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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 16. Agriculture, Department of (See Titles 24, 60, and 142) |
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Chapter 16-252. Commercial feed rules—Pet food and specialty pet food. |
Section 16-252-015. Feed ingredient names and definitions.
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- Except for the specific names and definitions contained in this section, the names and definitions used in reference to pet food and specialty pet food ingredients, in this chapter, are the official names and definitions of feed ingredients established by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and published in the association's official publication."Dehydrated grass meal" means the aerial portion of a grass plant that is:• Cut before the formation of seed;• Reasonably free of other crop plants, weeds, and mold;• Finely ground; and• Dried by artificial thermal means.Note:If a dehydrated grass meal product is identified by a species name, the product must be made from that species."Grass seed by-products meal or pellets" means a ground product consisting of light and broken seeds, hulls, chaff, straw, and some weed seeds but excluding sand, dirt, and heavy weed seeds."Grass seed screenings meal or pellets" means a product comprised chiefly of hulls obtained from the cleaning of various grass seeds."Pea bran" means a product consisting primarily of the various components from a pea splitting operation. Pea bran must contain at least ten percent crude protein and not more than thirty-eight percent crude fiber."Pea by-products meal" means a product containing light and broken peas, and offal from pea cleaning, which includes chips, pea powder, pea hulls, and screenings. Pea by-products meal must contain at least fifteen percent crude protein and not more than thirty percent crude fiber."Pea meal" means a pea product resulting from the grinding of whole peas that are reasonably free of other crop seeds, weeds, and mold. Pea meal must contain at least twenty percent crude protein and not more than eight percent crude fiber."Pea screenings meal" means a product consisting primarily of the various components from the screening and cleaning of peas. Pea screenings meal must contain at least ten percent crude protein and not more than thirty-eight percent crude fiber.