WAC 16-250-035
Format required for all commercial feed
labels except customer-formula feed. (1)(a) The following
label information must appear in its entirety, in the
following order, on one side of the label or container of all
commercial feed except customer-formula feed:
(i) Product name and brand name, if any;
(ii) Drug used, if any drug is used;
(iii) Purpose of feed statement;
(iv) Guaranteed analysis;
(v) Feed ingredients;
(vi) Directions for use and precautionary statements or
reference to their location if they appear elsewhere on the
label;
(vii) Name and principal mailing address of the
manufacturer or person responsible for distributing the feed;
and
(viii) Quantity statement.
(b) A lot identifier must appear on the label of all
commercial feed, but may be in a different location than the
information required by (a) of this subsection.
(2)(a) If a reference to the location of the directions
for use and precautionary statements is made on the principal
label, the directions for use and precautionary statements
must be displayed in a prominent place on the label or
container but not necessarily on the same side as the
information required in subsection (1)(a) of this section.
(b) When directions for use or precautionary statements
are placed on a different side of the label or container than
the information required in subsection (1)(a) of this section,
there must be a statement on the same side of the label or
container that the information required in subsection (1)(a)
of this section is printed such as "see back of label for
directions for use."
(3) When the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
precautionary statement "do not feed to cattle or other
ruminants" is required by 21 CFR, Part 589.2000, it must
appear in a prominent place on the label.
Note:
A copy of 21 CFR, Part 589.2000 is available from the department. It is also available on the internet at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/retrieve.html.
(4) The information required in WAC 16-250-030 must not
be subordinated or obscured by other statements or designs.
(5) Printed or written material or design (for example,
pictures of animals or birds) of any kind must not be attached
to, appear on, or distributed with commercial feed if the
material or design is misleading, incorrect, or at variance in
any respect with the information required on the label.
(6)(a) Statements referring to a competitive product or
comparing the properties of a packaged feed to those of a
competitive product must not appear on a label unless the
competitive product is specifically identified.
(b) Negative statements regarding a competitive product
must not appear on a label unless the director determines that
the information provided by the statements is beneficial to
the product's purchaser.