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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