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2 CAR § 25-101. Definitions and terms
2 CAR § 25-101. Definitions and terms.
(a) As used in this part:
(1) "Act" means the Arkansas Feed Law of 1997, Acts 1997, No. 726;
(2) "Board" means the State Plant Board;
(3) "AAFCO" means the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc., a nonprofit association of state and federal feed regulatory officials; and
(4) "FDA" means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(b) The names and definitions for commercial feeds shall be the official definition of feed ingredients adopted by the AAFCO, except as the State Plant Board designates otherwise in specific cases.
(c) The terms used in reference to commercial feeds shall be the official feed terms adopted by the AAFCO, except as the board designates otherwise in specific cases.
(d)(1) The following commodities are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed, under the provisions of Section 3(c) of Acts 1997, No. 726:
(A) Raw meat;
(B) Hay;
(C) Straw;
(D) Stover;
(E) Silages;
(F) Cobs;
(G) Husks; and
(H) Hulls when unground and when not mixed or intermixed with other materials.
(2) Provided that these commodities are not adulterated within the meaning of Section 7 of Acts 1997, No. 726.
(e)(1) Individual chemical compounds and substances are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed under the provisions of Section 3(c) of the Acts 1997, No. 726.
(2) It has been determined that these products meet the following criteria:
(A) There is an adopted AAFCO definition for the product;
(B) The product is either generally recognized as safe (GRAS) or is not covered by a specific United States Food and Drug Administration regulation;
(C) The product is either:
(i) A natural occurring product of relatively uniform chemical composition; or
(ii) Manufactured to meet the AAFCO definition of the product;
(D) The use of the product in the feed industry constitutes a minor portion of its total industrial use;
(E) Small quantities of additives, which are intended to impart special desirable characteristics, shall be permitted;
(F) There is no need or problem of control of this product.
(f) Canned pet food and specialty pet food are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed under Section 3(c) of Acts 1997, No. 726.
(g) The term "quantity statement" means the:
(1) Net weight (mass);
(2) Net volume (liquid or dry); or
(3) Count.
(h) Feed supplied to contract feeders and feed ingredients supplied to integrated operators as well as exchanges of feed or feed ingredients between integrated operators who have obtained an exemption license as provided in Section 4 of Acts 1997, No. 726 are exempt from the definition of commercial feed under Section 3(c) of Acts 1997, No. 726.
(i) A grower’s production of unmanipulated poultry litter is exempt from the provisions of the Arkansas Feed Law of 1997, Acts 1997, No. 726.