- (a) An artificial color may be used in a pet food or specialty pet food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets or specialty pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color in the United States Food and Drug regulations as safe for use, together with the conditions, limitations, and tolerances, if any, incorporated therein, is satisfactory evidence that the color is, when used under the United States Food and Drug regulations, harmless to pets or specialty pets.
(b) Evidence may be required to prove the safety and efficacy or utility of a pet food or specialty pet food which contains additives or drugs, when used according to directions furnished on the label. Satisfactory evidence of the safety and efficacy of a pet food or specialty pet food may be established when the pet food or specialty pet food:
- (1) contains the additives, the use of which conforms to the requirements of the applicable regulation in 21 CFR, or are "prior sanctioned" or "Generally Recognized as Safe" for the use; or
- (2) itself is a drug or contains a drug (as defined in section 6 of this chapter) and is "generally recognized as safe and effective" for the labeled use or is marketed subject to an application approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration under 21 U.S.C. 360(b).
- (c) When a drug (as defined in IC 15-19-7-6 ) is included in a pet food or specialty pet food, the format required by section 26.2(a)(2) of this chapter for labeling medicated feeds must be used.
As added by P.L.16-2026, SEC.15.