Okla. Admin. Code § 35:30-27-56

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 35:30-27-56 - Additives and drugs

(a) An artificial color may be used in a pet food or a specialty pet food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets or specialty pets. The permanent or provisional listing of an artificial color in the United States Food and Drug Administration regulations as safe for use, together with the conditions, limitations, and tolerances, if any, incorporated in those regulations, shall be satisfactory evidence that the color is, when used pursuant to the regulations, harmless to pets or specialty pets.

(b) Evidence may be required to prove the safety and efficacy or utility of a pet food or specialty pet food which contains additives or drugs, when used according to directions furnished on the label. Satisfactory evidence of the safety and efficacy of a pet food or specialty pet food may be established:

(1) When the pet food or specialty pet food contains these additives, the use of which conforms to the requirements of the applicable regulation in the code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, or which are "prior sanctioned" or "generally recognized as safe" for the use; or

(2) When the pet food or specialty pet food itself is a drug or contains a drug as defined in the Oklahoma Commercial Feed Act and is "generally recognized safe and effective" for the labeled use or is marketed subject to an application approved by the Food and Drug Administration under Title 21, U.S.C. 360 (b).

(c) When a drug is included in a pet food or specialty pet food, the format required by 35:30-27-3(2) for labeling medicated feeds shall be used.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:30-27-56

Added at 17 Ok Reg 2842, eff 7-13-00