South Dakota § 39-14-54 - Labeling requirements for commercial feed.
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§ 39-14-54. Labeling requirements for commercial feed.
A commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, shall be accompanied by a label bearing the following information:
(1) The net weight;
(2) The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed;
(3) The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as the secretary of agriculture and natural resources by rule promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1-26 determines is required to advise the user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases, the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods from generally recognized sources, such as the methods published by the association of official analytical chemists;
(4) The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed. However, the secretary of agriculture and natural resources by rule promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1-26 may permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function, or he may exempt such commercial feeds, or any group thereof, from this requirement of an ingredient statement if he finds that such statement is not required in the interest of consumers;
(5) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed;
(6) Adequate directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the secretary of agriculture and natural resources may require by rule promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1-26 as necessary for their safe and effective use; and
(7) Such warning or caution statements as the secretary of agriculture and natural resources by rule promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1-26 determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.
Source: SL 1907, ch 153, § 2; SL 1911, ch 238, §§ 3, 7; SL 1913, ch 332, §§ 3, 7; RC 1919, §§ 7893, 7897; SL 1929, ch 238, § 2; SDC 1939, § 22.1003; SL 1945, ch 85; SL 1964, ch 5, § 5 (a); SDCL, § 39-14-12; SL 1970, ch 228, § 5 (1); SL 1986, ch 326, § 73; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 14, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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