Information on a Feed Tag• Feed manufacturers required by law
to provide certain info on feed tag•Applies to all commercial feeds
Label Format•Net weight• Product and/or brand name•Guaranteed analysis• Ingredients
Label Format• Company/manufacturer•Adequate directions• Precautionary statements for safe
and effective use
Medicated Feeds•Additional info required:• Purpose of medication & species of use•Directions for use•Name & concentration of active drug•Warning for withdrawal period•Warnings against misuse
Product Name•Must be appropriate name for the
intended use•Must not be misleading• “Medicated” must appear on label
for feeds that are medicated
Guaranteed Analysis•Minimum % CP•% CP equivalent from NPN
•Minimum % crude fat•Maximum % crude fiber
Guaranteed Analysis•Minimum & maximum % Ca•Minimum % P•Minimum & maximum % salt
Guaranteed Analysis•Minimum of other minerals•Minimum of vitamins
Ingredients – Collective Terms•Grain Products• Corn, wheat, barley, oats, etc.
• Plant Protein Products• Soybean meal, canola meal, etc.
•Animal Protein Products• Feather meal, fish meal, dried
whey, dried skim milk
Ingredients – Collective Terms• Processed Grain By-Products•Wheat middlings, rice bran, corn
gluten feed, Brewers grains
Ingredients – Collective Terms• Forage Products•Alfalfa meal, alfalfa pellets
• Roughage Products• Cottonseed hulls, dried beet pulp
•Molasses Products• Cane, beet
Adequate Directions
Adequate Directions
Precautionary Statements
Feed Tags
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