1. A. For the purpose of R.S. 3:1396(1), the terms poisonous or deleterious substances include but are not limited to the following:

   1. 1. soybean meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets, which have been extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated solvents;
   2. 2. sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid, and salts of sulfurous acid when used in or on pet food or pet food ingredients which are considered or reported to be a significant source of vitamin B1 (Thiamine);
   3. 3. any new animal drug which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
   4. 4. any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, causing the material to be unfit for pet food.

2. B. Pet Food may be considered adulterated if:

   1. 1. the manufacture, processing, packaging, distribution, or use does not comply with the requirements of Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 507, Subparts A, B, C, E, and F where applicable; or
   2. 2. it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or of an animal or of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 402(a)(1) or (2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
3. C. All screenings or by-products of grains and seeds containing weed seeds, when used in commercial feed or sold as such to the ultimate consumer, shall be ground fine enough or otherwise treated to destroy the viability of such weed seeds so that the finished product contains no more than four viable prohibited weed seeds per pound and not more than 200 viable restricted weed seeds per pound.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1392 and 1396.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission, LR 51:649 (May 2025).