NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 897

SENATE BILL 866

 

 

AN ACT REWRITING G.S. 106-146 RELATING TO LABELING REQUIREMENTS OF CANNED DOG FOOD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-146 is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 106-146.  Labeling of canned dog food required. — Every can of dog food sold, offered or exposed for sale within this State shall have printed thereon, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a legible and plainly printed statement in the English language clearly and truly certifying the net weight of the contents of the can, the name, brand or trade-mark under which the article is sold; the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor; the name of each and all ingredients of which the article is composed; and the guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as the Board of Agriculture by regulation requires to advise the user of the composition of the dog food or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective September 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of July, 1971.