Processed animal waste shall meet the following standards before it may be sold or offered for sale in Alabama as commercial feed or feed ingredient:

1. (a) Dried poultry waste shall contain as follows:

   1. 1. Not less than 18% crude protein.
   2. 2. Not more than 15% crude fiber.
   3. 3. Not more than 30% ash.
   4. 4. Not more than 1% feathers.
   5. 5. Not more than 15% moisture.

2. (b) Dried poultry litter shall contain as follows:

   1. 1. Not less than 16% crude protein.
   2. 2. No more than 40% crude fiber.
   3. 3. No more than 40% ash.
   4. 4. No more than 5% feathers.
   5. 5. No more than 15% moisture.

3. (c) Dried ruminant waste shall contain as follows:

   1. 1. Not less than 12% crude protein.
   2. 2. No more than 40% crude fiber.
   3. 3. No more than 30% ash.
   4. 4. No more than 40% straw, wood shavings or other bedding material acceptable to the Commissioner.
   5. 5. No more than 15% moisture.
4. (d) No undried processed animal waste product shall contain more than 40% straw, wood shavings or other bedding material acceptable to the Commissioner.
5. (e) Any product labeled as containing dried animal waste products shall contain no more than 15% moisture.

Author: Charles H. Barnes

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-21-25.

History: Filed April 19, 1982.