8 CCR 1202-7 Part 6 - Ingredients

6.1. Each ingredient of a pet food or specialty pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement as follows:

6.1.1. The names of all ingredients in the ingredient statement shall be shown in letters or type of the same size and color;

6.1.2. The ingredients shall be listed in descending order by their predominance by weight in non-quantitative terms;

6.1.3. Ingredients shall be listed and identified by the name and definition published in the 2022 Official Publication of AAFCO; and

6.1.4. Any ingredient for which no name and definition have been so established shall be identified by the common or usual name of the ingredient.

6.2. The ingredients "meat" or "meat by-products" shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat or meat by-products are derived unless the meat or meat by-products are derived from cattle, swine, sheep, goats, or any combination thereof. For example, ingredients derived from horses shall be listed as "horsemeat" or "horsemeat by-products".

6.3. Brand or trade names shall not be used in the ingredient statement.

6.4. A reference to the quality, nature, form, or other attribute of an ingredient shall be allowed when the reference meets all of the following:

6.4.1. The designation is not false or misleading;

6.4.2. The ingredient imparts a distinctive characteristic to the pet food or specialty pet food because it possesses that attribute; and

6.4.3. A reference to quality or grade of the ingredient does not appear in the ingredient statement.

Notes

8 CCR 1202-7 Part 6

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