Wash. Admin. Code § 16-252-064 - Ingredients
(1) Each ingredient
of a pet food or specialty pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement
as follows:
(a) The names of all ingredients
in the ingredient statement shall be shown in letters or type of the same size,
style and color;
(b) The
ingredients shall be listed in descending order by their predominance by weight
in nonquantitative terms;
(c)
Ingredients shall be listed and identified by the name and definition
established by AAFCO; and
(d) Any
ingredient for which no name and definition have been so established shall be
identified by the common or usual name of the ingredient.
(2) The ingredient "meat" or "meat
by-products" shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat or
meat by-products are derived unless the meat or meat byproducts are derived
from cattle, swine, sheep, goats, or any combination thereof. For example,
ingredients derived from horses shall be listed as "horsemeat" or "horsemeat
by-products."
(3) Commercial,
copyrighted, brand or trade names shall not be used in the ingredient
statement.
(4) A reference to the
quality, nature, form, or other attribute of an ingredient shall be allowed
when the reference meets all of the following:
(a) The designation is not false or
misleading;
(b) The ingredient
imparts a distinctive characteristic to the pet food or specialty pet food
because it possesses that attribute; and
(c) A reference to quality or grade of the
ingredient does not appear in the ingredient statement.
(5) If there is no official definition for an
ingredient in the AAFCO official publication, then an ingredient with an AAFCO
tentative definition may be used.
(6) Each ingredient of a pet food or
specialty pet food must be listed separately. Collective terms may not be used
on pet food or specialty pet food labeling.
(7) The term "degermed" must precede the name
of any product from which germs were wholly or partially removed.
(8) When water is added in the preparation of
canned pet food or specialty pet food, the water must be listed as an
ingredient.
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