La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XVII-135

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XVII-135 - Drugs and Pet Food Additives

A. An artificial color may be used in a pet food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color in the United States Food and Drug Regulations as safe for use, together with the conditions, limitations and tolerance, if any, incorporated therein, shall be deemed to be satisfactory evidence that the color is, when used pursuant to such regulations, harmless to pets.

B. Prior to approval of a registration application and/or approval of a label for pet food, which contains additives, (including drugs, other special purpose additives, or non-nutritive additives) the distributor may be required to submit evidence to prove the safety and efficacy of the pet food, when used according to directions furnished on the label. Satisfactory evidence of the safety and efficacy of a pet food may be:

1. when the pet food contains such additives, the use of which conforms to the requirements of the applicable regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, or which are prior sanctioned or generally recognized as safe for such use; or

2. when the pet food itself is a drug as defined in R.S. 3:1391(3) and is generally recognized as safe and effective for label use or is marketed subject to an application approved by the Food and Drug Administration under Title 21, U.S.C. 360(b).

C. The medicated labeling format recommended by Association of American Feed Control Officials shall be used to assure that adequate labeling is provided.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XVII-135

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Feed Commission, LR 11:226 (March 1985), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Feed, Fertilizer, and Agricultural Liming Commission, LR 38:2525 (October 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1392 and R.S. 3:1394.