Florida Senate - 2023 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1056
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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04/19/2023 .
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The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
General Government (Gruters) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Present subsections (9) through (24) of section
6 580.031, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (10)
7 through (25), respectively, and a new subsection (9) is added to
8 that section, to read:
9 580.031 Definitions of words and terms.—As used in this
10 chapter, the term:
11 (9) “Dosage form animal product” means a feedstuff that
12 includes any product intended to affect the structure or
13 function of the animal’s body other than by providing nutrition
14 to the animal.
15 (a) The term includes oils, tinctures, capsules, tablets,
16 liquids, and chewables.
17 (b) The term does not include:
18 1. Minerals or vitamins;
19 2. Products represented as a primary meal for the intended
20 animal species;
21 3. Products intended as a treat;
22 4. Dental products providing mechanical or abrasive action
23 or both; or
24 5. Drugs, biologics, parasiticides, medical devices, or
25 diagnostics used to treat, or administered to, animals pursuant
26 to:
27 a. The United States Food and Drug Administration Federal
28 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. ss. 301 et seq., as
29 amended;
30 b. The United States Department of Agriculture Federal
31 Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, 21 U.S.C. ss. 151 et seq., as amended; or
32 c. The United States Environmental Protection Agency
33 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C.
34 ss. 136 et seq., as amended.
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36 Except as provided by law or rule, all terms used in connection
37 with commercial feed or feedstuff have the meanings ascribed to
38 them by the Association of American Feed Control Officials.
39 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 580.051, Florida
40 Statutes, is amended to read:
41 580.051 Labels; requirements; penalty.—
42 (1) Any commercial feed or feedstuff distributed in this
43 state, except a customer-formula feed and feed distributed
44 through an integrated poultry operation or by a cooperative to
45 its members, shall be accompanied by a legible label bearing all
46 information required by the federal Food and Drug Administration
47 and the following information:
48 (a) An accurate statement of the net weight.
49 (b) The name and principal address of the registrant.
50 (c) The brand name and product name, if any, under which
51 the commercial feed is distributed. The word “medicated” shall
52 be incorporated as part of the brand or product name if the
53 commercial feed contains a drug.
54 1. The department may require feeding directions and
55 precautionary statements to be placed on the label for the safe
56 and effective use of medicated and other feed as deemed
57 necessary.
58 2. Labels on medicated feed shall include all of the
59 following:
60 a. Any feeding directions prescribed by the department to
61 ensure safe usage.
62 b. The stated purpose of the medication contained in the
63 feed as stated in the claim statement.
64 c. The established name of each active drug ingredient.
65 d. The level of each drug used in the final mixture
66 expressed in metric units as well as the required avoirdupois.
67 (d) The date of manufacture or expiration date of
68 commercial feed sold at retail as the department may by rule
69 require.
70 (e) The guaranteed analysis stated in terms that advise the
71 consumer of the composition of the feed or feedstuff or support
72 claims made in the labeling. In all cases, the elements or
73 compounds listed in the analysis must be determinable by
74 laboratory methods approved by the department. However, products
75 sold solely as dosage form animal products and guaranteed as
76 specified in this section need not show a guaranteed analysis.
77 1. The guaranteed analysis, listing the minimum percentage
78 of crude protein, minimum percentage of crude fat, and maximum
79 percentage of crude fiber and, when more than 10 percent mineral
80 ingredients are present, the minimum or maximum percentages of
81 mineral elements or compounds as provided by rule.
82 2. Vitamin ingredients, when guaranteed, shall be shown in
83 amounts and terms provided by rule. For mineral feed, the list
84 shall include the following: maximum or minimum percentages of
85 calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), salt (NaCl), iron (Fe), copper
86 (Cu), cobalt (Co), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), potassium
87 (K), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), and fluorine (F) if ingredients
88 used as sources of any of these constituents are declared. All
89 mixtures that contain mineral or vitamin ingredients generally
90 regarded as dietary factors essential for the normal nutrition
91 of animals and that are sold or represented for the primary
92 purpose of supplying these minerals or vitamins as additions to
93 rations in which these same mineral or vitamin factors may be
94 deficient shall be classified as mineral or vitamin supplements.
95 Products sold solely as mineral or vitamin supplements and
96 guaranteed as specified in this section need not show guarantees
97 for protein, fat, and fiber.
98 3. Other nutritional substances or elements determinable by
99 laboratory methods may be guaranteed by permission of, or shall
100 be guaranteed at the request of, the department as may be
101 provided by rule.
102 (f) The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the
103 manufacture of the commercial feed; however, for all commercial
104 feed except horse feed, the department by rule may permit the
105 use of collective terms for a group of ingredients which perform
106 a similar nutritional function.
107 (g) A label on a dosage form animal product must contain
108 all of the following:
109 1. An accurate statement of the net weight.
110 2. The name and principal address of the registrant.
111 3. The brand name and product name, if any, under which the
112 dosage form animal product is distributed.
113 4. The date of manufacture or expiration date of the dosage
114 form animal product sold at retail as the department may by rule
115 require.
116 5. The amount of each active ingredient per serving.
117 6. The common or usual name of each inactive ingredient
118 contained in the dosage form animal product.
119 7. A statement that identifies how the dosage form animal
120 product supports the structure or function of the animal.
121 8. Precautionary statements and warnings required to ensure
122 the safe and effective use of the dosage form animal product.
123 9. Recommended dosage by animal weight.
124 10. The statement “Not for human consumption.”
125 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.
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128 And the title is amended as follows:
129 Delete everything before the enacting clause
130 and insert:
131 A bill to be entitled
132 An act relating to dosage form animal health products;
133 amending s. 580.031, F.S.; defining the term “dosage
134 formula animal product”; providing a definition;
135 amending s. 580.051, F.S.; providing an exception from
136 guaranteed analysis requirements for products sold
137 solely as dosage form animal products; providing
138 labeling requirements for dosage form animal products;
139 providing an effective date.