Section 4-45-3 - Expression of guarantees(a) The sliding-scale method of expressing guarantees is prohibited, except as provided by chapter 144, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or this chapter.(b) The guaranteed analysis of commercial" feed shall list:1. The minimum percentage of crude protein;2. The minimum percentage of crude fat; and3. The maximum percentage of crude fiber; except that products sold solely as mineral and vitamin supplements and guaranteed as specified in subsections (d) and (e) need not show guarantees for protein, fat, and fiber, but must be labeled with adequate feeding or mixing directions.
(c) Drugs in commercial, custom-mixed, and toll-milled feeds shall be guaranteed in terms of percentage by weight, except that when antibiotics are present at less than two thousand grams per ton of feed, the antibiotics shall be guaranteed in terms of grams per ton of feed, or when present at two thousand grams per ton or more, the antibiotics shall be guaranteed in terms of grams per pound of feed.(d) Vitamins., when quantitatively guaranteed, shall be expressed in milligrams per pound of feed, except that vitamin A, other than precursors of vitamin A, shall be stated in International or USP units per pound; vitamin D, in products offered for poultry feeding, shall be stated in International Chick Units per pound; vitamin D for other uses shall be stated in International or USP units per pound? and vitamin E shall be stated in International or USP units per pound of feed.(e) Commercial feeds containing six and one-half per cent or more mineral element shall include in the guaranteed analysis the minimum and maximum percentages of calcium (Ca) and of salt (NaCl), and the minimum percentage of phosphorus (P) and of iodine (I), if added. Minerals except salt (NaCl), when quantitatively guaranteed, shall be stated in terms of per cent of the element.(f) Other substances or elements may be guaranteed by permission of the department.[Eff 5/29/81; comp 1/16/84; comp 3/24/86; am OCT 05 2002 ] (Auth: HRS § 144-10) (Imp: HRS § 144-4)