Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 7.7. Injury disclaimer. The Department or USDA-APHIS, their agents or representatives are not responsible for unfavorable results or injuries to animals that might be caused by handling or testing. Source The provisions of this § 7.7 amended June 13, 1975, effective June 14, 19…

§ 7.71. Responsibility. Responsibility for having calves vaccinated at the proper age shall rest entirely on the owner. The Department or USDA-APHIS is not responsible for unfavorable results or injuries which may be caused by handling the animals or administering the vaccine. So…

§ 7.72. Procedure. (a) Designation of vaccine. Except as authorized under subsection (b), Strain RB 51 vaccine is hereby designated the only brucellosis vaccine authorized for use within this Commonwealth. (b) State Veterinarian approval required. Strain 19 vaccine may only be us…

§ 7.73. Identification of officially vaccinated animals. (a) Tattoo required. Veterinarians administering official calfhood or official adult vaccinations shall tattoo in the right ear of the animal the letter ‘‘R,’’ followed by a United States Registered ‘‘V’’ shield followed by…

§ 7.74. Vaccination report. Vaccinations shall be reported to the Department within 30 days following vaccination of the animal. The reports shall be made on forms provided by the Department. The original and one copy shall be forwarded to the Department, one copy given to the he…

§ 7.8. Animal market quarantine. (a) Animals which fail to pass a satisfactory physical examination and brucellosis test, whether applied within this Commonwealth or elsewhere, while at an animal market shall be confined in separate enclosures set aside for the purpose, designate…

§ 7.9. Right of Department to test. The Department reserves the right to blood test animals for brucellosis at any time. It is unlawful for a person to interfere, or to refuse to confine so as to allow testing without undue burden on the person testing, or to present his domestic…

§ 71.1. General provisions. (a) The names and definitions for commercial feeds shall be those contained in the Official Definition of Feed Ingredients adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, unless in specific cases the Secretary designates otherwise. (b) T…

§ 71.10. Brand and product names. (a) The brand or product name shall be appropriate for the intended use of the feed and shall not be misleading. If the name indicates the feed is made for a specific use, the character of the feed shall conform therewith. (b) Commercial, registe…

§ 71.11. Directions for use and precautionary statements. (a) Directions for use and precautionary statements on the labeling of all commercial feeds and customer-formula feeds containing additives including drugs, special purpose additives or nonnutritive additives shall: (1) be…

§ 71.12. Good manufacturing practices. For the purpose of enforcement of the act, the Federal regulations relating to the production of medicated feeds, 30 FR 6475, 21 CFR 133.100—110 and relating to medicated premixes, 32 FR 15109, 21 CFR 133.200—210, are adopted as standards of…

§ 71.2. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act—The Pennsylvania Commercial Feed Law (3 P. S. § § 58.1—58.16) (Repealed). Prohibited weed seeds—The seeds of peren…

§ 71.3. Label format. (a) Commercial feeds shall be labeled with the information prescribed in this Chapter on the principal display panel of the product and in the following format: (1) Net weight. (2) Product name and any brand name. (3) Drug labeling information. (4) Guarantee…

§ 71.4. Drug labeling. If drugs are contained in the feed, all of the following information shall appear on the principal display panel of the product: (1) The word ‘‘medicated’’ directly following and below the product name in type size no smaller than 1/2 the type size of the p…

§ 71.5. Guaranteed analysis requirements. (a) All of the following items of information shall be stated in the guaranteed analysis, in the order listed, subject to the exemptions contained in subsection (b) of this section: (1) Minimum percentage of crude protein. (2) Maximum per…

§ 71.6. Ingredient listing requirements. (a) The name of each ingredient shall be as defined in the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients published in the current Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, the common or usual name or a name app…

§ 71.7. Nonprotein nitrogen. (a) Urea and other nonprotein nitrogen products defined in the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials are acceptable ingredients only in commercial feeds for ruminant animals as a source of equivalent crude protein …

§ 71.8. Drug and feed additives. (a) Prior to approval of a facility registration for commercial feed which contains additives, including drugs, other special purpose additives or nonnutritive additives, the distributor may be required to submit evidence to prove the safety and e…

§ 71.9. Adulterants. (a) For the purpose of section 7(1) of the act (3 P. S. § 58.7(1)), poisonous and deleterious ingredients include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Fluorine and any mineral or mineral mixture which is to be used directly for the feeding of domestic …

§ 72.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act—The Pennsylvania Commercial Feed Law of 1966 (3 P. S. § § 58.1—58.16) (Repealed). Immediate container—The unit, ca…

§ 72.10. Drugs and additives. (a) An artificial color may be used in a pet food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color by the United States Food and Drug Administration at 21 CFR Parts 8 and 9 as safe for use,…

§ 72.11. Misrepresentations. (a) A vignette, graphic or pictorial representation of a product on a pet food label shall not misrepresent the contents of the package. (b) The use of the word ‘‘proven’’ in connection with label claims for a pet food is prohibited unless scientific …

§ 72.12. Identification of producer. (a) The label of a pet food shall specify the name and address of the manufacturer, packer or distributor of the pet food. The statement of the place of business shall include the street address, if any, of the place unless the street address …

§ 72.13. Outer containers or wrappers. When a pet food is enclosed in an outer container or wrapper which is intended for retail sale, the required label information shall appear on the outside wrapper or container unless all of the required label information is readily legible t…

§ 72.2. Label format. (a) The following information shall be shown on the principal display panel: (1) Statement of net content. (2) Product name. (3) The words ‘‘Dog Food,’’ ‘‘Cat Food’’ or similar designations. (b) The following information shall be shown either on the principa…

§ 72.3. Statement of net content. The declaration of net content shall be made in conformity with the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 1451 et seq.).

§ 72.4. Guaranteed analysis. (a) The guaranteed analysis shall be stated in the following order: (1) Crude protein (minimum). (2) Crude fat (minimum). (3) Crude fiber (maximum). (4) Moisture (maximum). (5) Any additional guarantees. (b) The sliding scale method of expressing a gu…

§ 72.5. Ingredients statement. (a) Each ingredient of the pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement in descending order of predominance by weight and names of all ingredients in the ingredient statement shall be shown in letters or type of the same size. Any ingredient…

§ 72.6. Brand and product names. (a) No flavor designation shall be used on a pet food label unless the designated flavor is detectable by a recognized test method, or is one the presence of which provides a characteristic distinguishable by the pet. Any flavor designation on a p…

§ 72.7. Balanced and complete rations. (a) The label of a pet food shall not contain an unqualified representation or claim, directly or indirectly, that the pet food therein contained, or a recommended feeding thereof, is or meets the requisites of a complete, perfect, scientifi…

§ 72.8. Limited purpose pet foods. (a) The label of a pet food product which is suitable only for intermittent or supplemental feeding or for some other limited purpose shall either bear a clear and conspicuous disclosure to that effect or contain specific feeding directions whic…

§ 72.9. Moisture limitation. The maximum moisture in all pet foods shall not exceed 78% or the natural moisture content of the constituent ingredients of the product, whichever is greater. Pet foods such as those consisting principally of stew, gravy, sauce, broth or juice which …

§ 73.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act—The Pennsylvania Fertilizer, Soil Conditioner and Plant Growth Substance Law (3 P. S. § § 68.1—68.23). Primary plant nut…

§ 73.10. Labeling. No person may distribute in this Commonwealth any type of fertilizer in bulk unless the bulk distribution container is properly labeled with all of the following information: (1) The name and address of the licensee or registrant. (2) The name of the product. (…

§ 73.11. Reports. The fertilizer tonnage reports required under section 11 of the act (3 P. S. § 68.11) shall be rendered in the format specified by Computer Reporting Procedures in the Uniform Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting System, Association of American Plant Food Control Offici…

§ 73.2. Fertilizer terms, names and definitions. (a) The fertilizer terms used shall be those contained in the current edition of the Official Publication of the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, Inc. (b) Except as the Secretary designates otherwise in specifi…

§ 73.3. Secondary plant nutrients. (a) A plant nutrient other than nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, if mentioned in any form or manner, shall be registered and shall be guaranteed on the elemental basis. Sources of the elements guaranteed and proof of availability shall be sub…

§ 73.4. Warning statements. (a) A warning statement is required on the label for a product which contains .03% or more of boron in a water-soluble form. The statement shall contain the following: (1) The word warning in a conspicuous manner. (2) The crops for which the fertilizer…

§ 73.5. Specialty fertilizer labels. The following information shall appear in a readable and conspicuous form and shall occupy at least the upper 1/3 of one side of the container: (1) Net weight. (2) Brand name. (3) Grade. (4) Guaranteed analysis, as follows: (i) The percentage …

§ 73.6. Slowly available plant nutrients. (a) No fertilizer label may bear a statement that implies the presence of a slowly available plant nutrient unless the nutrient is identified on the label. (b) If a fertilizer label implies that nitrogen is slowly available, for example, …

§ 73.7. Percentage. The term ‘‘percentages,’’ by symbol or word if used on a fertilizer label, shall be deemed to represent only the amount of individual plant nutrients or other factors in relation to the total product by weight. Source The provisions of this § 73.7 adopted July…

§ 73.8. Investigational allowances or tolerances. (a) A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed deficient if the analysis of any nutrient is below the guarantee by an amount exceeding the values in the following schedule: GuaranteepercentNitrogenpercentAvailable phosphoricacid perc…

§ 73.9. Computation of tonnages. In determining tonnages for payment of the inspection fee, the tonnages of all fillers added to dry fertilizers and of water added to liquid fertilizers shall be included. Source The provisions of this § 73.9 adopted July 28, 1972, effective July …

§ 77.1. General. (a) The sale or transfer for animal consumption of whey produced from dried milk products shall only take place from countries declared free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). (b) The discharge onto the surface …

§ 77.2. Current list of countries free of Foot and Mouth Disease. The following countries currently have been declared free of Foot and Mouth Disease by the USDA: Finland, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fij…

§ 77.3. Notification. Milk handlers, upon obtaining dried milk powder manufactured in a country other than on the USDA designated FMD-free list, shall notify the Bureau of Foods and Chemistry, Department of Agriculture immediately.

§ 8.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless this context clearly indicates otherwise. APHIS-USDA—Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, United States Department of Agriculture. Appraised Value—The current…