WAC 16-250-075   Expression of guarantees and special requirements -- Commercial feeds containing any added nonprotein nitrogen.  (1) Commercial feeds containing any added nonprotein nitrogen must be labeled as follows:

     (a) For ruminants:

     (i) Complete feeds, supplements, and concentrates containing added nonprotein nitrogen and containing more than five percent protein from natural sources must be guaranteed as follows:

     Crude protein, minimum, . . . . . %

     (This includes not more than. . . . . % equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen.)

     (ii) Mixed feed concentrates and supplements containing less than five percent protein from natural sources may be guaranteed as follows:

     Equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen, minimum, . . . . . %

     (iii) Ingredient sources of nonprotein nitrogen such as urea, diammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate solution, ammoniated rice hulls, or other basic nonprotein nitrogen ingredients as defined by the Association of American Feed Control Officials official publication must be guaranteed as follows:

     Nitrogen, minimum, . . . . . %

     Equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen, minimum, . . . . . %

     (b) For nonruminants:

     (i) Complete feeds, supplements and concentrates containing crude protein from all forms of added nonprotein nitrogen must be labeled as follows:

     Crude protein, minimum, . . . . . %

     This includes not more than . . . . . % equivalent crude protein, which is not nutritionally available to (species of animal for which feed is intended).

     (ii) Premixes, concentrates or supplements intended for nonruminants containing more than one and one-quarter percent crude protein from all forms of added nonprotein nitrogen must contain adequate directions for use and a prominent statement such as the following:

     WARNING: This feed must be used only in accordance with directions furnished on the label.

     (2) Urea and other nonprotein nitrogen products, as defined in the Association of American Feed Control Officials official publication, are accepted sources of crude protein only in commercial feeds for ruminant animals.

     (3)(a) Commercial feed must be labeled with adequate directions for the feed's safe use and a precautionary statement that reads, "CAUTION: USE AS DIRECTED" in the location specified in WAC 16-250-020 or 16-250-035 if it contains more than:

     (i) Eight and three-quarters percent crude protein from all forms of added nonprotein nitrogen; or

     (ii) One-third of the total crude protein content as added nonprotein nitrogen.

     (b) The directions for use and caution statements must be printed in a type size and placed on the label in the location specified in WAC 16-250-020 or 16-250-035 so they can be read and understood by an ordinary person purchasing and using the feed in a customary way.

     (4) Commercial feed products containing added nonprotein nitrogen do not require duplicate feeding directions or warning or caution statements on medicated feed labels as long as those directions and/or statements include sufficient information to ensure the safe and effective use of the product.

     (5) In commercial feeds distributed to nonruminant animals, nonprotein nitrogen sources defined in the Association of American Feed Control Officials official publication, are acceptable sources of nutrients other than crude protein, as long as the maximum crude protein from all nonprotein nitrogen sources does not exceed one and one-quarter percent of the nonruminant's total daily ration.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.53 and 34.05 RCW. 03-23-128, § 16-250-075, filed 11/19/03, effective 7/1/04.]