S.C. Code Regs. § § 5-207
Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024
Section 5-207 - General Regulations(1) A "Custom-Mixed Feed" shall be labeled by invoice. The invoice, which is to accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery, shall bear the following information:(a) Name and address of the mixer.(b) Name and address of the purchaser.(d) The product name and brand name, if any, and number of pounds of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture and the name and number of pounds of each other feed ingredient added.(f) The percentage by weight of any drug or other feed additive.(g) Adequate warnings against misuse, if drugs or other additives which are potentially harmful are included in the mixture.(2) A "Customer Formula Feed" shall be labeled by invoice. The invoice, which is to accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery shall bear the following information:(a) Weight or quantity of the feed.(b) Name and address of the mixer.(c) Name and address of the purchaser.(e) The product name and brand name, if any, and number of pounds of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture and the name and number of pounds of each other feed ingredient added.(f) A statement of the maximum percentage it contains of crude fiber, and the minimum percentage of crude fat and crude protein.(g) The percentage by weight of any drug or other feed additive.(h) Adequate directions for use, if any drugs or other additives which are potentially harmful are included in the mixture.(3) Urea and other nonprotein nitrogen products as defined in the AAFCO publication are acceptable ingredients in commercial feeds for ruminant animals and shall not be used in commercial feeds for other animals and birds as sources of equivalent crude protein. The maximum percentage of equivalent crude protein from added nonprotein nitrogen shall appear immediately below the guarantee for total crude protein.
If the commercial feed contains more than 8.75% of equivalent crude protein from all forms of nonprotein nitrogen, added as such, or if the equivalent crude protein from all forms of nonprotein nitrogen, added as such, exceeds one third of the total crude protein, the label shall bear adequate directions for the safe use of such feeds and the statement:
"CAUTION: Use as directed."
The directions for use and the caution statement shall be in type of such size so that they will be read and understood by ordinary persons under customary conditions of purchase and use.
On labels such as those for medicated feeds which bear adequate feeding directions and/or warning statements, the presence of added nonprotein nitrogen products shall not require a duplication of feeding directions or the warning statements.
(4) All mixtures containing mineral ingredients generally regarded as dietary factors essential for the normal nutrition of animals, which are sold or represented for the primary purpose of supplying minerals as additions to rations in which these same mineral factors may be deficient, are classified as mineral feeds. Such mineral feeds must be registered with this Department under the Commercial Feedstuffs Law.(5) Molasses and products sold or distributed solely as minerals, vitamins, or drugs need not show a declaration of protein, fat, or fiber.(6) Cracked corn is considered a commercial feed and must be tagged and registered in accordance with regulation of the Commercial Feed Law. Cracked corn shall not be registered below a crude protein guarantee of less than 8.00% and a crude fiber guarantee of not more than 7.00%.(7) The sale of any feedstuffs which contain viable noxious weed seeds in quantities exceeding limitations set by 5-462 of the South Carolina Seed Law is forbidden.(8) It shall be unlawful to use the name of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture or any of its divisions for advertising purposes; when the advertising is in connection with the Department's laboratory reports on test analyses of samples of feed, whether such samples have been officially drawn by the Department's inspectors or submitted by individuals, firms, manufacturers, processors, service organizations, or wholesale or retail distributors.