A commercial feed shall be labeled as follows:

(1)        In case of commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label bearing the following information:

a.         The net weight.

b.         The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed.

c.         The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as the Board by regulation determines is required to advise the users of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.

d.         The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed: Provided, that the Board by regulation may permit the use of collective terms for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function, or the Board may exempt such commercial feeds, or any group thereof, from this requirement of an ingredient statement if it finds that such statement is not required in the interest of consumers.

e.         The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person distributing the commercial feed.

f.          Adequate directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the Board may require by regulations as necessary for their safe and effective use.

g.         Such precautionary statements as the Board by regulation determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.

(2)        In the case of a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label, invoice, delivery slip, or other shipping document to be presented to the purchaser at time of delivery, bearing the following information:

a.         Name and address of the manufacturer.

b.         Name and address of the purchaser.

c.         Date of delivery.

d.         The product name and brand name, if any, and the net weight of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture, and the net weight of each other ingredient used.

e.         Adequate directions for use for all customer-formula feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the Board may require by regulation as necessary for their safe and effective use.

f.          Such precautionary statements as the Board by regulation determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the customer-formula feed. (1973, c. 771, s. 6.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.35

  • Board: means the North Carolina State Board of Agriculture. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • brand name: means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • commercial feed: means all materials, except whole unmixed seed such as corn, including physically altered entire unmixed seeds when not adulterated within the meaning of N. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • customer-formula feed: means commercial feed, each batch of which is mixed according to the formula of the customer, furnished in writing over the signature of the customer or his designated agent with each batch moved directly from the manufacturer to the customer and not stocked or displayed in a dealer's warehouse or sales area and not resold or redistributed to any person. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (i) upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper or (ii) accompanying such commercial feed, or advertisement, brochures, posters, television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of such commercial feed. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • manufacture: means to grind, mix or blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • person: means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, and any other legal entity. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • product name: means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33