1 CRR-NY 257.17NY-CRR
1 CRR-NY 257.17
1 CRR-NY 257.17
257.17 Label format for pet food and specialty pet food.
In addition to the requirements for commercial feed otherwise provided in this Part, the following requirements shall apply to pet food and specialty pet food:
(a) The statement of net weight, product name and brand name shall be shown on the principal display panel. All other required information may be placed elsewhere on the label, but shall be sufficiently conspicuous as to render it easily read by the average purchaser under ordinary conditions of purchase and sale.
(b) The declaration of the net weight shall be made in conformity with the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) The information which is required to appear in the “guaranteed analysis” shall be the following elements listed in the following order:
crude protein—minimum amount
crude fat—minimum amount
crude fiber—maximum amount
moisture—maximum amount
Additional guarantees, if any, shall follow “moisture.”
(d) A vignette, graphic, or pictorial representation of any product on any pet food or specialty pet food label shall not misrepresent the contents of the package.
(e) The use of the word “proven” in connection with label claims for any pet food or specialty pet food is prohibited unless scientific or other empirical evidence establishing the claim represented as “proven” is available to the commissioner.
(f) No statement shall appear upon the label of any pet food or specialty pet food which makes false or misleading comparisons between that food and any other pet or specialty pet food.
(g) Personal or commercial endorsements are permitted on pet food or specialty pet food labels when said endorsements are factual and not otherwise misleading.
(h) The words “dog food”, “cat food”, or similar designation shall appear conspicuously upon the principal display panel of any pet food or specialty pet food label.
(i) The label of any pet food or specialty pet food shall not contain any unqualified representation or claim, directly or indirectly, that the pet food or specialty pet food therein contained, or a recommended feeding thereof, is or meets the requisites of a complete, scientific or balanced ration for any pet or specialty pet, unless such product or feeding:
(1) Contains ingredients in quantities sufficient to provide the estimated nutrient requirements for all stages of the life of the pet or specialty pet, which have been established by a recognized authority on animal nutrition; or
(2) Contains a combination of ingredients which, when fed to a normal animal as the only source of nourishment, will provide satisfactorily for fertility of females, gestation and lactation, normal growth from weaning to maturity without supplementary feeding, and will maintain the normal weight of an adult animal, whether working or at rest, and has had its capabilities in this regard demonstrated by adequate, scientific testing.
(j) Labels for pet foods or specialty pet foods which are compounded for or which are suitable for only a limited purpose (for example, a product designed for the feeding of puppies) may contain representations that said product, or recommended feeding thereof, is or meets the requisites of a complete, scientific or balanced ration for pets or specialty pets, but only:
(1) In conjunction with a statement of the limited purpose for which the product is intended or suitable (as, for example, in the statement “a complete food for puppies”). Such representations and such required qualification therefor shall be juxtaposed on the same panel and in the same size, style and color print; and
(2) Such qualified representations may be so used only if:
(i) The product contains ingredients in quantities sufficient to satisfy the estimated nutrient requirements established by a recognized authority on animal nutrition for such limited purpose; or
(ii) The product contains a combination of ingredients, which when fed for such limited purpose, will satisfy the nutrient requirements for such limited purpose and has had its capabilities in this regard demonstrated by adequate, scientific testing.
(k) Except as provided by section 257.18 of this Part, the name of any ingredient which appears on the label other than in the product name shall not be given undue emphasis so as to create the impression that such an ingredient is present in the product in a larger amount than is the fact, and if the names of more than one such ingredient are shown, they shall appear in the order of their respective predominance by weight in the product.
1 CRR-NY 257.17
Current through August 31, 2021
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