Section 16-250-035. Format required for all commercial feed labels except customer-formula feed.

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(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 C.F.R., Part 589.2000, it must appear in a prominent place on the label.

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A copy of 21 C.F.R., 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.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.53 and 34.05 RCW. WSR 05-18-094, § 16-250-035, filed 9/7/05, effective 10/8/05; WSR 03-23-128, § 16-250-035, filed 11/19/03, effective 7/1/04.]

Chapters 15.53 and 34.05 RCW. WSR 05-18-094, § 16-250-035, filed 9/7/05, effective 10/8/05; WSR 03-23-128, § 16-250-035, filed 11/19/03, effective 7/1/04.

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Note:	A copy of 21 C.F.R., Part 589.2000 is available from the department. It is also available on the internet at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/retrieve.html.