An artificial color may be used in a pet food or specialty pet food if it is listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 73A, for food coloring exempt from certification, or in Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 74A, for food coloring subject to certification. The coloring must be used within the conditions, limitations, and tolerances prescribed for the specific coloring substance.
Feed ingredients, including drugs, other special purpose additives, and nonnutritive additives may be used in the formulation of a pet or specialty pet food if the ingredient's safety, efficacy, and utility are established under one of the following methods:
If a drug is included in a pet food or specialty pet food, the format required by part 1510.1947, subpart 3, for labeling medicated feeds must be used for branded products, and part 1510.1943, subpart 2, item G, must be used for customer formula products.
Minn. R. agency 105, ch. 1510, RULES FOR PET FOOD AND SPECIALTY PET FOOD, pt. 1510.2550
Statutory Authority: MS s 25.40