1. (1) The terms "poisonous or deleterious substances" include:

   1. (a) fluorine and any mineral or mineral mixture that is used directly for the feeding of domestic animals and the fluorine exceeds;

      1. (i) 0.20% for breeding and dairy cattle;
      2. (ii) 0.30% for slaughter cattle;
      3. (iii) 0.30% for sheep;
      4. (iv) 0.35% for lambs;
      5. (v) 0.45% for swine; or
      6. (vi) 0.60% for poultry;

   2. (b) fluorine bearing ingredients when used in amounts that raise the fluorine content of the total ration, exclusive of roughage, above the following amounts:

      1. (i) 0.004% for breeding and dairy cattle;
      2. (ii) 0.009% for slaughter cattle;
      3. (iii) 0.006% for sheep;
      4. (iv) 0.01% for lambs;
      5. (v) 0.015% for swine; or
      6. (vi) 0.03% for poultry.
   3. (c) fluorine bearing ingredients incorporated in any feed that is fed directly to cattle, sheep, or goats consuming roughage, with or without, limited amounts of grain, which results in a daily fluorine intake in excess of 50 milligrams of fluorine per 100 pounds of body weight;
   4. (d) soybean meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets that have been extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated solvents;
   5. (e) sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid, and salts of sulfurous acid when used in or on feeds or feed ingredients that are considered or reported to be a significant source of vitamin B1, Thiamine; or
   6. (f) raw leather residue from tanning or leather manufacturing.
2. (2) Any screenings or by-products of grains and seeds containing weed seeds, when used in commercial feed or sold to the ultimate consumer, shall be ground fine enough or otherwise treated to destroy the viability of the weed seeds so that the finished product contains no more than six viable prohibited weed seeds per pound.

KEY: feed contamination, animal commercial feed, pet homemade treats, pet food

Date of Last Change: October 24, 2024

Notice of Continuation: December 9, 2024

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 4-12-103, 4-12-105(3); 4-12-102(4)(a)(iii)