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Office Information

California Department of Food and Agriculture
Commercial Feed Regulatory Program, Safe Animal Feed Education Program
Main Phone: (916) 900-5022
Fax: (916) 900-5349
Website: www.cdfa.ca.gov

Mailing Address
1220 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Tonnage Information

Current Tonnage tax rate is 0.12/ton of finished feed sold in CA; reported quarterly.
Current License fee is $500.00 per year.

Contact for All Pet Foods

California Department of Public Health
Food and Drug Branch
(916) 650-6500
fdbinfo@cdph.ca.gov

Statutes

Cal.Food & Agric. Code Div. 7, Ch. 6

Regulations

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3, Div. 4, Ch. 2, subchapter 2

Separate Pet Statute/Regulation, Statute/Regulation Citation

n/a

Separate Pet Statute/Regulation, Pet defined

No separate pet definition

Regulatory Authority

Cal.Food & Agric. Code § 14902

Labeling, Pre-market review of labels

Pre-market approval of labels
where commercial feed contains
any additive.
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3, § 2676

Labeling, Standards

Cal.Food & Agric. Code
Div. 7, Ch. 6, Article 5

Labeling, Model Pet Feed Label Updates

n/a

Licensing or Registration

Licensing – Cal.Food & Agric.
Code Div. 7, Ch. 6, Article 10

Ingredient Definitions -incorporation of AAFCO Models by reference

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3, Div. 4, Ch. 2, subchapter 2, art. 14

Laboratory Standards

n/a

Prohibited Acts

n/a

Penalties

Cal.Food & Agric. Code Div. 7, Ch. 6, Article 12

Recall Authority

Cal.Food & Agric. Code
§ 15073-15080

How is it funded?

Cal.Food & Agric. Code
Div. 7, Ch. 6, Article 3

A provision prohibiting cottonseed

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 2735

Good Manufacturing Practice

n/a

Brand and Product Names

n/a