by a low temperature, evaporator under vacuum until it contains approximately 30 percent solids. It is then dried by spraying into a draft of warm, dry air which reduces the blood to finely divided particles with a maximum moisture of eight (8) percent and a minimum crude protein of 85 percent. It must be designated according to its minimum water solubility.(mm) Spray Dried Animal Blood Cells is the product obtained by spray drying red and white blood cells which have been separated from the plasma of clean, fresh, whole animal blood with only such amounts of plasma as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. The blood cells are dried by spraying into a draft of warm, dry air which reduces the blood to finely divided particles. The guaranteed analysis is: a maximum moisture of eight (8) percent; a minimum crude protein of 90 percent; and a minimum solubility in water of 75 percent. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, origin, or composition, it must correspond thereto.(nn) [Specify] Stock/Broth is obtained by cooking mammalian or poultry bones, parts, and/or muscle tissue. The crude protein content of stock/broth must be no less than 90 percent on a dry matter basis. In order for the stock/broth to be labeled as such, the moisture to crude protein ratio must not exceed 135:1 (135 parts water to one (1) part crude protein). The product label must bear a name descriptive of its kind, composition or origin, such as, but not limited to, meat, beef, pork, poultry, chicken, turkey: and may be called either stock or broth; for example, "Beef Stock." Use of this ingredient, from mammalian origins, is restricted to non-ruminant feeds unless specifically exempted by 21 CFR 589.2000. Feeds containing prohibited material must bear the following label statement: "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants."Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 2774
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992, 15011 and 15041, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsection (h) filed 6-25-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 26).
2. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 8-17-82 (Register 82, No. 34).
3. Amendment of section and Note filed 1-30-2002; operative 1-30-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(Register 2002, No. 5).
4. Repealer and new section filed 11-12-2024 as an emergency; operative 11/12/2024 (Register 2024, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-12-2025 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.