PURPOSE: This rule describes terms used in regulating pet foods.
- (1) Principal display panel—The part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.
- (2) Ingredient statements—A collective and contiguous listing on the label of the ingredients of which the pet food is composed.
- (3) Immediate container—The unit, can, box, tin, bag or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping containers.
AUTHORITY: section 266.195, RSMo (1986). Original rule filed Jan. 16, 1975, effective Feb. 1, 1975.