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(1) The name of the additive.
(2) The maximum percentage of equivalent crude protein from nonprotein nitrogen.
(3) Directions for storage and use as stated below:
"Store in closed vented tank equipped for agitation. Agitate five (5) minutes before using. Do not store at temperatures above 110 [FNo] F (43 [FNo] C).
Mix with grain, roughage, or grain and roughage prior to feeding.
The maximum equivalent crude protein from fermented ammoniated condensed whey and equivalent crude protein from all other added forms of nonprotein nitrogen should not exceed 30.0 percent of the dietary crude protein" and a prominent statement: "WARNING" - "This feed shall be used only in accordance with the directions furnished on the label."
(z) Dairy Food By-Products are the products resulting from the collection of solids contained in the washwater from the normal processing and packaging of various food manufacturing plants. Dairy products are the primary source but non-dairy products may occasionally constitute a minor amount of the total volume. No sanitary sewer waste may be included. This product is to be fed at levels less than 25.0 percent of the animal's total dry matter intake.



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


s 2790. Mineral Feeds.
(a) Formula feeds containing more than 9.0 percent of Ash require, in addition to the usual label declaration of the chemical feed analysis, a declaration of each ingredient and the guarantees for the following, if present:
(1) maximum and minimum percentage of Calcium (Ca);
(2) minimum percentage of Phosphorus (P);
(3) maximum percentage of Sodium (Na);
(4) guarantees for crude protein, crude fat and crude fiber are not required when the commercial feed is intended for purposes other than to furnish these substances. Mineral ingredients shall be stated as their official names.
(b) Shell Marl is ground shells of oysters, clams, or other mollusks with impurities of sand and clay and containing less than 90.0 percent of calcium carbonate. It may bear a name descriptive of its kind. It shall be labeled to state plainly the minimum percentage of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) and the equivalent amount of calcium (Ca).
(c) Marl is a natural mixture of chalk, sand, and clay. It may bear a name descriptive of its kind. It shall be labeled to state plainly the minimum percentage of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) and the equivalent amount of calcium (Ca).
(d) Trace Mineralized Salty is common salt containing significant amounts of trace minerals which are recognized as essential for animal nutrition. Significant amounts defined are not less than 0.010 percent cobalt, 0.033 percent copper, 0.160 percent iron, 0.007 percent iodine, 0.200 percent manganese, and 0.005 percent zinc.
(e) Bone Ash is the ash obtained by burning bones with free access to air, and containing a minimum of 15.3 percent phosphorus (P). The label must show a guarantee for calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P).
(f) Bone Charcoal is obtained by charring bones in a closed retort and contains a minimum of 14.0 percent phosphorus (P). It must be labeled with guarantees for calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P). (This product is sometimes referred to as "Bone Black," however, bone charcoal shall be used in all labeling.)
(g) Calcite is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca).
(h) Oyster Shell Flour is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca).
(i) Shell Flour is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca).
(j) Chalk Rock is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca).
(k) Calcium Carbonate, Precipitated, is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca).
( l) Chalk, Precipitated, is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca). Precipitated chalk must be used in all labeling.
(m) Limestone, Ground, is an acceptable source of calcium carbonate. It shall be true to name and contain not less than 33.0 percent calcium (Ca). Ground limestone must be used in all labeling.
(n) Calcium Carbonate is a product true to name which contains a minimum of 38.0 percent calcium (Ca).
(o) Limestone, Magnesium, or Dolomitic, is an acceptable source of magnesium and calcium carbonate. The terms are synonymous and designate a native mineral composed of mixtures of magnesium carbonate (MgCO 3), and calcium carbonate (CaCO 3). It contains not less than 10.0 percent magnesium (Mg) and shall be stated as an ingredient as magnesium limestone or dolomitic limestone.
(p) Phosphate, Defluorinated, includes either calcined, fused, or precipitated calcium phosphate. It contains not more than one part of fluorine (F) to 100 parts of phosphorus (P). The minimum percent of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) and the maximum percent of fluorine (F), and Sodium (Na), shall be stated on the label. The term "defluorinated" shall not be used as a part of the name of any product containing more than one part of fluorine (F) to 100 parts of phosphorus (P). The term "defluorinated phosphate" shall be used in labeling ingredient listings.
(q) Iodized Salt is salt (NaCl) containing not less than 0.007 percent iodine, uniformly distributed.
(r) Bone Phosphate is the residue of bones that have been treated first in a caustic solution, then in a hydrochloric acid solution, and thereafter precipitated with lime and dried. It contains a minimum of 17.0 percent phosphorus (P). It shall be labeled with guarantees for calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P).
(s) Rock Phosphate, Soft, is the very finely divided by-product (washings) obtained from mining Florida rock phosphate by the hydraulic process. It contains a minimum of 9.0 percent phosphorus (P) and 15.0 percent calcium (Ca), and not more than 30.0 percent clay and 1.5 percent fluorine (F). The term "soft rock phosphate" shall be used in labeling.
(t) Diammonium Phosphate is the product resulting from the neutralization of phosphoric acid, feed grade, or defluorinated wet-process phosphoric acid which contains not less than 17.0 percent nitrogen (N) and 20.0 percent phosphorus (P). It contains not more than 1 part fluorine (F) to 100 parts phosphorus (P), 75 ppm of arsenic (As), and 30 ppm of heavy metals reported as lead. It does not include diammonium phosphate made from by-product ammonia absorbed from coke-oven gas. It shall be used only in ruminant feeds as a source of phosphorus and nitrogen in an amount that supplies not more than 2.0 percent of equivalent crude protein in the total daily ration. If a premix, concentrate, or supplement contains more than 2.0 percent of equivalent crude protein from diammonium phosphate, the label must contain adequate directions for use and a prominent statement, "Caution: Use only as directed." The caution statement shall be in prominent bold type against a contrasting background.
(u) Bone Charcoal, Spent, is the product resulting from the repeated charring of bone charcoal after use in clarifying sugar solutions. It contains a minimum of 11.5 percent phosphorus (P). It shall be labeled with guarantees for phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca). (This product is sometimes referred to as "Spent Bone Black," however, spent bone charcoal shall be used in labeling.)
(v) Bone Meal, Steamed, is the dried and ground product sterilized by cooking undecomposed bones with steam under pressure. Grease, gelatin, and meat fiber may or may not be removed. It shall be labeled with guarantees for phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca). "Steamed Bone Meal" shall be used in labeling.
(w) Phosphoric Acid, Feed Grade __ percent is a solution of phosphoric acid in water. It contains not more than 100 ppm fluorine (F), 3.2 ppm arsenic (As), and 1.3 ppm of heavy metals reported as lead for each percentage of phosphorus. If manufactured by the electric furnace method, the color is to be white or amber, and turbidity clear to faintly hazy. If manufactured by the wet-process method, the color is dark brown to blackish, with marked turbidity. When this ingredient is used as a constituent in mixed feeds, it must be called phosphoric acid in the ingredient list.
(x) Rock Phosphate, Ground, is ground phosphate rock. It shall be labeled with guarantees for calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) and a maximum guarantee for fluorine (F). "Ground Rock Phosphate" shall be used in labeling.
(y) Rock Phosphate, Ground, Low Fluorine is ground phosphate rock that contains not more than 0.5 percent fluorine (F). "Low Fluorine Ground Rock Phosphate" shall be used in labeling. It shall be labeled with guarantees for minimum percentages of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) and for a maximum percentage of fluorine (F).
(z) Ammonium Polyphosphate Solution is the product resulting from the neutralization of superphosphoric acid. It shall contain not less than 9.0 percent nitrogen (N) and 13.0 percent phosphorus (P). It shall contain not more than one part fluorine (F) to 100 parts phosphorus (P), 75 ppm of arsenic (As), and 30 ppm of heavy metals reported as lead. It may be used in ruminant feeds as a source of both phosphorus and nitrogen in an amount that supplies not more than 2.0 percent of equivalent crude protein in the total daily ration.
(aa) Metal Proteinate is the product resulting from the chelation of a soluable salt with amino acids or partially hydrolyzed protein. It shall be declared as an ingredient as the specific metal proteinate: i.e., "Copper Proteinate," "Zinc Proteinate," etc.
(bb) Smectite-Vermiculite is a natural occurring magnesium, iron, and potassium layer silicate. It shall be labeled with guarantees for magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), and potassium (K).
(cc) Calcium Periodate is a source of iodine produced by reacting calcium iodate with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide to form a substance consisting of not less than 60.0 percent by weight of penta calcium orthoperiodate containing 28.0 to 31.0 percent by weight of iodine. It may be used in salt for livestock as a source of iodine.
(dd) Mono-ammonium Phosphate is the product resulting from the neutralization of phosphoric acid, feed grade, or defluorinated wet-process phosphoric acid with ammonia and shall contain not less than 9.0 percent nitrogen (N), and 24.0 percent phosphorus (P). It shall contain not more than one part fluorine (F) to 100 parts phosphorus (P), 75 ppm of arsenic (As), and 30 ppm of heavy metals reported as lead. It shall be used only in ruminant feeds as a source of phosphorus and nitrogen in an amount that supplies not more than 2.0 percent of equivalent crude protein in the total daily ration. If a premix, concentrate or supplement contains more than 2.0 percent of equivalent crude protein from mono-ammonium phosphate, the label must contain adequate directions for use, and a prominent statement, "Caution: Use only as directed." The caution statement shall be in prominent bold type against a contrasting background.
(ee) Ammonium Sulfate is the product resulting from the neutralization of sulfuric acid with ammonia. It shall contain not less than 21.0 percent nitrogen (N) and not less than 24.0 percent sulfur (S). It shall contain not more than 75 ppm arsenic (As) and 30 ppm heavy metals reported as lead. This does not include ammonium sulfate made from by-product ammonia recovered from coke-oven gas. It shall be used only in ruminant feeds as a source of sulfur and nitrogen in an amount that supplies not more than 2.0 percent of equivalent crude protein from ammonium sulfate. The label shall have adequate directions for use and a prominent statement, "Caution - This feed shall be used only in accordance with directions furnished on the label".
(ff) Metal Polysaccharide Complex is the product resulting from complexing of a soluble salt with a polysaccharide solution declared as an ingredient as the specific metal complex: i.e., copper polysaccharide complex; zinc polysaccharide complex; iron polysaccharide complex, etc.
(gg) Additional Officially Recognized Mineral Ingredients.
The following inorganic (mineral) chemicals are recognized as suitable ingredients in animal feeds under controlled conditions. They shall be of purity equal to the commonly recognized "commercial grade" for the article and shall be declared as ingredients by the following names:
Calcium Gluconate Magnesium Oxide Calcium Iodate Magnesium Sulfate Calcium Iodobehenate Manganese Acetate Calcium Sulfate (Anhydrous) Manganese Carbonate Calcium Sulfate (Dihydrate) Manganese Chloride Cobalt Acetate Manganese Citrate (Soluble) Cobalt Carbonate Manganese Gluconate Cobalt Chloride Manganese Orthophosphate Cobalt Oxide Manganese Phosphate Cobalt Sulfate (Di-basic) Copper Carbonate Manganese Sulfate Copper Chloride Manganous Oxide Copper Gluconate Monocalcium Phosphate Copper Hydroxide Monosodium Phosphate Copper Orthophosphate Potassium Bicarbonate Copper Oxide Potassium Carbonate Copper Pyrophosphate Potassium Chloride Copper Sulfate Potassium Iodate Cuprous Iodide Potassium Iodide Dicalcium Phosphate Potassium Sulfate Diiodosalicylic Acid Salt Disodium Phosphate Sodium Bicarbonate Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide Sodium Iodate Ferrous Fumarate Sodium Iodide Sodium Selenate Sodium Selenite Iron Ammonium Citrate Sodium Sulfate Iron Carbonate Sodium Tripolyphosphate Iron Chloride Sulfur Iron Gluconate Thymol Iodide Iron Oxide Tricalcium Phosphate Iron Phosphate Zinc Acetate Iron Pyrophosphate Zinc Carbonate Iron Sulfate Zinc Chloride Reduced Iron Zinc Oxide Magnesium Carbonate Zinc Sulfate
(hh) Dicalcium Phosphate is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid, generally expressed as CaHPO4, and its hydrated forms. Minimum percent phosphorus (P), minimum percent calcium (Ca) and maximum percent fluorine (F) must be specified. It shall be labeled to show a maximum of 1 part fluorine (F) to 100 parts phosphorus (P).
(ii) Monocalcium Phosphate is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid, generally expressed as CaH4(PO4)2, and its hydrated forms. Minimum percent phosphorus (P), minimum percent calcium (Ca) and maximum percent fluorine (F) must be specified. It shall be labeled to show a maximum of 1 part fluorine (F) to 100 parts phosphorus (P).



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


s 2790.5. Molasses Products.
(a) General Provisions: All molasses products and liquid mixtures containing molasses products, including special mixes, shall be labeled to show the minimum percentage of total sugars expressed as invert sugar, and the maximum percent of moisture. In addition, liquid mixtures containing molasses products shall be labeled to show minimum percent of crude protein and the maximum percent of ash. All guarantees shall apply to the entire mixture.
(b) Beet Molasses is a by-product of the manufacture of sucrose from sugar beets. It shall contain not less than 48.0 percent total sugars expressed as invert sugar and its density determined by double dilution shall be not less than 79.5 degrees Brix. The minimum percent of total sugars expressed as invert sugar and the maximum percent of moisture shall be stated.
(c) Citrus Molasses is the partially dehydrated juices obtained from the manufacture of dried citrus pulp. It shall contain not less than 45.0 percent total sugars expressed as invert sugar and its density determined by double dilution shall be not less than 71.0 degrees Brix. The minimum percent of total sugars expressed as invert sugar and the maximum percent of moisture shall be stated. Any citrus molasses product which does not meet the above specifications shall be called citrus peel liquor and shall be labeled to show maximum moisture, minimum total sugars expressed as invert sugar and minimum Brix.
(d) Cane Molasses is a by-product of the manufacture or refining of sucrose from sugar cane. It shall contain not less than 43.0 percent total sugars expressed as invert sugar. If its moisture content exceeds 27.0 percent, its density determined by double dilution shall not be less than 79.5 Brix.
(e) Starch Molasses is a by-product of the manufacture of dextrose from starch derived from corn or grain sorghums in which the starch is hydrolyzed by use of enzymes and/or acid. It contains not less than 43.0 percent reducing sugars expressed as dextrose and not less than 50.0 percent total sugars expressed as dextrose. It shall contain not less than 73.0 percent total solids. The minimum percent of total sugars expressed as dextrose, and the maximum percent of moisture shall be stated.
(f) Hemicellulose Extract is a by-product of the manufacture of pressed wood. It is the concentrated soluble material obtained from the treatment of wood at elevated temperature and pressure without the use of acids, alkalies, or salts. It contains pentose and hexose sugars, and other carbohydrates. The minimum percent of total sugars expressed as invert sugar and the maximum percent of moisture shall be stated.
(g) Concentrated Separator By-Product (CSB) is obtained as a by-product of the recovery of sucrose from beet molasses by utilization of molecular exclusion chromatography. The minimum percent of total sugars expressed as invert sugar and the maximum percent of moisture shall be stated.
(h) Concentrated Steffen Filtrate (CSF) is obtained as a by-product of the recovery of sucrose from beet molasses by utilization of the Steffen process (precipitation with calcium oxide).



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


s 2790.7. Non-Protein Nitrogen Products.
(a) Urea may contain other nontoxic nitrogenous compounds which are by-products from commercial synthesis and processing. It shall contain not less than 45 percent nitrogen (N) (equivalent to 281.25 percent crude protein). If it contains less than 45 percent N but 41 percent or more N, it shall be designated as "Urea and Conditioner(s)." If the name of the conditioner(s) does not appear in the product name, the ingredient listing must contain the specific name of the conditioner(s).
(b) Feed Grade Biuret contains a minimum of 60 percent biuret together with related non-toxic nitrogenous compounds resulting from the cotrolled pyrolysis of urea and subsequent processing. It shall contain not less than 35 percent nitrogen (equivalent to 218.75 percent crude protein) with not more than 7 percent nitrogen (equivalent to 43.75 percent crude protein) from urea. It shall not contain more than 0.5 percent mineral oil.
(c) Other non-protein nitrogen products (Diammonium Phosphate, Ammonium Polyphosphate, Ammonium Sulfate, and Mono-Ammonium Phosphate) are defined in section 2790.



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


s 2791. Oat Products.
(a) Ground Oats, Pulverized Oats, Crushed Oats and Crimped Oats consist of the entire product made by grinding, cutting, crushing, or crimping whole oats. They shall contain not more than 10 percent of other grains, weed seeds, and other foreign material containing not more than 15 percent crude fiber.
(b) Oat Groats are cleaned oats with the hulls removed.
(c) Oat Hulls consist primarily of the outer covering of oats, obtained in the milling of table cereals or in the groating of oats from clean oats. When used in a mixture the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(d) Feeding Oat Meal is obtained in the manufacture of rolled oat groats, or rolled oats and consists of broken rolled oat groats, oat groat chips, and floury portions of the oat groats, with only such quantity of finely ground oat hulls resulting from good manufacturing process. It shall not contain more than 4 percent crude fiber.
(e) Clipped Oat By-Product is obtained in the manufacture of clipped oats. It may contain the light chaffy material broken from the end of the hulls, empty hulls, light immature oats, and dust. When used in a mixture the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(f) Oats shall contain a minimum of 80 percent sound cultivated oats and not more than 10 percent wild oats; 3 percent heat damaged kernels of oats, other grains, and wild oats; and 5 percent foreign material. It shall contain not more than 15 percent crude fiber. Foreign material includes all matter except cultivated oats, other grains, and wild oats, and includes oat clippings, and detached oat hulls.
(g) Mixed Feed Oats consists of a mixture of grains containing at least 30 percent cultivated oats; provided that the mixture consists of either (1) not less than 65 percent of cultivated and wild oats combined or (2) not less than 65 percent of wild oats. It shall contain more than 25 percent of other grains, not more than 6 percent heat damaged kernels of oats, wild oats, and other grains, and not more than 10 percent foreign material, which may include 4 percent fine seeds. Foreign material consists of all matter except wild oats and grains for which standards have been established under the United States Grain Standards Act.
(h) Oat Mill By-Product is the by-product obtained in the manufacture of oat groats, consisting of oat hulls, and particles of the groat, and containing not more than 22 percent crude fiber. When used in a mixture the maximum percentage shall be stated.



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


s 2793. Peanut Products.
(a) Peanut Meal and Hulls, Mechanical Extracted and Solvent Extracted is a product of shelled peanuts, composed principally of the kernels and hulls, with such portion of the oil, as may be left in the ordinary course of manufacture.
(b) Peanut Skins is the outer covering of the peanut kernel, exclusive of hulls, as obtained in ordinary commercial processing. The product may contain broken peanut kernels.
(c) Peanut Meal Mechanical Extracted is a ground product of the shelled peanuts, composed principally of the kernels, with such portion of the hull, or fiber, and oil as may be left in the ordinary course of manufacture. It shall contain not more than 7.0 percent crude fiber.
(d) Peanut Hulls consists of the outer hull or the peanut shell. When used in a mixed feed, the maximum percentage must be stated.



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


s 2794. Rice Products.
(a) Rice Polish is a by-product of rice obtained in the milling operation of brushing the grain to polish the kernel.
(b) Rice Bran is the pericarp or bran layer and germ of the rice containing not more than 13.0 percent crude fiber with hull fragments, chipped, broken, or brewers rice, and calcium carbonate as may result from good manufacturing processing. When the calcium carbonate exceeds 3.0 percent (Ca.-1.2 percent), the percentage must be declared in the brand name; i.e., Rice Bran with Calcium Carbonate not exceeding __ percent.
(c) Rice Bran, Solvent Extracted, is obtained by removing the part of the oil from the rice bran by the use of solvents and shall contain not less than 14.0 percent crude protein, and not more than 14.0 percent crude fiber.
(d) Ground Rough Rice or Ground Paddy Rice is the entire product obtained by grinding the whole rice grain including the hull and contains not more than 10 percent fiber.
(e) Ground Paddy Rice Screenings is the product resulting from the cleaning of paddy rice and consists of immature rice kernels, water grass seed, rice hulls, straw, dirt and sand. It shall be free of unpalatable or injurious weed seeds. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(f) Rice Hulls are the outer coverings of the rice kernel. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(g) Rice Mill By-Product is the total offal obtained in the production of milled rice. It consists of rice hulls, rice bran, rice polishings and broken rice grains. It shall be free of unpalatable and injurious weed seeds, and dirt and straw. It contains not more than 30.0 percent crude fiber and not more than 16.0 percent ash. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(h) Chipped Rice, Broken Rice, or Brewers Rice is the small fragments of rice kernels that have been separated from the larger kernels of milled rice.
(i) Ground Brown Rice is the entire product obtained in grinding the rice kernels after the hulls have been removed.
(j) Parboiled Rice Bran is about 5.0 to 7.0 percent by weight of Parboiled Rough Rice and is a mixture of a combination of several botanical tissues: pericarp, seed coat, nucellus, and the outer most portion of the endosperm (the aleurone layer). It may contain hull fragments, broken grains and traces of added calcium carbonate as is unavoidable in the milling of parboiled rice.
(k) Stabilized Rice Bran is the bran which has been treated soon after milling by heat or other means that will substantially reduce the lipase activity. Free fatty acid content of the crude fat extracted shall not exceed 4.0 percent.



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


s 2795. Rye Products.
(a) Rye, Mill Run consists of the mill run of the outer covering of the rye kernel and the rye germ with small quantities of rye flour and aleurone and contains not more than 9.5 percent crude fiber.
(b) Rye Middlings consist of rye feed and rye red dog combined in the proportions obtained in good manufacturing process of milling rye flour and contains not more than 8.5 percent crude fiber.



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


s 2795.5. Safflower Products.
(a) Safflower Meal is obtained by extraction of oil and hulls from safflower seed and contains not less than 40 percent crude protein. If solvent extracted, it shall be so designated.
(b) Whole-Pressed Safflower Seed is the ground residue obtained by extraction of oil from whole safflower seed by a mechanical or solvent extraction process and contains not less than 20 percent protein and not more than 40 percent fiber. If solvent extracted, it shall be so designated.
(c) Safflower Hull consist of the outer covering of safflower seed. When used in a mixture, the percentage shall be stated.



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


s 2796. Screenings.
Screenings is the by-product obtained in the cleaning of crop seed. It may include light and broken grains and other agricultural seeds, weed seeds, hulls, chaff, joints, straw, elevator or mill dust, sand and dirt. It shall be graded and designated according to the following definitions: No grade of screenings shall contain any seeds or other material that is either injurious to animals or will impart an objectionable odor or flavor to their milk or flesh. All screenings must be processed by grinding or otherwise to render the seed of any pest incapable of reproduction.
(a) Grain Screenings contains 70.0 percent or more grain including light and broken grains. It may contain wild buckwheat and wild oats. The term "Grain Screening" may be used for unspecified kinds of grain, or the predominating kind of grain (if in excess of 50.0 percent) may be declared as the first word or words in the name. It may contain no more than 6.5 percent ash.
(b) Seed Screenings shall consist of 70.0 percent or more seed, light and broken and contain not more than 6.5 percent ash.The name of the seed shall be a part of the name.
(c) Mixed Screenings is screenings from grain and seed which does not meet the standards of subsections (a) or (b). It may include hulls, chaff, straw, dust, sweepings, sand, dirt, grains and seeds and contains not more than 27.0 percent crude fiber and not more than 15.0 percent ash. If it contains more than 15.0 percent ash, the words "sand" or "dirt" shall appear on the label as part of the name of the product. When used in a mixture, the maximum percent shall be stated.



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


s 2796.5. Sesame Products.
(a) Sesame Oil Cake is the product obtained by removing most of the oil from sesame seed by crushing, cooking, and the use of pressure or solvents. The process used in the production (expeller or solvent) shall be a part of the brand name.
(b) Sesame Oil Meal is ground sesame oil cake. The process used in the production (expeller or solvent) shall be a part of the brand name.



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


s 2797. Sorghum Products.
(a) Ground Grain Sorghum is the entire product made by grinding the grains of grain sorghum.
(b) Grain Sorghum Gluten Feed is that part of the grain of grain sorghums that remains after the extraction of the larger part of the starch and germ, by the processes employed in the wet milling manufacture of starch or syrup.
(c) Grain Sorghum Gluten Meal is that part of the grain of grain sorghums that remains after the extraction of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the processes employed in the wet milling manufacture of starch or syrup.
(d) Grain Sorghum Germ Cake or Grain Sorghum Germ Meal consists of the germ of grain sorghum grains from which part of the oil has been pressed and is the product obtained in the wet milling process of manufacture of starch, syrup, and other grain sorghum products.
(e) Rolled Grain Sorghums is obtained by running whole grain sorghums through rollers. Then it is properly dried and cooled.
(f) Grain Sorghum Grits consists of the hard flinty portions of grain sorghums containing 5 percent or less bran or germ.
(g) Gelatinized Sorghum Grain Flour is obtained from the endosperm of sorghum grain which has been gelatinized and reduced to a finely ground meal containing not more than 1 percent crude fiber.
(h) Partially Aspirated Gelatinized Sorghum Grain Flour is obtained from whole sorghum grain which has been partially aspirated and has been gelatinized and reduced to a finely ground meal containing not more than 2.5 percent crude fiber.
(i) Grain Sorghum Mill Feed is a mixture of grain sorghum bran, grain sorghum germ, part of the starchy portion of grain sorghum kernels, or mixture thereof as produced in the manufacture of grainsorghum grits and refined meal and flour containing not less than 5 percent crude fat and not more than 6 percent crude fiber.



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


s 2798. Soybean Products.
(a) Ground Soybean is ground whole soybeans without cooking or removing any of the oil.
(b) Ground Soybean Hay is the ground soybean plant including the leaves and beans. It must be reasonably free of other crop plants and weeds and shall contain not more than 33.0 percent crude fiber.
(c) Soybean Hulls consist of the outer covering of the soybean. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(d) Soybean Feed, Solvent Extracted, is the product remaining after the partial removal of protein and nitrogen free extract from dehulled solvent extracted soybean flakes. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(e) Soy Flour is the finely powered material resulting from the screened and graded product remaining after removal of most of the oil from selected, sound, cleaned and dehulled soybeans by a mechanical or solvent extraction process. It shall contain not more than 4.0 percent crude fiber.
(f) Soybean Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is the product obtained by grinding the cake or chips which remain after removal of most of the oil from soybeans by a mechanical extraction process. Heat must be applied during the process. It shall contain not more than 7.0 percent crude fiber. It may contain calcium carbonate or an anti-caking agent not to exceed 0.5 percent to reduce caking and improve flowability. The name of the conditioning agent shall be shown as an added ingredient.
(g) Soybean Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the product obtained by grinding the flakes which remain after removal of most of the oil from soybeans by a solvent extraction process. It shall contain not more than 7.0 percent crude fiber. It may contain calcium carbonate or an anti-caking agent not to exceed 0.5 percent to reduce caking and improve flowability.
(h) Soybean Meal, Dehulled, Solvent Extracted, is obtained by grinding the flakes remaining after removal of most of the oil from dehulled soybeans by a solvent extraction process. It shall contain not more than 3.5 percent crude fiber. It may contain calcium carbonate or an anti-caking agent not to exceed 0.5 percent to reduce caking and improve flowability. The name of the conditioning agent must be shown as an added ingredient. When listed as an ingredient in a manufactured feed it may be identified as "Dehulled Soybean Meal."
(i) Soybean Mill Feed is composed of soybean hulls and the offal from the tail of the mill which results from the manufacture of soy grits or flour and contains not less than 13.0 percent crude protein and not more than 32.0 percent crude fiber. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
(j) Soybean Mill Run is composed of soybean hulls and such bean meats that adhere to the hulls which results from normal milling operations in the production of dehulled soybean meal and contains not less than 11.0 percent crude protein and not more than 35.0 percent crude fiber.
(k) Soy Phosphate or Soy Lecithin is the mixed phosphatide product obtained from soybean oil by a degumming process. It contains lecithin, cephalin, and inositol phosphatides, together with glycerides of soybean oil and traces of tocopherols, glucosides, and pigments. It shall be designated and sold according to conventional descriptive grades with respect to consistency and bleaching.
( l) Heat Processed Soybeans is the product resulting from heating whole soybeans without removing any of the component parts. It may be ground, pelleted, flaked, or powdered. The maximum pH rise using standard urease testing procedure should not exceed 0.10 pH units. It shall be sold according to its crude protein, crude fat and crude fiber content.
(m) Soy Protein Concentrate is prepared from high quality sound, clean, dehulled soybean seeds by removing most of the oil and water soluble non-protein constituents and contains not less than 65.0 percent protein on a moisture-free basis.
(n) Kibbled Soybean Meal is the product obtained by cooking ground solvent extracted soybean meal under pressure and extruding from an expeller or other mechanical pressure device. It shall be designated and sold according to its protein content and shall contain not more than 7.0 percent crude fiber.
(o) Condensed Soybean Solubles is the product resulting from the washing of Soy Flour or Soybean Flakes with water and acid; water, alkali and acid; or water and alcohol. The wash water is then concentrated to a solids content of not less than 50.0 percent.
(p) Soy Flour is the finely powdered material resulting from the screened and graded product after removal of most of the oil rom the oil from selected, sound, cleaned and dehulled soybeans by a mechanical or solvent extraction process. It shall contain not more than 4.0 percent crude fiber.



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


s 2798.5. Sunflower Products.
(a) Sunflower Meal, Dehulled, Mechanically Extracted, is obtained by grinding the residue remaining after the extraction of most of the oil from dehulled sunflower seed by a mechanical extraction process.
(b) Sunflower Meal, Dehulled, Solvent Extracted, is the ground residue remaining after extraction of most of the oil from dehulled sunflower seed by a solvent extraction process.
(c) Sunflower Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is the ground residue remaining after extraction of most of the oil from whole sunflower seed by a mechanical extraction process.
(d) Sunflower Meal, Solvent Extracted, is the ground residue remaining after extraction of most of the oil from whole sunflower seed by a solvent extraction process.
(e) Sunflower Hulls consist of the outer covering of sunflower seeds. When used in a mixture the maximum percentage shall be stated.



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


s 2799. Other Oilseed Products.
(a) Canola Meal low erucic acid low glucosinolate consists of the meal obtained after the removal of most of the oil, by a direct solvent or prepress solvent extraction process, from the whole seeds of the species Brassica napus or Brassica campestris the oil component of which seed contains less than 2.0 percent erucic acid and the solid component of which seed contains less than 30 micromoles of any mixture of 3-butenyl glucosinolate, 4 pentenyl glucosinolate, 2-hydroxy-3-butenyl glucosinolate and 2-hydroxy-4-pentenyl glucosinolate per gram of air dry, oil free solid. It must contain a maximum of 12.0 percent crude fiber and a maximum of 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram of air dry, oil free solid. It must contain a maximum of 12.0 percent crude fiber and a maximum of 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.
(b) Rapeseed Meal, Mechanically Extracted, is obtained by grinding the cake which remains after removal of most of the oil by mechanical extraction of the seed from the rapeseed plant (Brassica) and contains a minimum of 32.0 percent protein and a maximum of 12.0 percent crude fiber.



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


s 2800. Wheat Products.
See Section 2704 for definitions of wheat products containing screenings.
(a) Wheat Bran is the coarse outer covering of the wheat kernel separated from cleaned and scoured wheat in good commercial milling practice.
(b) Wheat Feed Flour consists principally of wheat flour together with fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product shall be obtained from good commercial milling process. It shall contain not more than 1.5 percent crude fiber.
(c) Wheat Germ Meal is wheat germ together with bran and middlings or shorts resulting from good commercial processing. It shall contain not less than 25 percent crude protein and 7 percent crude fat.
(d) Wheat Mill Run is coarse wheat bran, fine particles of wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour, and the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product shall be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling containing not more than 9.5 percent crude fiber.
(e) Wheat Middlings consists of fine particles of wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat germ, wheat flour, and some of the offal from the "tail of the mill." This product shall be obtained in good commercial milling practice and contain not more than 9.5 percent crude fiber.
(f) Wheat Shorts consists of fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, wheat flour, and offal from the "tail of the mill" obtained in good commercial milling practice and contain not more than 7 percent crude fiber.
(g) Wheat Red Dog consists of offal from the "tail of the mill" together with some fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ, and wheat flour. This product is obtained in good commercial milling practice and contains not more than 4 percent crude fiber.
(h) Defatted Wheat Germ Meal is wheat germ meal from which part of the oil or fat has been removed and contains not less than 30 percent crude protein.



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


s 2801. Yeast Products.
(a) Primary Dried Yeast or Dried Yeast is the dried, non-fermentative yeast of the botanical classifications Saccharomyces which has been separated from the medium in which propagated. It shall consist of yeast cells with no fillers and contain not less than 40.0 percent crude protein.
(b) Irradiated Dried Yeast, is the dried, non-fermentative yeast which has been subjected to ultraviolet rays in order to produce anti-rachitic potency.
(c) Yeast Culture is the product composed of yeast grown on malt, in a base of cereal meals and capable of producing active fermentation. The ingredients shall be stated on the label. Products resembling Yeast Cultures but not having reproductive activity shall be labeled "Inactivated Yeast Culture" followed by the statement "Will Not Produce Fermentation."
(d) Active Dry Yeast is yeast which has been dried in such a manner as to preserve a large portion of its fermenting power. It shall consist of yeast cells and contain no added cereal or filler and shall contain not less than 15 billion live yeast cells per gram.
(e) Brewers Dried Yeast is the dried, non-fermentative, non-extracted yeast of the botanical classification Saccharomyces resulting as a by-product from the brewing of beer and ale. It must not contain less than 35.0 percent crude protein. It must be labeled according to its crude protein content.
(f) Torula Dried Yeast or Candida Dried Yeast is the dried, non-fermentation yeast of the botanical classification (torulopsis) Candida utilis (formerly Torulopsis utilis) which has been separated from the medium in which propagated. It must contain not less than 40.0 percent crude protein
(g) Yeast Culture is the dried product composed of yeast and the media on which it was grown, dried in such a manner as to preserve the fermenting activity of the yeast. The media must be stated on the label.
(h) Molasses Yeast Condensed Solubles is obtained by condensing to a syrup consistency the broth remaining after the removal of baker's yeast cells propagated on molasses.
(i) Brewers Liquid Yeast is the non-fermentative, non-extracted yeast of the botanical classification Saccharomyces resulting as a by-product from the brewing of beer and ale. It must contain not less than 35.0 percent crude protein on a dry weight basis. The guaranteed analysis shall include the maximum moisture.



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


s 2802. Miscellaneous Products.
(a) Oil Cake is the product obtained after the extraction of part of the oil by crushing, cooking, and pressing, or by crushing, heating, and the use of solvents, from vegetable seeds which have been screened and cleaned of weed seed, hulls, and other foreign materials by a commercial process. A name indicative of the source shall be prefixed to the words "oil cake."
(b) Oil Meal is oil cake ground to a meal. A name indicative of the source shall be prefixed to the words "oil meal."
(c) Silage is green fodder that has been preserved with or without additives by ensiling. Normally the material is finely cut and blown into a chamber such as a pit or bag where it is pressed to exclude air and where it undergoes an acid fermentation that retards spoilage. The materials shall be labeled to show the kind of silage, for example, corn silage, oat silage, hay silage. When the product is sold in a formula or mixed feed, all ingredients shall be stated on the label. The label shall state the following guarantees: minimum percent crude protein, minimum percent crude fat, maximum percent crude fiber, maximum percent ash and maximum and minimum percent moisture.
(d) Ground Bean Screenings or Ground Pea Screenings is the ground, broken and culled beans or peas removed from field run beans or peas in the process of recleaning. They shall be free from dirt, pods, and straw.
(e) Charcoal (vegetable) is charred hard or soft wood, nut shells, or fruit pits. If it is wood charcoal, it shall bear a designation indicating whether it is hard wood charcoal or soft wood charcoal. Charcoal from nut shells or fruit pits shall be designated as shell charcoal. When used in a mixed feed the maximum percent shall be stated on the label.
(f) Dried Citrus Pulp, Citrus Meal is the dried, peel and residue of the inside portions, and occasional cull fruits of the citrus family with or without the extraction of part of the juice and part of the oil of the peel. If a neutralizing agent, e.g., calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium hydrate is added as an aid in processing, the maximum percentage shall be stated. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.
(g) Wet Citrus Pulp, is the peel and residue of the inside portions, and occasional cull fruits of the citrus family with or without the extraction of part of the juice and part of the oil of the peel. If a neutralizing agent, e.g. calcium oxide, calcium carbonate, or calcium hydrate is added as an aid in processing, the maximum percentage shall be stated. If it bears a name descriptive of its kind, it shall correspond thereto.
(h) Coca Bean Shells or Coca Bean Hulls is the hard outside coating of the coca bean.
(i) Ground Cull Nut Meats or Ground Nut Meat Screenings is the ground fragments, immature, and culled nut meats obtained in the cleaning and grading of nut meats. They shall be free of shells, hulls, dirt, and other foreign material.
(j) Feeding Dried Fruits consists of the culled substandard fruit or surplus production of the dried fruit industry. It may contain an artificial color or flavoring matter which has been approved by the secretary. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind.
(k) Ground Straw or Chopped Straw is ground or chopped cereal or other straws from which the seeds have been removed. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind. When used in a mixture, the maximum percentage shall be stated.
( l) Ground Dried Vegetables is dried, ground vegetables. It shall bear a name descriptive of its kind.
(m) Buckwheat Middlings is that portion of the buckwheat grain immediately under the hull after separation of the flour containing no more hulls than is obtained in good commercial buckwheat milling practice, and containing not more than 10.0 percent crude fiber.
(n) Dried Kelp is dried seaweed. The maximum percentage of sodium (Na) and the minimum percentage of potassium (K) shall be declared. If the kelp is sold as a source of iodine (I), the minimum percentage of iodine shall be declared. If the product is prepared by artificial drying, it may be called "Dehydrated Kelp."
(o) Dehydrated Silage Pellets are wholesome silage (ensilage) which has been dried by thermal means and formed into pellets by a mechanical process. The product should bear a name descriptive of the type of silage pelleted, such as "Dehydrated Alfalfa Silage Pellets," etc.
(p) Paunch Product, Dehydrated, is a product composed of the contents of the rumen of slaughtered cattle, dehydrated at temperatures over 100 degrees centigrade to a moisture content of 12.0 percent or less, and sufficient to destroy all pathogenic organisms. It shall be dehydrated promptly after removal from the rumen to prevent decomposition.
(q) Bagasse is the portion of the stalk (leaves and tops removed) of sugar cane remaining after extraction of the juice.
(r) Coastal Bermudagrass Hay is the dried aerial portion of the perennial hybrid grass, Coastal Bermuda (Cynodon dactylion) (L.) (Pers.), free of other crop plants, and weeds which have been cultivated as a crop and harvested during a period of active growth. If it is fully ground, it shall be designated as "Coastal Bermudagrass Meal." If it is dried by thermal means, it may be designated as "Dehydrated Coastal Bermudagrass Hay" or "Dehydrated Coastal Bermudagrass Meal."
(s) Dried Tomato Pomace is a dried mixture of tomato skins, pulp, and crushed seeds. If the pomace contains spices used in the production of a tomato product, this shall be shown in the name as "Dried Spiced Tomato Pomace."
(t) Ground Straw is the ground product remaining after separation of the seed from mature forage plants. The source of the material shall constitute a part of the name of the product; i.e., "Ground Blue Grass Straw," "Ground Alfalfa Straw."
(u) Ground Grass is obtained by drying and grinding grass which has been cut before formation of the seed. If a specie name is used, the product shall correspond thereto.
(v) Dehydrated Garbage is artificially dried, undecomposed animal and vegetable table waste, from which crockery, glass, metal, string and similar materials have been removed, processed at a temperature sufficient to destroy pathogenic organisms. If part of the grease and fat is removed, it shall be designated as "Degreased Dehydrated Garbage."
(w) Cereal Food Fines consists of particles of breakfast cereals obtained as a by-product of their processing.
(x) Dried Bakery Product is a mixture of bread, cookies, cake, crackers, flours, and doughs which has been mechanically separated from non-edible materials, artificially dried and ground. If the product contains more than 3.5 percent sodium, the maximum percentage of sodium shall be a part of the name; i.e., Dried Bakery Product with __ percent sodium. (continued)