ATCP 42.44(13)
(13) Use the term “meat" or “meat by-products" to designate meat or meat by-products from animals other than cattle, swine, sheep, or goats, unless the term is qualified to identify those animals.
ATCP 42.44(14)
(14) Claim that a dog or cat food is “new" or “improved" if the formula for that dog or cat food has not changed significantly for more than 6 months.
ATCP 42.44(15)
(15) Make any specific comparison claim, including any claim that a dog or cat food is preferred by dogs or cats, unless the claim is substantiated by reasonable evidence acquired within one year prior to the date on which the claim is made.
ATCP 42.44 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1996, No. 489, eff. 10-1-97; am. (6) (a),
Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99;
CR 04-005: am. (6) (a)
Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04;
CR 06-028: am. (6) (a)
Register November 2006 No. 611, eff. 12-1-06;
CR 14-047: am. (6) (a), (b)
Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15;
CR 16-012: am. (6) (a), (b)
Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9-1-16;
CR 18-019: am. (6) (a), (b) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20. ATCP 42.46
ATCP 42.46
Good manufacturing practices. ATCP 42.46(1)(1)
General. Medicated commercial feed, and dog and cat food shall be manufactured, processed, packaged, stored, and distributed in a manner which prevents adulteration and misbranding.
ATCP 42.46(2)
(2)
Buildings. Buildings and facilities used in manufacturing medicated commercial feed or dog or cat food shall be all of the following:
ATCP 42.46(2)(c)
(c) Constructed to allow convenient access for routine cleaning and maintenance.
ATCP 42.46(3)
(3)
Equipment. Equipment used to manufacture medicated commercial feed or dog or cat food shall be all of the following:
ATCP 42.46(3)(a)
(a) Adequate for the purpose used. Scales and measuring devices shall be accurate.
ATCP 42.46(3)(b)
(b) Designed, constructed and installed to facilitate routine cleaning, inspection and maintenance.
ATCP 42.46(4)
(4)
Cross-utilization. Areas and equipment used to manufacture, handle, or store medicated commercial feeds, dog food, or cat food may not be used to manufacture, handle, or store fertilizers or pesticides, unless the fertilizers or pesticides are approved for use in the manufacture of the medicated commercial feeds, dog food, or cat food.
ATCP 42.46(6)(a)
(a) The operator of a medicated feed manufacturing facility shall establish and maintain procedures for identifying, storing, and controlling inventories of Type A medicated articles and Type B medicated feeds used in manufacturing medicated feeds. The procedures shall preserve the identity, strength, quality and purity of the drug sources.
ATCP 42.46(6)(b)
(b) Packaged Type A medicated articles and Type B medicated feeds shall be stored in designated areas in their original closed containers. Bulk Type A medicated articles and bulk Type B medicated feeds shall be identified and stored in a manner which preserves their identity, strength, quality, and purity.
ATCP 42.46(6)(c)
(c) Type A medicated articles and Type B medicated feeds shall be used according to label directions.
ATCP 42.46(7)
(7)
Ingredient labeling. All packaged and bulk ingredients received or held for use in the manufacture of medicated commercial feed or dog or cat food shall be accurately labeled to facilitate proper use.
ATCP 42.46(8)
(8)
Records. A manufacturer of medicated commercial feed or dog or cat food shall keep records of all manufactured products, including product formulas, manufacturing dates, batch numbers, and shipment dates. The records shall be adequate to facilitate the recall of specific batches of medicated commercial feed or dog or cat food, should that become necessary. Records for each batch of manufactured product shall be retained for at least one year after the last product from that batch has been distributed.
ATCP 42.46 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1996, No. 489, eff. 10-1-97;
CR14-047: am. (3) (c)
Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15.
ATCP 42.48(1)(1)
General. Except as provided under sub.
(3), the nutritional content of a commercial feed shall be suitable for the intended use of that feed when the feed is used according to label directions.
ATCP 42.48(2)
(2)
Nutritional standards. Except as provided under sub.
(3), no person may manufacture or distribute a commercial feed intended for dairy cattle, equine, sheep, goats, ducks, geese, rabbits, mink, foxes, swine, poultry, fish, veal calves, or herd replacement calves unless one of the following applies:
ATCP 42.48(2)(a)
(a) The commercial feed complies with applicable nutritional standards published by the national research council, national academy of sciences contained in one of the following:
ATCP 42.48(2)(a)5.
5. Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, Cervids, and New World Camelids (2007).
ATCP 42.48(2)(a)9.
9. Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes (2nd revised edition, 1982).
ATCP 42.48 Note
Note: Copies of the nutritional standards listed in par. (a) are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may also be obtained from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth St N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, telephone 800-624-6242, e-mail:
customer_service@nap.edu or at the website
http://www.nap.edu.
ATCP 42.48(2)(b)
(b) The manufacturer of the commercial feed possesses valid scientific evidence showing that the commercial feed complies with sub.
(1).
ATCP 42.48 Note
Note: If the department has reason to believe that a commercial feed intended for dairy cattle, beef cattle, equine, sheep, goats, ducks, geese, rabbits, mink, foxes, swine, poultry, fish, veal calves, or herd replacement calves is not suitable for its intended use, the department may request documentation showing that the feed complies with par. (a) or (b).
ATCP 42.48(3)
(3)
Exemption. This section does not apply to a custom-mixed feed.
ATCP 42.48 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1996, No. 489, eff. 10-1-97:
CR 14-047: am. (2) (intro.), renum. (2) (a) to (a) (intro.) and am., cr. (2) (a) 1. to 9.
Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15;
CR 18-019: am. (2) (a) 6. Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20.
ATCP 42.50(1)(1)
Drugs. No person may manufacture or distribute any commercial feed which is a drug, or which contains any drug, unless all of the following apply:
ATCP 42.50(1)(a)
(a) The drug is safe and effective for its intended use when used according to label directions.
ATCP 42.50(1)(b)
(b) The drug and its use are approved or sanctioned by the federal food and drug administration if federal law requires that approval or sanction.
ATCP 42.50(2)
(2)
Use of drugs in commercial feed. No person may do either of the following:
ATCP 42.50(2)(a)
(a) Manufacture or distribute any commercial feed to which a drug has been added in violation of the drug label, or in violation of the terms under which the drug is approved by the federal food and drug administration.
ATCP 42.50(2)(b)
(b) Manufacture or distribute any commercial feed to which a drug has been added unless that commercial feed is labeled as a medicated commercial feed according to this chapter.
ATCP 42.50(3)
(3)
Other additives. No person may manufacture or distribute any commercial feed containing a special purpose additive or non-nutritive additive if any of the following apply:
ATCP 42.50(3)(a)
(a) The additive is not safe, or is not effective, for its intended use when used according to label directions.
ATCP 42.50(3)(b)
(b) The additive is used in the commercial feed for a purpose other than that for which it was intended, or in violation of its label.
ATCP 42.50(3)(c)
(c) The additive is used to impart immunity, but the United States department of agriculture has not approved it for that purpose under
21 USC 151 to
158.
ATCP 42.50 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1996, No. 489, eff. 10-1-97.
ATCP 42.52
ATCP 42.52
Adulteration and misbranding. ATCP 42.52(1)(1)
Adulteration and misbranding prohibited. No person may sell or distribute in this state a feed which is adulterated or misbranded.
ATCP 42.52(2)
(2)
Adulteration; what constitutes. A feed is adulterated if any of the following apply:
ATCP 42.52(2)(a)
(a) The feed bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may make it injurious to health. If the substance is not an added substance, the feed is not considered adulterated under this paragraph if the quantity of the substance does not ordinarily make the feed injurious to the health of the animal for which it is intended.
ATCP 42.52(2)(b)
(b) The feed contains any added poisonous, deleterious, or non-nutritive substance which is unsafe within the meaning of
21 USC 346. This paragraph does not apply to either of the following:
ATCP 42.52(2)(b)1.
1. A pesticide used according to label directions on a raw agricultural commodity contained in the feed.
ATCP 42.52(2)(c)
(c) A raw agricultural commodity in the feed contains the residue of a pesticide that is unsafe within the meaning of
21 USC 346a, unless all of the following apply:
ATCP 42.52(2)(c)1.
1. The pesticide chemical was applied to the raw agricultural commodity according to an exemption or tolerance under
21 USC 346a.
ATCP 42.52(2)(c)2.
2. The raw agricultural commodity has been processed by canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, milling, or other processing procedures.
ATCP 42.52(2)(c)3.
3. The pesticide residue has been removed from the raw agricultural commodity to the greatest extent possible with good manufacturing practices.
ATCP 42.52(2)(c)4.
4. The pesticide residue concentration in the feed does not exceed the tolerance prescribed for that pesticide in the raw agricultural commodity.
ATCP 42.52(2)(d)
(d) The feed, if fed to an animal, will likely cause the edible product of that animal to contain a pesticide residue which is unsafe within the meaning of
21 USC 346a(a).
ATCP 42.52(2)(h)
(h) A drug, special purpose additive, or non-nutritive additive is added to the feed in violation of s.
ATCP 42.50.
ATCP 42.52(2)(i)
(i) A valuable constituent of the feed is wholly or partly omitted or removed from the feed, or is wholly or partly replaced by a less valuable constituent.
ATCP 42.52(2)(j)
(j) The composition or quality of the feed falls below or differs from that represented on the feed labeling.
ATCP 42.52(2)(k)
(k) The feed is a medicated commercial feed or a dog or cat food manufactured in violation of good manufacturing requirements under s.
ATCP 42.46.
ATCP 42.52(2)(L)
(L) The feed contains germitive noxious weed seeds in an amount greater than either of the following, unless the presence and guaranteed maximum amount of those germitive noxious weed seeds is clearly stated on the feed label:
ATCP 42.52(2)(L)1.
1. An amount which is unavoidably present, notwithstanding the use of best commercial feed manufacturing practices.
ATCP 42.52(2)(m)
(m) The feed contains any germitive weed seeds, other than wild buckwheat seeds, in an amount greater than either of the following, unless the presence and guaranteed maximum amount of those germitive weed seeds is clearly stated on the feed label:
ATCP 42.52(2)(m)1.
1. An amount which is unavoidably present, notwithstanding the use of best commercial feed manufacturing practices.
ATCP 42.52(2)(n)
(n) The feed is a mineral supplement or additive, intended for any of the following classes of animals, which contains fluorine in excess of any of the following amounts:
