[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR355.32]



[Page 416-417]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 355_CERTIFIED PRODUCTS FOR DOGS, CATS, AND OTHER CARNIVORA; 

INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND IDENTIFICATION AS TO CLASS, QUALITY, 

QUANTITY, AND CONDITION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 355.32  Labeling required.



    Each container of inspected and certified product shall have affixed 

thereto a label bearing the following information, prominently 

displayed:

    (a) The name of the product, class of product, ingredient statement, 

and the animal foods inspection legend in the manner provided by 

paragraphs (a) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this section.

    (1) The name of the canned or semimoist certified food shall include 

words such as ``dog food,'' ``cat food,'' ``dog and cat food,'' or ``fox 

food,'' accompanied with such references to optional ingredients as may 

be required by the Administrator under this part. Product names shall 

not be misleading in regard to class of canned or semi-moist certified 

food for which label is intended.

    (2) Class of product as outlined in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of 

Sec. 355.29 shall be declared on either the main display or 20 percent 

panel of the label.

    (3) The word ``ingredients,'' followed by a complete list of 

ingredients of the food in the order of their predominance and by their 

common or usual names, shall appear on the label with the name of the 

food.

    (4) The inspection legend for canned, semi-moist or frozen certified 

animal food shall appear on the label in the form shown herewith, except 

that the plant number need not appear with the legend when such number 

is embossed on the sealed metal container as provided in Sec. 355.33.

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    (5) When a product is prepared in whole from any of the items 

defined in Sec. 355.2 (i) through (n), its name shall identify the item 

and there shall appear contiguous to the name of the item the name of 

the decharacterizing agent used, followed by the word ``added'' as, for 

example, ``bone added.''

    (6) When wheat flour or other processing aid is added to the 

product, there shall appear on the label, with the name of the 

decharacterizing agent, in predominating order, the name of the 

processing aid, as, for example, ``Wheat flour and bone added'' or 

``Bone and wheat flour added.''

    (b) A statement of the quantity of contents of the container, 

representing in terms of avoirdupois weight the quantity of product in 

the container.



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    (c) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or 

distributor. The name under which inspection is granted to a plant may 

appear without qualification on the label of a product prepared by that 

plant. When the certified product is not prepared by the person whose 

name appears on the label, the name shall be qualified by a phrase which 

reveals the connection such person has with the product as, for example, 

``Prepared for --------------------.''



[23 FR 10107, Dec. 23, 1958, as amended at 25 FR 1357, Feb. 16, 1960; 26 

FR 3984, May 9, 1961; 29 FR 9819, July 22, 1964. Redesignated at 30 FR 

4195, Mar. 31, 1965, and amended at 32 FR 13115, Sept. 15, 1967]