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Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 15041, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2765. Violations.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 15072, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2766. Medicated Feed.
It is unlawful to use any medicated feed except in compliance with all directions on the tag or label.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 15073, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2770. Feed Ingredients.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14902 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2773. General Provisions for Processed Alfalfa Products.
(a) Chopped alfalfa, alfalfa meal, dehydrated alfalfa, alfalfa leaf meal, alfalfa stem meal, alfalfa straw meal, alfalfa pellets, alfalfa wafers, alfalfa cubes, and other forms of processed alfalfa shall be prepared only from the processing of entire alfalfa hay without the addition of foreign materials, except as specifically permitted herein, and shall not contain more than 10 percent of other crops and weeds.
(b) Alfalfa products may contain state or federally approved antioxidants and in addition may contain not more than 2 percent of added animal or vegetable fat to control dustiness without stating same as part of the name of the product; provided, however, the label shall state the presence of such antioxidant and added animal or vegetable fat.
(c) The label may include a guarantee of the beta carotene content of alfalfa products, expressed in milligrams per pound, and such guarantee may be accompanied by an expiration date. No reference shall be made to the quantity of vitamin A equivalent which may be derived by the animal.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2773.1. Alfalfa Products.
(a) The name of an alfalfa product may include the word "dehydrated" only when the product is prepared entirely from freshly cut alfalfa having a moisture content of not less than 70.0 percent before being artificially dried at a temperature of not less than 212 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of not more than 45 minutes. Dehydrated alfalfa products shall contain not less than 15.0 percent crude protein and not more than 28.0 percent crude fiber. If the product does not meet the above standards it shall be called a dehydrated forage product.
(b) Chopped Alfalfa is the entire alfalfa hay, chopped but not ground finely enough to become a meal, without the addition of any alfalfa stems, alfalfa straw, or other foreign material, or removal of the leaves and containing not less than 15.0 percent protein and not more than 30.0 percent crude fiber.
(c) Alfalfa Meal is obtained from the grinding of the entire alfalfa hay, without the addition of any alfalfa stems, alfalfa straw, or foreign material, or the removal of the leaves and containing not less than 15.0 percent protein and not more than 30.0 percent crude fiber.
(d) Alfalfa Leaf Meal is the ground product consisting chiefly of leafy materials separated from alfalfa hay containing not more than 18.0 percent crude fiber.
(e) Forage Meal is a mixture of alfalfa hay with alfalfa straw or other hays, straws or legumes and contains not less than 8.0 percent protein and not more than 38.0 percent fiber.
(f) Alfalfa Stem Meal is the ground product remaining after the separation of the leafy material from alfalfa hay or meal. When used in a mixture, the maximum percent of stem meal shall be stated in the list of ingredients.
(g) Alfalfa pellets, cubes, wafers, and other extruded forms of alfalfa are obtained from processing the entire alfalfa, without the addition of any alfalfa stems, alfalfa straw or foreign material and shall contain not less than 15.0 percent crude protein and not more than 30.0 percent crude fiber.
(h) Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate is the product obtained from the extracted juice of freshly cut alfalfa, by coagulation, separation from the alfalfa solubles and subsequent dehydration. The product should express both protein and Xanthophyll guarantees.
(i) Concentrated Alfalfa Solubles is the product obtained by the concentration of the liquid remaining after the separation of Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate from the juice of freshly cut alfalfa. The moisture level should not exceed 50.0 percent.
(j) If the alfalfa products defined in this section do not comply with the standards indicated in every respect, the term "forage" must be substituted for the word "alfalfa" in the name of the product.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2773.5. Almond Hull Products.
(a) Almond hulls are obtained by drying that portion of the almond fruit which surrounds the nut. They shall not contain more than 13.0 percent moisture, nor more than 15.0 percent crude fiber, and not more than 9.0 percent ash. If they contain more than 15.0 percent but less than 29.0 percent crude fiber, they shall be labeled "Almond Hull and Shell," and the maximum percent of crude fiber shall be stated. If the crude fiber exceeds 29.0 percent, the product shall be labeled "Almond Shell." If the ash exceeds 9.0 percent, the term "and dirt" shall be included in the product name. Almond hull products shall be free of foreign material, including plastic, glass, and metal except in such trace amounts as unavoidably occur in good manufacturing practices.
(b) When the following almond hull products are used in a mixed feed, the maximum percent shall be stated.
(1) Almond hull and shell.
(2) Almond shell.
(3) Almond products containing more than 9.0 percent ash.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2774. Animal Products.
(a) General Provision: The following general provisions apply to animal products: (1) If an approved antioxidant is added to animal products, it need not be shown in the brand name. However, the name of the antioxidant shall be clearly shown on the label. Digestibility tests referred to in this section shall use the A.O.A.C. method. (2) Animals other than livestock shall be excluded from all animal products except dry rendered tankage. (3) All animal products must be pathogen free and produced by a commercial renderer operating in conformance with the standards of section 1180.26 of this Title 3. Any animal protein product sold as pure porcine shall be so labeled, pursuant to Title 21 CFR 589.2000, April 1, 2001.
(b) Meat Meal is the dry rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing practices. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition. The Calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of Phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times. It shall not contain more than 12.0 percent Pepsin indigestible residue and not more than 9.0 percent of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum Calcium (Ca).
(c) Meat and Bone Meal is the dry rendered product from mammal tissues, including bone, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good manufacturing processing practices. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for in this definition. It shall contain a minimum of 4.0 percent phosphorus (P) and the calcium (Ca) level shall not be more than 2.2 times the actual Phosphorus (P) level. It shall not contain more than 12.0 percent pepsin indigestible residue and not more than 9.0 percent of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum Phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum Calcium (Ca).
(d) Blood Meal is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous materials such as hair, stomach belchings and urine, except as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices. The process used must be listed as a part of the product name such as conventional cooker dried, steamed or hydrolyzed.
(e) Poultry By-Product Meal consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered poultry, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum phosphorus (P), and minimum and maximum calcium (Ca). The Calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times.
(f) Poultry Hatchery By-Product is a mixture of egg shells, infertile and unhatched eggs, and culled chicks which have been cooked, dried, and ground, with or without removal of part of the fat.
(g) Hydrolyzed Poultry Feathers is the product resulting from the treatment under pressure of clean, undecomposed feathers from slaughtered poultry, free of additives and accelerators. Not less than 75.0 percent of its crude protein content shall be digestible by the pepsin digestibility method.
(h) Dry Rendered Tankage is a dry rendered product consisting of undecomposed whole animals, including hair, hoof, horn, hide, feathers, and viscera, with no additional hair, hoof, horn, hide, feathers, or viscera added.
(i) Dried Meat Solubles is obtained by drying the defatted water extract of the clean, wholesome parts of slaughtered animals prepared by steaming or hot water extraction. It shall be designated according to its crude protein content which shall be no less than 70.0 percent.
(j) Fleshings Hydrolysate is obtained by acid hydrolysis of the flesh from fresh or salted hides. It is defatted, strained, and neutralized. If evaporated to 50.0 percent solids, it shall be designated "Condensed Fleshings Hydrolysate". It shall have a minimum crude protein and maximum salt guarantee.
(k) Animal By-Product Meal is the rendered product from animal tissues, exclusive of any added hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices. It shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by this definition. This ingredient definition is intended to cover those individual rendered animal tissue products that cannot meet the criteria as set forth elsewhere in this section. This ingredient is not intended to be used to label a mixture of animal tissue products.
( l) Hydrolyzed Hair is a product prepared from clean, undecomposed hair, by heat and pressure to produce a product suitable for animal feeding. Not less than 80.0 percent of its crude protein shall be digestible by the pepsin digestibility method.
(m) Hydrolyzed Leather Meal is produced from leather scrap that is treated with steam for not less than 33 minutes at a pressure not less than 125 pounds per square inch and further processed to contain not more than 10.0 percent moisture, not less than 60.0 percent crude protein, not more than 6.0 percent crude fiber, not more than 2.75 percent chromium, and with not less than 80.0 percent of its crude protein digestible by the pepsin digestibility method. Hydrolyzed leather meal may be utilized in livestock feeds as provided in food additive regulation, Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, CFR Part 573.540, April 1, 2001.
(n) Sprayed Dried Animal Blood is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous material such as hair, stomach belching, urine, except in such traces as might occur unavoidably in good factory practice. Moisture is removed from the blood by a low temperature evaporator under vacuum until it contains approximately 30.0 percent solids. It is then dried by spraying into a draft of warm, dry air which reduces the blood to finely divided particles with a maximum moisture of 8.0 percent and a minimum crude protein of 85.0 percent. It shall be designated according to its minimum water solubility.
(o) Egg Shell Meal is a mixture of egg shells, shell membranes and egg content obtained by drying the residue from an egg breaking plant in a dehydrator to an end product temperature of 180 [FNo] Fahrenheit. It shall be designated according to its crude protein and calcium content.
(p) Egg Product is product obtained from egg graders, egg breakers and/or hatchery operations that is dehydrated, handled as liquid, or frozen. This product shall be free of shells or other non-egg materials except in such amounts which might occur unavoidably in good processing practices, and contain a maximum ash content of 6.0 percent on a dry matter basis.
(q) Poultry Meal is the dry rendered product from a combination of clean flesh and skin with or without accompanying bone, derived from the parts of whole carcasses of poultry or a combination thereof, exclusive of feathers, heads, feet, and entrails. It shall be suitable for use in animal food. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.
(r) Blood Meal, Flash Dried is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous material such as hair, stomach belchings and urine except as might occur unavoidably in good manufacturing processes. A large portion of the moisture (water) is usually removed by a mechanical dewatering process or by condensing by cooking to a semi-solid state. The semi-solid blood mass is then transferred to a rapid drying facility where the more tightly bound water is rapidly removed. The minimum biological activity of lysine shall be 80.0 percent.
(s) Glandular Meal and Extracted Glandular Meal is obtained by drying liver and other glandular tissues from slaughtered mammals. When a significant portion of the water soluble material has been removed, it may be called Extracted Glandular Meal.
(t) Animal Plasma is the product obtained by spray drying plasma which has been separated away from the cellular matter (red and white blood cells) of fresh whole blood by chemical and mechanical processing. The protein portion of this product is primarily albumin, globulin, and fibrinogen type proteins. The minimum percent crude protein and the maximum percent ash shall be guaranteed on the label.
(u) Ensiled Paunch Product is a product composed of the contents of rumen of slaughtered cattle. The moisture level is reduced to 50.0-68.0 percent. The product is then packed into an airtight environment, such as a silo, where it undergoes an acid fermentation that retards spoilage. The ensiled product will have a pH of 4.0 or less.
(v) Leather Hydrolyzate is obtained from leather trimmings that are pressure cooked with the addition of steam and sodium hydroxide. Chromium is precipitated and separated so that not over 30 ppm (Solids Basis) remain in the hydrolyzate. This product can be used as a liquid ingredient or as a powder. In either event, the analysis on "as a solids basis" will not be less than 75.0 percent crude protein and not less than 85.0 percent of the protein shall be pepsin digestible.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992, 15011 and 15041, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2774.5. Processed Animal Waste Products.
It is unlawful to sell or use commercial feed containing animal waste products in violation of this section.
(a) Licensing and Processing Requirements.
(1) Commercial feed licensees shall apply to the director for endorsement to the license authorizing the processing, manufacturing, and selling of processed animal waste products. It is unlawful to process, manufacture or sell processed animal waste products without being licensed with a commercial feed license so endorsed.
(2) The applicant shall submit to the director a description of the facilities and equipment to be used in the processing and manufacturing of animal waste products, and protocol to be followed during operation. If the director is satisfied that the facilities, equipment and protocol are adequate to fulfill the requirements for the product, he shall issue the endorsement, subject, however, to the condition that it may be summarily suspended whenever the director has reason to believe that the approved procedures are not being complied with or that the product may contain pathogenic organisms.
(3) Each process approved by the director shall result in pathogen free products at all times, and be substantiated by process controls. The director may require the use of recording devices and thermometers, and a periodic schedule of sampling and laboratory examinations, and such other records he deems necessary.
(b) General Provisions.
(1) Processed animal waste is a processed product composed of total excreta, with or without litter, from poultry or ruminant animals. It shall not contain levels of drug residue, pesticide residue, or other toxic or deleterious substances that could be harmful to animals or result in harmful or unlawful residue levels in their tissues or by-products.
(2) Commercial feeds containing dried animal waste products shall not exceed 12 percent moisture.
(3) It shall not be used in feed for lactating dairy animals.
(4) When used in a mixed feed, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(5) Animal waste products wherever sold, held for sale or offered for sale shall conform with the requirements of this section. Such products which are produced and utilized on the premises and are used entirely for feeding on the premises by the person whose animals produced the products, shall conform generally to the provisions of this section provided, however, the secretary may grant a non-fee restricted license and endorsement to such users.
(6) Any processed animal waste product which does not meet the standards for the product shall be immediately destroyed or subjected to further processing until the standards are met. Any noncomplying products may be condemned and disposed of in a manner prescribed by the secretary at the expense of the licensee or person in possession.
(c) Dried Poultry Waste is processed undiluted poultry excreta collected from cage layer flocks. The product must be uniform and contain not less than 25.0 percent crude protein, not more than 15.0 percent crude fiber and not more than 35.0 percent ash. It shall be labeled to show the maximum moisture, minimum crude protein, maximum equivalent crude protein from non-protein nitrogen, minimum fat, maximum fiber, maximum ash, the maximum and minimum calcium (Ca) and the minimum percent of phosphorus (P). The product shall not contain more than 1.0 percent feathers. Dried poultry waste products not meeting the protein guarantee shall be labeled "dried poultry litter," but said product shall meet all other requirements generally applicable to poultry waste.
(d) Dried Poultry Litter is the processed combination of total poultry excreta and litter that occurs in the floor production of poultry. The product shall be uniform and contain not less than 18.0 percent protein. The type of litter shall be a part of the product name. It shall be labeled to show minimum crude protein, maximum equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, lignin and ash, the maximum and minimum calcium (Ca), minimum phosphorus (P), and maximum copper (Cu).
(e) Dried Ruminant Waste is processed bovine excreta free of extraneous material such as straws, wood shavings, dirt and similar materials. The product must be uniform and contain not less than 12.0 percent crude protein and not more than 30.0 percent crude fiber and 20.0 percent ash. It must be labeled to show minimum protein, maximum equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, lignin, ash and maximum sodium (Na).
(f) Processed Animal Waste products in excess of 12.0 percent moisture including slurries, silages, and other semidry products must conform to the licensing and processing requirements and general provisions except Section 2 of the general provisions. If sold for feeding purposes; these products shall be labeled to show type of process, maximum moisture, minimum crude protein, maximum equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, lignin and ash, and maximum sodium (Na).



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992, 15011, 15041 and 15051, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2775. Apple Products.
(a) Dried Apple Pomace is the sound, dried residue remaining after the removal of cider from apples.
(b) Dried Apple Pectin Pulp is the sound, dried residue remaining after the removal of pectin from apple products.
(c) Wet Apple Pomace is the sound, wet residue remaining after the removal of cider juice from apples.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2776. Barley Products.
(a) Ground Barley or Rolled Barley is the product obtained by grinding or rolling barley of such quality that the resulting processed material contains not more than 7 percent crude fiber.
(b) Ground Light Barley or Rolled Light Barley is the product obtained by grinding or rolling barley of such quality that the resulting processed material contains not more than 9 percent crude fiber.
(c) Barley Mixed Feed is the entire offal from the milling of barley flour from clean barley, and is composed of barley hulls and barley middlings.
(d) Barley Hulls is the product consisting of the outer coverings of the barley. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage present shall be stated.
(e) Barley Feed is the entire by-product resulting from the manufacture of pearl barley from clean barley.
(f) Hulled Barley is barley from which the hull has been removed.
(g) Ground Hulled Barley, Rolled Hull Barley is the product obtained by grinding or rolling barley from which the hull has been removed.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2777. Beet Products.
(a) Dried Beet Pulp is the dried residue from sugar beets which have been cleaned and freed from leaves and sand, and from which the sugar has been extracted.
(b) Wet Beet Pulp is the residue from sugar beets which have been cleaned and freed from leaves and sand, and from which the sugar has been extracted.
(c) Molasses Dried Beet Pulp is the dried material remaining after the sugar has been extracted from sugar beets to which molasses has been added.
(d) Molasses Dried Beet Pulp Product is the dried material remaining after the extraction of sugar to which molasses and beet molasses residue has been added.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2778. Brewers' and Distillers' Products.
(a) Brewers Dried Grains is the dried extracted residue of barley malt alone or in mixture with other cereal grain or grain products resulting from the manufacture of wort and may contain pulverized dried spent hops in an amount not to exceed 3.0 percent, evenly distributed.
(b) Brewers Wet Grains is the extracted residue resulting from the manufacture of wort from barley malt alone or in mixture with other cereal grains or grain products. The guaranteed analysis shall include the maximum moisture.
(c) Malt Sprouts is the product removed from malted barley consisting primarily of sprouts which may include some of the malt hulls, other parts of malt and containing not less than 24 percent crude protein. The term malt sprouts when applied to a corresponding portion of other malted cereals shall be used in qualified form: i.e., "Rye Malt Sprouts," "Wheat Malt Sprouts," etc.
(d) Malt Cleanings is the cleanings of malted barley or from the recleaning of malt which does not meet the minimum crude protein standard of malt sprouts. It shall be labeled according to its crude protein content.
(e) Malt Hulls consists of the hulls obtained in cleaning malted barley.
(f) Dried Spent Hops is the dried material filtered from hopped wort.
(g) Molasses Distillers Dried Solubles is the dried residue from the yeast fermentation of molasses after the removal of the alcohol by distillation.
(h) Molasses Distillers Condensed Solubles is the condensed residue from the yeast fermentation of molasses after the removal of the alcohol by distillation.
(i) Potato Distillers Dried Residue is the dried product obtained after the manufacture of alcohol and distilled liquors from potatoes or from a mixture in which potatoes predominate.
(j) Distillers Dried Solubles is the dried thin stillage fraction after the removal of ethyl alcohol by distillation from the yeast fermentation of a grain or a grain mixture. The predominating grain shall be stated as the first word in the name.
(k) Distillers Dried Grains is the dried grain or grain mixture after the removal of ethyl alcohol by distillation from the yeast fermentation by separating the resultant coarse grain fraction of the whole stillage. The predominating grain shall be stated as the first word in the name.
( l) Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles is the product obtained after the removal of ethyl alcohol by distillation from the yeast fermentation of a grain or a grain mixture by condensing and drying at least 3/4 of the solids of the resultant whole stillage. The predominating grain shall be stated as the first word in the name.
(m) Condensed Distillers Solubles is the condensed thin stillage fraction after the removal of ethyl alcohol by distillation from the yeast fermentation of a grain or a grain mixture. The predominating grain shall be stated as the first word in the name.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2781. Coconut Products.
(a) Coconut Meal or Copra Meal, mechanically extracted, is the ground residue which remains after removal of most of the oil from dried meat of coconuts by a mechanical extraction process.
(b) Coconut Meal or Copra Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the ground residue which remains after removal of most of the oil from dried meat of coconuts by a solvent extraction process.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2782. Corn Products.
(a) Corn Bran is the outer coating of the corn kernel, with little or none of the starchy part or germ.
(b) Corn Feed Meal is the fine siftings obtained in the manufacture of screened corn chop, screened ground corn, or screened cracked corn with or without its aspiration products added.
(c) Ground Corn, Corn Meal, Cracked Corn, Corn Chop is the entire product made by grinding, cutting, or chopping the grains of sound Indian corn, and may be fine, medium, or coarse, and contains not more than 4.0 percent of foreign material.
(d) Screened Corn Chop, Screened Ground Corn, or Screened Cracked Corn is the coarse portion of corn chop, ground corn, or cracked corn from which most of the fine particles have been removed, and contains not more than 4.0 percent of foreign material.
(e) Corn Grits or Hominy Grits is the fine or medium sized, hard, flinty portions of sound Indian corn and contains 5.0 percent or less of the bran or germ.
(f) Ear Corn Chops is corn and cob chopped, without the husk, with no greater proportion of cob than occurs in the ear corn in its natural state.
(g) Corn Gluten Meal is that part of commercial shelled corn that remains after the extraction of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup. It may contain corn solubles and corn oil meal.
(h) Corn Gluten Feed is that part of the commercial shelled corn that remains after the extraction of the larger portion of the starch, gluten, and germ by the processes employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup. It may or may not contain fermented corn extractives or corn germ meal.
(i) Hominy Feed is a mixture of corn bran, corn germ, and a part of the starchy portion of either white or yellow corn kernels or mixture thereof as produced in the manufacture of pearl hominy, hominy grits, or table meal and contains not less than 4.0 percent crude fat. If prefixed with the words "white" or "yellow," the product must correspond thereto.
(j) Corn Germ Meal (Wet Milled) is ground corn germ from which most of the solubles have been removed by steeping and most of the oil removed by hydraulic, expeller, or solvent extraction processes, and is obtained in the wet milling process of manufacture of corn starch, corn syrup, or other corn products.
(k) Corn Germ Meal (Dry Milled) is ground corn germ which consists of corn germ with other parts of the corn kernel from which part of the oil has been removed and is the product obtained in the dry milling process of manufacture of corn meal, corn grits, hominy feed, and other corn products.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2783. Cottonseed Products.
(a) Cottonseed Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is the product obtained by finely grinding the cake which remains after removal of most of the oil from cottonseed by a mechanical extraction process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude protein.
(b) Cottonseed Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the product obtained by finely grinding the flakes which remain after removal of most of the oil from cottonseed by a solvent extraction process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude protein.
(c) Cottonseed Cake, Mechanically Extracted, is the unground product composed of the kernel and such portions of the lint, hull, and oil as remain after removal of most of the oil from cotton seed by a mechanical process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude protein.
(d) Cottonseed Flakes, Mechanically Extracted, is the unground product, composed of the kernel and such portions of the lint, hull, and oil as remain after removal of the oil from cottonseed by a mechanical extraction process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude protein.
(e) Cottonseed Flakes, Solvent Extracted, is the unground product, composed of the kernel and such portions of the lint, hull, and oil as remain after removal of the oil from cottonseed by a solvent extraction process. It shall contain not less than 36.0 percent crude protein.
(f) Whole-Pressed Cottonseed, Mechanically Extracted, is composed of sound, mature, clean, delinted, and unhulled cottonseed, from which most of the oil has been removed by mechanical pressure. It shall be designated and sold by its crude protein content. If ground, it must be so designated.
(g) Low Gossypol Cottonseed Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is a meal in which the gossypol is not more than 0.04 percent free gossypol.
(h) Low Gossypol Cottonseed Meal, Solvent Extracted, is a meal in which the gossyol is not more than 0.04 percent free gossypol.
(i) Cottonseed Hulls is the outer covering of the cottonseed. When used in a mixture, the maximum percent present shall be stated.
(j) Whole cottonseed is seed remaining after removal of fiber in the ginning process. It shall contain not more than 15.0 percent free fatty acids in the oil. It shall contain not more than 13.0 percent moisture and not more than 2.0 percent foreign material. It shall be labeled to include the maximum percent ash.
(k) Prime whole cottonseed is seed remaining after the removal of fiber in the ginning process. It shall contain not more than 3.0 percent free fatty acids in the oil. It shall contain not more than 13.0 percent moisture and not more than 2.0 percent foreign material. It shall be labeled to include the maximum percent ash.
(l) Cracked or ground pima is pima cottonseed that has been processed but from which the oil has not been extracted. It shall be labeled to include the maximum percent ash.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.



s 2783.5. Fats and Oils.
(a) General Provisions: Any mixture of two or more fats or fat derivatives defined below shall be identified by listing each component, for example, "animal fat and hydrolyzed vegetable oil." Any antioxidant used shall be named and followed by the word "preservative." All fats and oils used in commercial feed shall be pathogen free and safe for use as animal feed. The percentage of fatty matter is the total percentage of moisture, insoluble matter and unsaponifiable matter subtracted from 100. The use of sewer plant fats and oils is prohibited.
(b) Animal Fat is obtained from the tissues of mammals and/or poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids or other materials obtained from fats. It must contain, and be guaranteed for, not less than 90 percent total fatty acids, not more than 2.0 percent unsaponifiable matter, and not more than 1.0 percent insoluble impurities. Maximum free fatty acids and moisture must also be guaranteed. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind or origin; i.e., "beef", "pork", "poultry", it must correspond thereto. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names shall be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
(c) Fat Product, Feed Grade is any fat product which does not meet the definitions for animal fat, vegetable fat or oil, hydrolyzed fat or fat ester. It shall be sold on its individual specifications which will include the minimum percentage of total fatty acids, the maximum percentage of unsaponifiable matter, the maximum percentage of insoluble impurities, the maximum percentage of free fatty acids and moisture. The above listed specifications shall be guaranteed on the label. If an antioxidant(s) is used, the common name or names shall be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
(d) Vegetable Fat or Oil is the product of vegetable origin obtained by extracting the oil from seeds or fruits which are commonly processed for edible purposes. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids, and contains no additions of free fatty acids, or other materials obtained from fats. It shall contain and be guaranteed for not less than 90 percent total fatty acids, not more than 2.0 percent unsaponifiable matter and not more than 1.0 percent insoluble impurities. Maximum percent free fatty acids, and moisture shall also be guaranteed. If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind or origin, i.e., "soybean oil", "cottonseed oil", it shall correspond thereto. If an antioxidant(s) is used, the common name or names shall be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
(e) Hydrolyzed Fat or Oil (feed grade) is a product obtained by the fat processing procedures commonly used in edible fat processing or soap making. It consists predominantly of fatty acids, and shall contain, and be guaranteed for, not less than 85.0 percent total fatty acids, not more than 6.0 percent unsaponifiable matter, and not more than one (1) percent insoluble impurities. Maximum moisture must also be guaranteed. Its source shall be stated in the product name, i.e., "hydrolyzed animal fat," "hydrolyzed vegetable," "hydrolyzed animal and vegetable fat." If an antioxidant(s) is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
(f) Ester (feed grade) is the product consisting of methyl, ethyl or other nonglyceride ester of fatty acids derived from animal and/or vegetable fats. It consists predominantly of the ester and shall contain not less than 85.0 percent total fatty acids, not more than 10.0 percent free fatty acids, not more than 6.0 percent unsaponifiable matter, (2.0 percent for methyl esters), and not more than 1.0 percent insoluble matter. Its source shall be stated in the product name, i.e., "methyl ester of animal fatty acids," "ethyl ester of vegetable oil fatty acids." Methyl esters shall contain not more that 150.0 parts per million (0.015 percent) free methyl alcohol. If an antioxidant(s) is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the word "preservative(s)".
(g) Corn Endosperm Oil is obtained by the extraction of oil from corn gluten. It consists predominantly of free fatty acids and glyceride, and shall contain not less than 85.0 percent total fatty acids, not more than 14.0 percent unsaponifiable matter, and not more than 1.0 percent insoluble matter. if an antioxidant(s) is used, the common name or names shall be indicated followed by the word "preservatives".
(h) Corn Syrup Refinery Insolubles, Feed Grade is obtained in the refining of a corn syrup. It consists predominantly of the fatty fraction of corn starch together with protein and residual carbohydrate. It may contain water and not more than 7.0 percent ash nor less than 50.0 percent fat on a water-free basis.
(i) Calcium Salts of Long-Chain Fatty Acids are the reaction products between calcium and long-chain fatty acids of vegetable and/or animal origin. They shall contain a maximum of 20.0 percent lipid not bound in the calcium salt form and percent total fat shall be indicated. The unsaponifiable matter (exclusive of calcium salts) shall not exceed 4.0 percent and moisture shall not exceed 5.0 percent. If an antioxidant(s) is used, its common name(s) must be indicated on the label. Prior to conducting an assay for total fats, hydrolysis of the calcium salts should be performed to liberate the lipid fraction.
(j) Hydrolyzed Sucrose Polyesters, Feed Grade is the product resulting from the acid hydrolysis of sucrose polyesters, such as olestra, to make them digestible. It shall consist predominately of fatty acids and contain, and be guaranteed for, not less than 85.0 percent total fatty acids, not more than 2.0 percent Sucrose Polyesters (hex ester and above), not more than 2.0 percent unsaponifiable matter, and not more than 2.0 percent insoluble impurities. Maximum moisture shall also be guaranteed. Its source shall be stated in the product name, i.e., "Hydrolyzed animal sucrose polyesters", "Hydrolyzed vegetable sucrose polyesters", or "Hydrolyzed animal and vegetable sucrose polyesters". If an antioxidant(s) is used, the common name or names shall be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
(k) Vegetable Oil Refinery Lipid, Feed Grade, is obtained in the alkaline refining of a vegetable oil for edible use. It consists predominantly of the salts of fatty acids, glyceride, and phosphates. It may contain water and not more than 22.0 percent ash on a water-free basis. It may or may not be acidulated before using in commercial feeds, but if acidulated, it shall be neutralized.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2785. Grape Products.
(a) Grape Pomace is the residue after the juice has been expressed in the production of wine from grapes. It consists of skins and seeds. When used in a mixed feed the maximum percent present shall be stated.
(b) Raisin Stem Meal is the ground or chopped product obtained in the grading and stemming of raisins. It consists of stems and may contain raisins. When used in mixed feeds the maximum percent present shall be stated.
(c) Raisin Seed Meal consists of the ground seed obtained in the manufacture of seeded raisins with or without the extraction of part of the oil. When used in mixed feeds the maximum percent present shall be stated.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2787. Flax Products.
(a) Linseed Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is the product obtained by grinding the cake or chips which remain after removal of most of the oil from flaxseed by a mechanical extraction process and contains not more than 10 percent fiber.
(b) Linseed Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the product obtained by grinding the flakes which remain after removal of most of the oil from flaxseed by a solvent extraction process and contains not more than 10 percent fiber.
(c) Flaxseed Screenings Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the ground product obtained after solvent extraction of part of the oil from the smaller imperfect flaxseeds, weedseeds, other oilseeds and other foreign material having feeding value, separated in cleaning flaxseed.
(d) Flax Plant Product is that portion of the flax plant having feeding value remaining after harvesting the seed and separation of the bast fibers and flax shives. It consists of the leaves, corticle tissues, flax seed bolls, broken and immature flax seeds, and contains a minimum of 9 percent crude protein and a maximum of 35 percent crude fiber.
(e) Flax Straw By-Product is the ground product remaining after the removal of the longer fiber material from flax straw by mechanical processing and contains not less than 2 percent crude protein and not more than 70 percent crude fiber.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2788. Marine Products.
(a) Marine products containing more than 3.0 percent sodium must state the percentage. No marine product shall contain more than 7.0 percent sodium.
(b) Fish Meal is clean, dried, ground tissues of undecomposed whole fish and/or fish cuttings with or without the extraction of part of the oil. It shall contain not more than 10.0 percent moisture. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na), the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case must the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.
(c) Fish Residue Meal is the clean, dried, undecomposed residue from the manufacture of glue from non-oily fish. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na), the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case shall the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.
(d) Fish Market Scrap Meal is the clean, dried, ground tissues and/or viscera of fish and other sea food from fish markets, with or without the extraction of part of the oil.
(e) Crab Meal is undecomposed dried waste of the crab and contains the shell, viscera, and part or all of the flesh. It shall contain not less than 25.0 percent crude protein. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na) the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case shall the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.
(f) Shrimp Meal is undecomposed dried waste of shrimp and contains the head, hull, and/or the whole shrimp. If it contains more than 3.0 percent sodium (Na), the amount of sodium shall constitute a part of the brand name, provided that in no case shall the sodium content of this product exceed 7.0 percent.
(g) Anchovy Oil is the product obtained by extraction of part of the oil from the whole Pacific anchovy, or from cannery refuse of this species of fish.
(h) Tuna Oil is the product obtained by extraction of part of the oil from the cannery refuse of tuna.
(i) Condensed Fish Solubles are obtained by evaporating excess moisture from the stickwater, aqueous liquids, resulting from the wet rendering of fish into fish meal, with or without removal of part of the oil.
(j) Fish Glandular and Liver Hydrolysate is the partially dehydrated, ground entire coelomic contents of the fish, digested by the enzymes naturally present in fish, The solids content of this product shall not be less than 40.0 percent.



Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 14902, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 14992 and 15011, Food and Agricultural Code.


s 2789. Milk Products.
(a) Dried Buttermilk contains 8.0 percent maximum moisture, 13.0 percent maximum ash, and 5.0 percent minimum milk fat using the Roese-Gottlieb method.
(b) Condensed Buttermilk contains 27.0 percent minimum total solids, 0.055 percent minimum milk fat for each percent of total solids, and 0.14 percent maximum ash for each percent of total solids.
(c) Dried Skimmed Milk is dried defatted milk containing 8.0 percent maximum moisture.
(d) Condensed Skimmed Milk is evaporated defatted milk containing 27.0 percent minimum total solids.
(e) Dried Cultured Skimmed Milk is dried lactic acid bacteria cultured defatted milk containing 8.0 percent maximum moisture.
(f) Condensed Cultured Skimmed Milk is evaporated lactic acid bacteria cultured defatted milk containing 27.0 percent minimum total solids.
(g) Dried (Dry) Whey is the product obtained by removing water from whey. It contains not less than 11.0 percent protein nor less than 61.0 percent lactose.
(h) Condensed Whey is evaporated whey. The minimum percent total whey solids shall be stated on the label.
(i) Dried (Dry) Whey Solubles is the product obtained by drying the whey residue after the removal of whey protein, with or without partial removal of lactose. Minimum percent of crude protein and lactose and maximum percent ash shall be guaranteed on the label.
(j) Condensed Whey Solubles is evaporated whey residue from the manufacture of lactose after removal of milk albumin and part of the lactose. It shall be labeled to show the minimum percent of total whey product solids, crude protein, fat, lactose and the maximum percent ash.
(k) Dried Hydrolyzed Whey is dried lactose enzyme hydrolyzed whey containing 30.0 percent minimum total glucose and galactose.
( l) Condensed Hydrolyzed Whey is evaporated lactose enzyme hydrolyzed whey containing 50.0 percent minimum total solids and 0.3 percent minimum total glucose and galactose for each percent total solids.
(m) Condensed Whey-Product is the product obtained by partially removing water from whey from which a portion of the lactose, protein and/or minerals been removed. The minimum percent solids, crude protein and lactose and the maximum percent of ash shall be guaranteed on the label. It may also be labeled "condensed reduced minerals whey" or "condensed reduced lactose whey", if appropriate.
(n) Dried (Dry) Whey-Product is the product obtained by drying whey from which a portion of the lactose, protein and/or minerals have been removed. The minimum percent solids, crude protein, and lactose and the maximum percent ash shall be guaranteed on the label. It may also be labeled "dried reduced minerals whey" or "dried reduced lactose whey", if appropriate.
(o) Condensed Cultured Whey is evaporated cultured whey. The minimum percent total cultured whey solids shall be guaranteed on the label.
(p) Whey is the product obtained as a fluid by separating the coagulum from milk, cream or skimmed milk and from which a portion of the milk fat may have been removed.
(q) Casein is the solid acid or rennet coagulation from defatted milk and contains 80.0 percent minimum crude protein.
(r) Cheese Rind is cooked cheese trimming devoid of fat other than milk fat.
(s) Dried Lactalbumin is the dried coagulated protein residue from whey. It contains 80.0 percent minimum crude protein on a moisture-free basis.
(t) Dried Whole Milk is dried milk containing 8 percent maximum moisture and 26.0 percent minimum milk fat using the Roese-Gottlieb method.
(u) Dried Milk Protein is dried coagulated protein residue resulting from the controlled co-precipitation of casein, lactalbumin, and minor milk proteins from defatted milk.
(v) Dried Hydrolyzed Casein is the dried watersoluble product resulting from the enzymatic digestion of casein and contains 74.0 percent minimum crude protein.
(w) Condensed Whey Permeate is the product resulting from the removal of proteins from whey permeate. It shall be labeled to show the minimum percent total whey product solids, crude protein and lactose and the maximum percent ash and equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen.
(x) Condensed Delactosed Whey Permeate is the product resulting from the removal of lactose from whey permeate. It shall be labeled to show the minimum percent total whey product solids, lactose, crude protein and crude fat and the maximum percent ash and equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen.
(y) Fermented Ammoniated Condensed Whey is the product produced by the Lactobacillus bulgaricus fermentation of whey with the addition of ammonia. It shall contain 35.0 percent to 55.0 percent crude protein and not more than 42.0 percent equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen. It shall be labeled to show the minimum percent total whey product solids, lactose, crude protein, and fat and the maximum percent ash and equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen.
The label of the additive and of any feed additive supplement, feed additive concentrate or feed additive premix prepared therefrom shall contain the following information in addition to any other required information: (continued)