N.M. Admin. Code § 21.18.3.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 21.18.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. The names and definitions for commercial feeds shall be the official definition of feed ingredients adopted by the association of American feed control officials, except as the department designates otherwise in specific cases.

B. The terms used in reference to commercial feeds shall be the official feed terms adopted by the association of American feed control officials, except as the department designates otherwise in specific cases.

C. The following commodities are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed, under the provisions of Section 76-19A-5A NMSA 1978: raw meat and loose salt when unground and when not mixed or intermixed with other materials: provided that these commodities are not adulterated within the meaning of Section 76-19A-8 NMSA 1978.

D. The definitions in Section 76-19A-2 NMSA 1978 shall apply in addition to the following:

(1) Principal display panel means the part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.

(2) Ingredient statement means a collective and contiguous listing on the label of the ingredients of which the pet food or specialty pet food is composed.

(3) Immediate container means the unit, can, box, tin, bag, or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food or specialty pet food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping containers.

(4) All life stages means gestation/lactation, growth, and adult maintenance life stages.

(5) Family means a group of products, which are nutritionally adequate for any or all life stages based on their nutritional similarity to a lead product, which has been successfully test-fed according to an association of American feed control officials feeding protocol(s).

E. Prescription diet means a feed that is made available to the public only through a licensed veterinarian or through the retail or internet sales to individuals purchasing the product under the direction of a veterinarian.

F. Department means the New Mexico department of agriculture.

N.M. Admin. Code § 21.18.3.7

21.18.3.7 NMAC - Rp, 21.18.3.7 NMAC, 9/30/2013, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, October 27, 2020, eff. 1/1/2021