Indiana § 15-19-7-16.5 - "Poisonous or deleterious substances"
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§ 15-19-7-16.5. "Poisonous or deleterious substances"
Sec. 16.5. As used in this chapter, "poisonous or deleterious substances" refers to the following:
(1) Fluorine and any mineral or mineral mixture that is to be used directly for the feeding of domestic animals and in which the fluorine exceeds the following:
(A) Twenty-hundredths percent (0.20%) for breeding and dairy cattle.
(B) Thirty-hundredths percent (0.30%) for slaughter cattle.
(C) Thirty-hundredths percent (0.30%) for sheep.
(D) Forty-five hundredths percent (0.45%) for swine.
(E) Sixty-hundredths percent (0.60%) for poultry.
(2) Fluorine bearing ingredients when used in such amounts that they raise the fluorine content of the total ration (exclusive of roughage) above the following amounts:
(A) Four-thousandths percent (0.004%) for breeding and dairy cattle.
(B) Nine-thousandths percent (0.009%) for slaughter cattle.
(C) Six-thousandths percent (0.006%) for sheep.
(D) One-hundredth percent (0.01%) for lambs.
(E) Fifteen-thousandths percent (0.015%) for swine.
(F) Three-hundredths percent (0.03%) for poultry.
(3) Fluorine bearing ingredients incorporated in any feed that is fed directly to:
(A) cattle;
(B) sheep; or
(C) goats;
consuming roughage (with or without) limited amounts of grain, that results in a daily fluorine intake in excess of fifty (50) milligrams of fluorine per one hundred (100) pounds of body weight.
(4) The following items when extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated solvents:
(A) soybean meal;
(B) flakes;
(C) pellets; or
(D) other vegetable;
(i) meals;
(ii) flakes, or
(iii) pellets.
(5) 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).
As added by P.L.16-2026, SEC.7.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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