8 CCR 1202-7, pt. 2 - Definitions and Terms

2.1. The Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. shall mean the 2022 Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. ("AAFCO"), effective January 1, 2023. This rule incorporates by reference the AAFCO standards and guidelines. This rule does not adopt any later amendments to, or editions of, the AAFCO standards and guidelines. A copy of the official publication of the Association of American feed Control Officials, Inc. shall be kept in the Department of Agriculture, located at 305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield Colorado 80021, and shall be open to public inspection, and available for copying, during normal business hours. A copy of the official publication shall also be kept at the AAFCO Headquarters office, located at 1800 S. Oak Street, Suite 100 Champaign, IL 61820-6974, and is available online at: http://www.aafco.org.publications. This, and any other material that is incorporated by reference, may be examined at any state publications depository library.

2.2. These Rules incorporate the Official Feed Terms as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, except as the Commissioner designates otherwise in specific cases.

2.3. The following commodities are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed, under the provisions of Section 35-60-102(2), C.R.S. of the Colorado Feed Law, when unground and when not mixed or intermixed with other materials: raw meat, bone and antler, individual chemical compounds, hay, loose salt, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls; provided that these commodities are not adulterated within the meaning of Section 35-60-107, C.R.S., of the Colorado Feed Law. The exemption from the definition of commercial feed is removed for an exempted commodity that bears a label listing nutritional claims or guarantees.

The definitions in the Colorado Feed Law shall apply in addition to the following:

2.4. "AAFCO" means the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc.

2.5. "AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles" means the lists of nutrients required for cat foods as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included.)

2.6. "AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles" means the lists of nutrients required for dog foods as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included.)

2.7. "AAFCO Family Guidelines" means the procedures for establishing pet food product families as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included).

2.8. "AAFCO-Recognized Animal Feeding Protocols" means the AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Feeding Protocols as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included.)

2.9. "AAFCO-Recognized Authority" means the nutritional authority for a given species of animal as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included.)

2.10. "AAFCO-Recognized Nutrient Profile" means the list of nutrients required for specialty pet foods for specific species of specialty pets as published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included.)

2.11. "All Life Stages" means gestation/lactation, growth, and adult maintenance life stages.

2.12. "Immediate Container" means the unit, can, box, tin, bag, or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food or specialty pet food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping containers.

2.13. "Ingredient Statement" means a collective and contiguous listing on the label of the ingredients of which the pet food or specialty pet food is composed.

2.14. "Pet" means dog or cat.

2.15. "Pet Food" means any commercial feed distributed or intended to be distributed for consumption by pets.

2.16. "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.

2.17. "Specialty Pet" means any domesticated pet animal normally maintained in a cage or tank, such as, but not limited to, gerbils, hamsters, canaries, finches, parrots, other cage birds, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes, turtles, and iguanas.

2.18. "Specialty Pet Food" means any commercial feed distributed or intended to be distributed for consumption by specialty pets.

2.19. "Family means a group of products which are nutritionally adequate for any or all life stages based on their nutritional similarity to a lead product which has been successfully test-fed according to an AAFCO-Recognized Animal Feeding Protocol(s).

Notes

8 CCR 1202-7, pt. 2

38 CR 05, March 10, 2015, effective 3/30/2015 39 CR 05, March 10, 2016, effective 3/30/2016 39 CR 23, December 10, 2016, effective 12/30/2016 40 CR 20, October 25, 2017, effective 11/30/2017 43 CR 22, November 25, 2020, effective 12/15/2020 45 CR 22, November 25, 2022, effective 12/15/2022