WAC 16-250-120   Adulteration of feed.  (1) The terms "poisonous or deleterious substances" as used in RCW 15.53.902 include, but are not limited to, the following:

     (a) A commercial feed or feed ingredient that contains more than twenty parts per billion aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2, individually or in total.

     (b) Fluorine and any mineral or mineral mixture that is used directly to feed domestic animals and in which the fluorine exceeds:

Maximum Allowed Percentage of Fluorine in Minerals		Type of Animal
	0.20%	Breeding and dairy cattle
	0.30%	Slaughter cattle
	0.30%	Sheep
	0.35%	Lambs
	0.45%	Swine
	0.60%	Poultry

     (c) Fluorine bearing ingredients when used in such amounts that they raise the fluorine content of the total ration (exclusive of roughage) above the following amounts:

Maximum Allowed Percentage of Fluorine in Ration Excluding Roughage		Type of Animal
	0.004%	Breeding and dairy cattle
	0.009%	Slaughter cattle
	0.006%	Sheep
	0.01%	Lambs
	0.015%	Swine
	0.03%	Poultry

     (d) Fluorine bearing ingredients incorporated in any feed that is fed directly to cattle, sheep or goats consuming roughage (with or without) limited amounts of grain, that result in a daily fluorine intake in excess of 50 milligrams of fluorine per 100 pounds of body weight.

     (e) Soybean meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets that have been extracted with trichloroethylene or other chlorinated solvents.

     (f) Sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid, and salts of sulfurous acid when used in or on feeds or feed ingredients that are considered or reported to be a significant source of vitamin B1 (thiamine).

     (g) Any substance that is prohibited by 21 CFR, Part 589.

     (2) When screenings are used in a commercial feed, the labeling and screenings must comply with the requirements in WAC 16-250-110 or the commercial feed will be considered adulterated.

     (3) Feed containing raw or unprocessed animal waste will be considered adulterated.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.53 and 34.05 RCW. 05-18-094, § 16-250-120, filed 9/7/05, effective 10/8/05; 03-23-128, § 16-250-120, filed 11/19/03, effective 7/1/04.]