WAC 16-250-010
Commercial feed terms and definitions. Except for the specific terms and definitions contained in
this section or in RCW 15.53.901, the terms and definitions
used in reference to commercial feeds, in this chapter, are
the official feed terms adopted by the Association of American
Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and published in the
association's official publication. Throughout these rules
where the Association of American Feed Control Officials
(AAFCO) official publication is referred to, the reference is
to the 2003 Official Publication.
Note:
A copy of the official publication is on file with the department. Copies may be purchased from AAFCO Assistant
Secretary Treasurer; P.O. Box 478 Oxford, IN 47971.
(1) "Animal wastes" means a material composed of excreta,
with or without bedding materials and/or animal drugs,
collected from poultry, ruminants or other animals except
humans.
(2) "Canned" means feed that has been processed,
packaged, sealed, and sterilized for preservation in cans,
pouches, or similar containers.
(3) "Commercial feed" means all materials or combinations
of materials that are distributed or intended for distribution
for use as feed or for mixing in feed, unless such materials
are specifically exempted. The following commodities are
exempted and are not considered "commercial feed" if they are
not adulterated (see RCW 15.53.902 for a list of conditions
that cause commercial feeds to be adulterated):
• Unmixed whole seeds and physically altered entire
unmixed seeds when such seeds are not chemically changed.
• Raw meat, hay, loose salt, straw, stover, silage, cobs,
husks, and hulls when such commodities are not ground, mixed
or intermixed with other materials.
(4) "Customer-formula feed" means commercial feed that is
a mixture of commercial feeds or feed ingredients, or both,
each batch of which is manufactured according to the
instructions of the final purchaser.
(5) "Department" means the Washington state department of
agriculture (WSDA).
(6) "Director" means the director of the Washington state
department of agriculture or the director's designee.
(7) "Distressed pet food" means pet food (dog and cat) in
distribution that is no longer available for retail sale.
Examples of distressed pet food include, but are not limited
to, dented cans, torn bags, or pet food past its sell-by date.
(8) "Distressed specialty pet food" means specialty pet
food in distribution that is no longer available for retail
sale. Examples of distressed specialty pet food include, but
are not limited to, dented cans, torn bags, or specialty pet
food past its sell-by date.
(9) "Distribute" means to:
(a) Offer for sale, sell, exchange or barter, commercial
feed; or
(b) Supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed
to a contract feeder.
(10) "Distributor" means a person who distributes.
(11) "Drug" means:
(a) Any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals
other than man; and
(b) Articles other than feed intended to affect the
structure or any function of the animal body.
(12) "Enzyme" means a protein made up of amino acids or
their derivatives, which catalyses a defined chemical
reaction. Required cofactors should be considered an integral
part of the enzyme.
(13) "Facility" means any place where a commercial feed
is manufactured, repackaged, sold, transloaded, or stored for
later distribution.
(14) "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent
materials making up a commercial feed.
(15) "Grain mixture feed" means mixed or intermixed whole
or physically altered grains, that:
(a) Are not chemically altered;
(b) May or may not contain molasses; and
(c) Except for molasses, contain no other additives.
(16) "Guarantee" means a listing of specified nutrients
or nonnutritive substances contained in a commercial feed that
the manufacturer or distributor named on the feed label
warrants as specified in these rules.
(17) "Guaranteed analysis" means a listing of the
minimum, maximum or both minimum and maximum concentrations of
specified nutrients contained in a commercial feed that the
manufacturer or distributor named on the feed label warrants.
Both minimum and maximum concentrations of specified nutrients
contained in a commercial feed are stated on an "as is" basis
rather than on a "one hundred percent moisture free" basis in
units specified by these rules.
(18) "Initial distributor" means a person who first
distributes a commercial feed in or into Washington state.
(19) "Ingredient statement" means a contiguous listing on
the label of all ingredients of which the commercial feed is
composed.
(20) "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 bulk commercial feed is distributed.
(21) "Labeling" means all labels and other written,
printed, or graphic matter:
(a) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or
wrappers; or
(b) Accompanying such commercial feed.
(22) "Lot identifier" means a unique identifier for each
lot, batch or production run that enables the manufacturer to
accurately trace the complete manufacturing and distribution
history of the product. A lot identifier is an individual
lot, batch or production run number, code, date, or other
suitable identification applied to the label, container, or
package. In the case of bulk feed the lot identifier is on a
label, invoice, or shipping document accompanying the feed.
(23) "Net weight" means the weight of a commodity
excluding any materials, substances, or items not considered
to be part of the commodity. Examples of materials,
substances, or items not considered to be part of a commodity
include, but are not limited to, containers, conveyances,
bags, wrappers, packaging materials, labels, individual piece
coverings, decorative accompaniments, and coupons. (See RCW 19.94.010 (1)(i).)
(24) "Nutritionally adequate" means the feed, when fed
according to directions on the label, will meet the
nutritional requirements of the class of animals for which the
feed was manufactured.
(25) "Nutritionally suitable" means nutritionally
adequate.
(26) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership,
corporation, or association.
(27) "Pet food" means a commercial feed prepared and
distributed for consumption by domesticated dogs or cats.
(28) "Principal display panel" means the part of a label
that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or
examined under normal and customary conditions of display for
retail sale.
(29) "Prohibited mammalian protein" means any
protein-containing portion of mammalian animals, excluding:
• Blood and blood products;
• Gelatin;
• Inspected meat products that have been cooked and
offered for human food and further heat processed for feed
(such as plate waste and used cellulose food casings);
• Milk products (milk and milk proteins); and
• Products whose only mammalian protein is porcine or
equine protein.
(30) "Processed," as applied to animal waste, means
thermally dehydrated, dry-stacked, ensiled, oxidized,
chemically treated, microbiologically digested, chemically or
physically fractionated, or treated by other processes that
enable an animal waste product to comply with the standards
established in this chapter.
(31) "Quantity statement" means the part of the label
expressing net weight (mass), net volume (liquid or dry) or
count.
(32) "Repackage" means taking commercial feed from
packages (no larger than one hundred pounds for dry feed or
fifty-five gallons for liquid feed) and placing it into
smaller packages for resale.
(33) "Salvage pet food" means pet food (dog and cat food)
still under control of the original manufacturer and will not
be offered for sale at retail. Examples include, but are not
limited to, start-up and over-run product, unpelletted pet
food, pet food fines, and other products not suitable for
packaging for retail sale.
(34) "Salvage specialty pet food" means specialty pet
food still under control of the original manufacturer and will
not be offered for sale at retail. Examples include, but are
not limited to, start-up and over-run product, unpelletted
specialty pet food, specialty pet food fines, and other
products not suitable for packaging for retail sale.
(35) "Sell" or "sale" includes exchange.
(36) "Specialty pet" means a domesticated animal pet
normally maintained in a cage or tank, such as, but not
limited to, gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds,
mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes, and turtles.
(37) "Specialty pet food" means a commercial feed
prepared and distributed for consumption by specialty pets.
(38) "Transload" means to transfer commercial feed from
one carrier to another carrier without processing or blending
the ingredients. For example, transferred from rail cars to
trucks or shipping containers.