[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR501.8]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 501--ANIMAL FOOD LABELING--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec.  501.8  Labeling of animal food with number of servings.

    (a) The label of any package of a food which bears a representation 
as to the number of servings contained in such package shall bear in 
immediate conjunction with such statement, and in the same size type as 
is used for such statement, a statement of the net quantity (in terms of 
weight, measure, or numerical count) of each such serving; however, such 
statement may be expressed in terms that differ from the terms used in 
the required statement of net quantity of contents (for example, 
cupfuls, tablespoonfuls, etc.) when such differing term is common to 
cookery and describes a constant quantity.

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Such statement may not be misleading in any particular. A statement of 
the number of units in a package is not in itself a statement of the 
number of servings.
    (b) If there exists a voluntary product standard promulgated 
pursuant to the procedures found in 15 CFR part 10 by the Department of 
Commerce, quantitatively defining the meaning of the term serving with 
respect to a particular food, then any label representation as to the 
number of servings in such packaged food shall correspond with such 
quantitative definition. (Copies of published standards are available 
upon request from the National Bureau of Standards, Department of 
Commerce, Washington, DC 20234.)