Transcript 34Lecture3411172014

Information on a Feed Tag
• Feed manufacturers required by law
to provide certain info on feed tag
• Applies to all commercial feeds
Label Format
• Net weight
• Product and/or brand name
• Guaranteed analysis
• Ingredients
Label Format
• Company/manufacturer
• Adequate directions
• Precautionary statements for safe
and effective use
Medicated Feeds
• Additional info required:
• Purpose of medication & species of use
• Directions for use
• Name & concentration of active drug
• Warning for withdrawal period
• Warnings against misuse
Product Name
• Must be appropriate name for the
intended use
• Must not be misleading
• “Medicated” must appear on label
for feeds that are medicated
Guaranteed Analysis
• Minimum % CP
• % CP equivalent from NPN
• Minimum % crude fat
• Maximum % crude fiber
Guaranteed Analysis
• Minimum & maximum % Ca
• Minimum % P
• Minimum & maximum % salt
Guaranteed Analysis
• Minimum of other minerals
• Minimum of vitamins
Ingredients – Collective Terms
• Grain Products
• Corn, wheat, barley, oats, etc.
• Plant Protein Products
• Soybean meal, canola meal, etc.
• Animal Protein Products
• Feather meal, fish meal, dried
whey, dried skim milk
Ingredients – Collective Terms
• Processed Grain By-Products
• Wheat middlings, rice bran, corn
gluten feed, Brewers grains
Ingredients – Collective Terms
• Forage Products
• Alfalfa meal, alfalfa pellets
• Roughage Products
• Cottonseed hulls, dried beet pulp
• Molasses Products
• Cane, beet
Adequate Directions
Adequate Directions
Precautionary Statements
Feed Tags
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