PURPOSE: This rule defines words and terms used in these rules.

1. (1) The name and definitions for commercial feeds shall be the official definition of feed ingredients adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), 2 CSR 70-30.015, except as the director designates otherwise in specific cases.
2. (2) The terms used in reference to commercial feeds shall be the official feed terms adopted by the AAFCO, 2 CSR 70-30.015, except as the director designates otherwise in specific cases.
3. (3) The following commodities are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed, under the provisions of section 266.160(2), RSMo: raw meat, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks and hulls when ground and when not mixed or intermixed with other materials; provided, that these commodities are not adulterated within the meaning of section 266.180(1), RSMo.

4. (4) Individual chemical compounds and substances are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed under the provisions of section 266.160(2), RSMo. It has been determined that these products meet the following criteria:

   1. (A) There is an adopted Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials definition for the product;
   2. (B) The product is either generally recognized as safe (GRAS) or is not covered by a specific Food and Drug Administration

5. (FDA) regulation;

   1. (C) The product is either a naturally occurring product of relatively uniform chemical composition or is manufactured to meet the AAFCO definition for the product;
   2. (D) The use of the product in the feed industry constitutes a minor portion of its total industrial use;
   3. (E) Small quantities of additives which are intended to impart special desirable characteristics shall be permitted; and
   4. (F) There is no need or problem of control of this product.
6. (5) The following chemical compound(s) and substance(s) are declared EXEMPTED: loose salt. AUTHORITY: section 266.195, RSMo Supp. 1997.* Original rule filed Jan. 16, 1975, effective Feb. 1, 1975. Amended: Filed Sept. 15, 1976, effective Dec. 11, 1976. Amended: Filed May 13, 1986, effective Sept. 1, 1986. Amended: Filed Nov. 17, 1997, effective June 30, 1998. *Original authority 1972, amended 1993, 1995, 1997.