1. (a) Pet Nutrition Facts shall be displayed in a prominent place on the label of all pet foods (including treats, food supplements, veterinary diets, and food mixers), but not necessarily on the principal display panel. The information shall be set off in a box by use of hairlines and shall be all black or one-color type, printed on a white or other neutral contrasting background so as to be clearly visible under the heading “Pet Nutrition Facts” that is centered in the top row of the box and twice the size of all other text in the box. A hairline rule that is centered between the lines of text shall separate “Pet Nutrition Facts” from the next line of text. The box contains the following required elements with all text the same size and style in the following order:
2. (1) The stated whole familiar household unit (e.g., can, measuring cup, treat, or piece), consistent with the feeding directions, and its weight in grams shall be right justified. This is set off by a bold line centered between this and the next line of text.
3. (2) A statement of Calorie content, determined as specified in Regulation 35:30-27-59, shall include the following:
4. (A) The Calorie content of the product shall be stated after the left justified heading:
5. (i) “Calories per [familiar household unit]*: [#]” when the Calorie content is determined in accordance with Regulation 35:30-27-59(a)(1); or
6. (ii) “Calories per [familiar household unit] (fed): [#]” when the Calorie content is determined in accordance with Regulation 35:30-27-59(a)(2).
7. (B) Below the Calorie content statement, the number of Calories contributed by Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate shall be declared, in that order, after “From:”. The “From:” line shall be indented to reflect that it is a component of the total Calories on the line above. If the total Calorie content of the product is determined by feeding trial in accordance with Regulation 35:30-27-59(a)(2), then “*” shall be declared immediately after the number of Calories from Carbohydrates. The determination of Calories from protein, fat, and carbohydrate are as described in Regulation 35:30-27-59(c). This is set off by a bold line centered between this and the next line of text.
8. (3) The nutrient guarantees shall appear under the headers “Nutrients” that is left justified to the edge of the box, “Guaranteed” that is right justified to a vertical hairline that runs from this line of text to the last guaranteed nutrient value, and “per [familiar household unit]” that is right justified to the edge of the box. The amount “per [familiar household unit]” for each nutrient is determined by multiplying the guaranteed amount (concentration) by the number of grams in the familiar household unit and shall include the resultant unit of such amount (e.g., grams, milligrams, or international units). The guarantees shall be listed in the following order with a hairline centered between each line of text:
9. (A) A pet food label shall list the following required guaranteed amounts, stated as a maximum or minimum, as appropriate:
10. (i) “Protein” is minimum percentage of crude protein;
11. (ii) “Fat” is minimum percentage of crude fat;
12. (iii) “Total Carbohydrate*” is maximum percentage equal to [100 – (Crude Protein + Crude Fat + Moisture + Ash)];
13. (iv) “Dietary Fiber” is maximum percentage of total dietary fiber. The dietary fiber guarantee shall be indented to reflect that it is a component of the total carbohydrate guarantee on the line above;
14. (v) “Moisture” is maximum percentage of moisture; and
15. (vi) Maximum percentage of crude fat (“Fat”) shall be listed between the minimum percentage of crude fat and the maximum percentage “Total Carbohydrate” if required by Regulation 35:30-27-59;
16. (vii) Additional required or voluntary guarantees shall follow moisture or ash, if listed.
17. (B) When “Ash” is listed, it shall be guaranteed as a maximum percentage and shall immediately follow moisture.
18. (C) When listed on the label of a dog or cat food product, guarantees for “Dietary Starch” and “Sugars” shall be stated as maximum guaranteed amounts. Neither guaranteed amount shall be listed without the other. The guaranteed amount for dietary starch shall follow dietary fiber with the same indentation. The guaranteed amount for sugars shall follow dietary starch with the same indentation.
19. (D) The “*calculated value” shall appear immediately after the last guarantee below a bold line.
20. (E) Other additional required or voluntary guarantees shall appear in accordance with the following:
21. (i) Guarantees for nutrients are in the same order and units of the nutrients in the AAFCO Dog (or Cat) Food Nutrient Profiles following ash, if also listed, or moisture, if ash is not listed.
22. (ii) Guarantees for substances not listed in the AAFCO Dog (or Cat) Food Nutrient Profiles, or not otherwise provided for in these Regulations, shall immediately follow the listing of the recognized nutrients and be accompanied by an asterisk.
23. (I) For any such guarantees, a hairline shall be centered between the last and the next line of text;
24. (II) The disclaimer “*not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog [or Cat] Food Nutrient Profiles” shall appear immediately after “^?calculated value”.
25. (F) The statement of nutritional adequacy shall appear immediately below the bold line separating it from the disclaimers which follow the guarantees:
26. (i) A statement that the dog or cat food meets the requirements of one or more of the recognized categories of nutritional adequacy: gestation/lactation, growth, maintenance, and all life stages. It shall be stated verbatim as one of the following:
27. (I) “(Name of product) is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog (or Cat) Food Nutrient Profiles for ____.” (Blank is to be completed by using the stage or stages of the pet’s life, such as gestation/lactation, growth, maintenance, or the words “All Life Stages”.) For a dog food, when the blank includes the words “Growth” or “All Life Stages,” one of the following phrases must also be added verbatim to the end of the claim: “including growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an adult)” if the product has been formulated to meet the levels of nutrients specifically referenced in the Dog Food Nutrient Profiles as being applicable to large size growing dogs or “except for growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an adult)” if the product has not been formulated to meet the levels of nutrients specifically referenced in the Dog Food Nutrient Profiles as being applicable to large size growing dogs.
28. (II) “Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that (Name of Product) provides complete and balanced nutrition for ____.” (Blank is to be completed by using the stage or stages of the pet’s life tested, such as, gestation/lactation, growth, maintenance, or the words “All Life Stages”); or
29. (III) “(Name of Product) provides complete and balanced nutrition for (Blank is to be completed by using the stage or stages of the pet’s life, such as gestation, lactation, growth, maintenance, or the words “All Life Stages”) and is comparable in nutritional adequacy to a product which has been substantiated using AAFCO feeding tests.”
30. (ii) A nutritional or dietary statement for purposes other than those listed in Regulation 35:30-27-54(b) or (c) if the statement is scientifically substantiated; or
31. (iii) The statement: “This product is intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only,” if a product does not meet the requirements of Regulation 35:30-27-54(b) or (c) or any other special nutritional or dietary need and so is suitable only for limited or intermittent or supplementary feeding.
32. (b) Specialty Pet Nutrition Facts shall be displayed in a prominent place on the label of all specialty pet foods (including treats, food supplements, veterinary diets, and food mixers), but not necessarily on the principal display panel. The information shall be set off in a box by use of hairlines and shall be all black or one-color type, printed on a white or other neutral contrasting background so as to be clearly visible under the heading “Specialty Pet Nutrition Facts” that is centered in the top row of the box and twice the size of all other text in the box. A hairline rule that is centered between the lines of text shall separate “Specialty Pet Nutrition Facts” from the next line of text. The box contains the following required elements with all text the same size and style in the following order:
33. (1) The stated whole familiar household unit (e.g., can, measuring cup, treat, or piece), consistent with the feeding directions, and its weight in grams shall be right justified. This is set off by a bold line centered between this and the next line of text.
34. (2) The nutrient guarantees shall appear under the headers “Nutrients” that is left justified to the edge of the box, “Guaranteed” that is right justified to a vertical hairline that runs from this line of text to the last guaranteed nutrient values, and “per [familiar household unit]” that is right justified to the edge of the box. The amount “per [familiar household unit]” for each nutrient is determined by multiplying the guaranteed amount (concentration) by the number of grams in the familiar household unit and shall include the resultant unit of such amount (e.g., grams, milligrams, or international units). The guarantees shall be listed in the following order with a hairline centered between each line of text:
35. (A) A specialty pet food label shall list the following required guaranteed amounts, stated as a maximum or minimum, as appropriate:
36. (i) “Protein” is minimum percentage of crude protein;
37. (ii) “Fat” is minimum percentage of crude fat;
38. (iii) “Total Carbohydrate*” is maximum percentage equal to [100 – (Crude Protein + Crude Fat + Moisture + Ash)];
39. (iv) “Dietary Fiber” is maximum percentage of total dietary fiber. The dietary fiber guarantee shall be indented to reflect that it is a component of the total carbohydrate guarantee on the line above; and
40. (v) “Moisture” is maximum percentage of moisture;
41. (vi) Additional required or voluntary guarantees shall follow moisture or ash, if listed.
42. (B) When “Ash” is listed, it shall be guaranteed as a maximum percentage and shall immediately follow moisture.
43. (C) When listed on the label of a specialty pet food product, guarantees for “Dietary Starch” and “Sugars” shall be stated as maximum guaranteed amounts. Neither guaranteed amount shall be listed without the other. The guaranteed amount for dietary starch shall follow dietary fiber with the same indentation. The guaranteed amount for sugars shall follow dietary starch with the same indentation.
44. (D) The “*calculated value” shall appear immediately after the last guarantee below a bold line.
45. (E) Other additional required or voluntary guarantees shall appear in accordance with the following:
46. (i) These guarantees shall follow ash, if also listed, or moisture, if ash is not listed;
47. (ii) Guarantees for nutrients are in the same order and units of the nutrients in an AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile for the intended animal species; however, if no species-specific AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile is available, the order and units shall follow the same order and units of nutrients in the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profile;
48. (iii) For those specialty pet species with an AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile for the intended animal species, guarantees for substances not listed in that profile, or not otherwise provided for in these Regulations, shall immediately follow the listing of the recognized nutrients and be accompanied by an asterisk.
49. (I) For any such guarantees, a hairline shall be centered between the last and the next line of text;
50. (II) The disclaimer “*not recognized as an essential nutrient by the ____.” (Blank is to be completed by listing the specific AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile) shall appear immediately after the last such guaranteed amounts.
51. (III) No such disclaimer shall appear unless an AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile is available for the specific species of specialty pet.
52. (F) The statement of nutritional adequacy shall appear immediately below the bold line separating it from the guarantees as one of the following:
53. (i) For daily foods for those specialty pet species where no recognized nutritional authority exists, the statement: “This product is intended to be a daily food.”
54. (ii) For all other specialty pet foods:
55. (I) A statement substantiating that the specialty pet food meets the requirements for nutritional adequacy in Regulation 35:30-27-54(b) or (c) by an AAFCO-recognized nutritional authority. It shall be stated verbatim as the following: “(Name of product) is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by [the AAFCO-recognized authority] for ____.” (Blank is to be completed by stating the species and the stage or stages of the specialty pet’s life.);
56. (II) A nutritional or dietary claim for purposes other than those listed in Regulation 35:30-27-54(b) or (c) if the claim is scientifically substantiated; or
57. (III) The statement: “This product is intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only,” if a product is suitable only for limited or intermittent or supplementary feeding.
58. (c) Pet or specialty pet food supplements: The Pet Nutrition Facts or Specialty Pet Nutrition Facts box of a pet food or a specialty pet food which is formulated as and represented to be a food supplement shall include all of the information required in Regulation 35:30-27-55(a) or 35:30-27-55(b) except that guarantees shall only be displayed on a per feeding unit (e.g., tablets, capsules, granules, or liquids) basis:
59. (1) For a food supplement that is intended to be a source of nutrients, guarantees shall appear for all nutrients that the product is intended to provide under the headers “Nutrients” that is left justified to the edge of the box and “per [feeding unit]” that is right justified to the edge of the box:
60. (A) For nutrients with an established requirement by an AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile, minimum guarantees shall be declared in the same order and units (i.e., g, mg, or IU) specified in the AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile for the intended species; or
61. (B) When no species-specific nutrient profile has been recognized by AAFCO, minimum guarantees shall be declared in the same order and units (i.e., g, mg, or IU) specified in the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles; and
62. (C) Guarantees for substances not listed in an AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile for the intended animal species, or not otherwise provided for in these Regulations, shall immediately follow the listing of the recognized nutrients and be accompanied by an asterisk.
63. (i) For any such guarantees, a hairline shall be centered between the last and the next line of text;
64. (ii) The disclaimer “*not recognized as an essential nutrient by the ____.” (Blank is to be completed by listing the specific AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile) shall appear immediately after the last such guaranteed amounts. No such disclaimer shall appear unless an AAFCO-recognized nutrient profile is available for the specific species of specialty pet.
65. (2) For a food supplement that is intended to supply microorganisms and/or enzymes, guarantees shall be declared as stipulated in Model Regulations 4(g) and/or 4(h) on a per feeding unit (e.g., tablets, capsules, granules, or liquids) basis. The enzyme activity unit meaning should follow the disclaimer within the box.
66. (d) The sliding scale method of expressing a guaranteed amount on a pet food or specialty pet food label (for example, “Protein 15–18% Min”) is prohibited.
67. (e) Protein, fat, calculated total carbohydrate, or dietary fiber are not required when the pet food or specialty pet food is intended for purposes other than to furnish these substances or they are of minor significance relative to the primary purpose of the product, such as a mineral or vitamin supplement.
68. (f) For small packages with a total printable area of more than 12 square inches and less than or equal to 40 square inches, all information required in Regulation 35:30-27-55(a), (b), or (c) shall appear, but may appear in a linear format. This information shall appear in one place without other intervening material. In the linear format, the required information shall:
69. (1) Appear in the same order as required by Regulation 35:30-27-55(a), (b), or (c) but without the formatting described;
70. (2) Text shall be all black or one-color type and all text shall be the same size and style, except that the heading “Pet Nutrition Facts” or “Specialty Pet Nutrition Facts” shall be bolded;
71. (3) The text shall be sufficiently large so as to be conspicuous and must not be smaller than 1/16 inch;
72. (4) The guaranteed amount shall appear immediately after the amount “per [familiar household unit]” for each nutrient with the guaranteed amount enclosed in parentheses and all units clearly identified;
73. (5) The following abbreviations may be used: Total Carbohydrate as “Carb*,” Dietary Fiber as “Fiber”.
74. (g) For very small packages with a total printable area of less than or equal to 12 square inches, the information required elsewhere in Regulation 35:30-27-55 is not required to appear on the label. However, all information specified elsewhere in Regulation 35:30-27-55 for the particular product type shall be determined and shall be submitted to the [regulatory authority] upon request. The following limited information is required to appear on the label:
75. (1) This information shall appear in one place without other intervening material;
76. (2) Text shall be all black or one-color type and all text shall be the same size and style, except that the heading “Nutrition Facts” shall be bolded;
77. (3) The text shall be sufficiently large so as to be conspicuous and must not be smaller than 1/16 inch;
78. (4) For pet foods, only total calories are required and shall be stated as:
79. (A) “Cal (calc): [#]” when the Calorie content is determined in accordance with Regulation 35:30-27-59(a)(1); or
80. (B) “Cal (fed): [#]” when the Calorie content is determined in accordance with Regulation 35:30-27-59(a)(2).
81. (5) Guaranteed amounts shall be stated in weight per entire contents (e.g., grams per pouch). The following required guaranteed amounts stated as a maximum or minimum, as appropriate:
82. (A) “Protein” is crude protein;
83. (B) “Fat” is crude fat;
84. (C) “Carb” is calculated from [100 – (% Crude Protein + % Crude Fat + % Moisture + % Ash)];
85. (D) “Fiber” is total dietary fiber;
86. (E) “Moisture” is moisture; and
87. (F) Additional required or voluntary guarantees shall follow moisture or ash, if listed, and shall comply with the requirements for such guarantees in Regulation 35:30-27-55(a)(3) or 35:30-27-55(b)(2), as appropriate, except that they shall be stated in only in weight per entire contents.

Added at 17 Ok Reg 2842, eff 7-13-00

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 20, effective 7-11-25