§144-4  Labeling.  (a)  Any commercial
feed, other than custom-mixed or toll-milled feed, distributed in this State or
imported shall be accompanied by a legible label bearing the following
information:



(1)  The net weight.



(2)  The product name or brand name under which the
commercial feed is distributed.



(3)  The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as
the department by rule determines is required to advise the user of the
composition of the commercial feed or to support claims made in the labeling.  In
all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods
published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.



(4)  The common or official name of each ingredient
used in the manufacture of the commercial feed, except as the department may,
by rule, permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients all of
which perform the same function.



(5)  The name and principal address of the person
responsible for distributing the commercial feed.



(6)  Adequate directions for use for all commercial
feeds containing drugs and for such other commercial feeds as the department
may require by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use.



(7)  Such precautionary statements as the department
by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the
commercial feed.



(b)  When a commercial feed is distributed in
this State in bags or other containers, the label shall be placed on or affixed
to the container; when a commercial feed is distributed in bulk the label shall
accompany delivery and be furnished to the purchaser at time of delivery.



(c)  A custom-mixed feed shall be labeled by
numbered invoice.  The invoice, which is to accompany delivery and be supplied
to the purchaser at the time of delivery, shall bear the following information:



(1)  Name and address of the mixer.



(2)  Name and address of the purchaser.



(3)  Date of sale.



(4)  Product name and brand name, if any, of each
registered commercial feed used in the mixture and the name and number of
pounds of each other feed ingredient added.



(5)  The term "custom-mixed feed."



(6)  Adequate directions for use for all custom-mixed
feeds containing drugs and for such other custom-mixed feeds as the department
may require by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use.



(7)  Such precautionary statements as the department
by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the
custom-mixed feed.



(d)  A toll-milled feed shall be labeled with
the term, "toll-milled feed" and the name and address of the owner
thereof.



(e)  If a commercial, custom-mixed, or
toll-milled feed contains (1) a nonnutritive substance which is intended for
use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or
which is intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body or
(2) a food additive, the department may require the label of the commercial or
toll-milled feed, or the invoice of the custom-mixed feed to show the amount
present, directions for use, or warnings against misuse.



(f)  Whenever a manufacturer, processor, mixer,
or distributor of feed makes a claim or guarantee relative to the content of
the feed on or with the package containing the same, which claim or guarantee
is in addition to those required by law, the manufacturer, processor, mixer, or
distributor shall be responsible for maintaining the claim or guarantee, and
may be required to submit information and records pertinent to the claim or
guarantee. [L 1959, c 275, pt of §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §22; am L 1961, c
132, §2; Supp, §24-5; HRS §144-5; am L 1969, c 27, §§3, 4; am L 1979, c 186, pt
of §1; am and ren L 1983, c 214, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]



 



Cross References



 



  Administrative
hearings, see chapter 91.