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:
ATCP 42.52(2)(o)
(o) The feed, when used in normal feeding according to label directions, raises the fluorine content of the total ration, excluding roughage, above the following amounts for the following classes of animals:
ATCP 42.52(2)(p)
(p) The feed, when fed directly to cattle, sheep, or goats consuming roughage with or without limited amounts of grain, results in a daily fluorine intake of more than 50 milligrams of fluorine per 100 pounds of body weight.
ATCP 42.52(2)(q)
(q) The feed contains soybean or vegetable meal, flakes, or pellets extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated solvents.
ATCP 42.52(2)(r)
(r) Sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid, or salts of sulfurous acid are used in manufacturing a feed which is represented as a significant source of vitamin B
1 (Thiamine).
ATCP 42.52(2)(s)
(s) The feed contains an organic ingredient, such as humus, peat, sphagnum moss, or sawdust, that has little or no feeding value.
ATCP 42.52(2)(t)
(t) The feed is manufactured, packaged, or held under unsanitary conditions which may contaminate it with filth or make it injurious to health.
ATCP 42.52(3)
(3)
Misbranding; what constitutes. A feed is misbranded if any of the following applies:
ATCP 42.52(3)(a)
(a) The feed labeling is false, deceptive, or misleading in any particular.
ATCP 42.52(3)(b)
(b) The feed is sold or distributed under the name of another feed.
ATCP 42.52 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1996, No. 489, eff. 10-1-97;
CR 14-047: am. (2) (b), (c) (intro.), 1., (d) to (g), (o) (intro.)
Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15.
ATCP 42.54(1)(1)
Use of non-protein nitrogen ingredients. No non-protein nitrogen ingredient, such as urea, di-ammonium phosphate, ammonium poly-phosphate solution, or ammoniated rice hulls, may be used as a source of equivalent crude protein in a commercial feed intended for non-ruminant animals. This subsection does not prohibit the use of non-protein nitrogen ingredients for other nutrient purposes in a commercial feed intended for non-ruminant animals, provided that all of the following apply:
ATCP 42.54(1)(a)
(a) The non-protein nitrogen ingredients are identified in the 2018
Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials.
ATCP 42.54 Note
Note: Copies of the
Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Paper or electronic copies may be obtained from AAFCO at
www.aafco.org.
ATCP 42.54(1)(b)
(b) The equivalent crude protein incidentally provided by all of the non-protein nitrogen ingredients does not exceed 1.25% by weight of the commercial feed.
ATCP 42.54(1)(c)
(c) The crude protein guarantee for the commercial feed is stated in the following form:
“Crude protein, minimum, __% (This includes not more than __% equivalent crude protein which is not nutritionally available to [species of animal for which feed is intended])."
ATCP 42.54(2)(a)(a) If a commercial feed for ruminants contains more than 5% protein from natural sources, but also contains added non-protein nitrogen, its guaranteed analysis shall include the following guarantee:
“Crude protein, minimum,__% (This includes not more than __% equivalent crude protein from non-protein nitrogen)."
ATCP 42.54(2)(b)
(b) If a commercial feed for ruminants contains added non-protein nitrogen and not more than 5% protein from natural sources, its guaranteed analysis shall include the following guarantee:
“Equivalent crude protein from non-protein nitrogen, minimum, __%".
