DEFINITIONS AND TERMS

Subpart 1. Scope. The definitions in this part and Minnesota Statutes, section 25.33 , apply to parts 1510.2500 to 1510.2595 . Subp. 2. All life stages. "All life stages" means gestation/lactations, growth, and adult maintenance life stages. Subp. 3. Family. "Family" means a group of products that are nutritionally adequate for any or all life stages based on nutritional similarity to a lead product, which has been successfully test-fed according to an AAFCO feeding protocol. Subp. 4. Immediate container. "Immediate container" means the unit, can, box, tin, bag, or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food or specialty pet food is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping containers. Subp. 5. Ingredient statement. "Ingredient statement" means a collective and contiguous listing on a label of the ingredients making up the pet food or specialty pet food. Subp. 6. Principal display panel. "Principal display panel" means the part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.