§ 1.548. Animal food.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b)—(d) or elsewhere in this chapter, no animal food prepared in whole or in part from materials derived from the carcasses of livestock in an official establishment or elsewhere shall be transported in commerce unless it complies with the following requirements:
(1) It is properly identified as animal food.
(2) It is not represented as being a human food.
(3) It has been denatured in accordance with § 1.549 (relating to denaturing procedures) so as to be readily distinguishable from an article of human food.
(b) An animal food that contains less than 5% parts or products of the carcasses of livestock and that is not represented by labeling or appearance or otherwise as being a human food or as a product of the meat food industry need not be denatured.
(c) Animal food packed in hermetically sealed, retort processed, conventional retail-size containers, and retail-size packages of semi-moist animal food need not be denatured if the name of the article, as for example “Dog and Cat Food” or “Animal Food,” appears on the label in a conspicuous manner. To be considered conspicuous, the letters in the name of the articles shall be at least three times as high, wide and thick as the letters in the words denoting the use, as ingredients in the article, of the materials derived from the carcasses of livestock. The letters in the name of such article shall contrast as markedly with their background as the letters in the words denoting the use of such ingredient materials contrast with their background.
(d) The requirements of this subchapter shall not apply to any animal food which does not consist of any parts or products of the carcasses of livestock, or to livestock or poultry feed which does not consist of any such articles other than processed livestock by products (such as meat meal tankage, meat and bone meal, blood meal and feed grade animal fat).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.340 (relating to animal food and similar articles).
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