Texas Register, Volume 7, Number 91, Pages 4295-4338, December 10, 1982 Page: 4,300
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Proposed
RulesTITLE 4. AGRICULTURE
Part Ill. Feed and Fertilizer Control
Service
Chapter 61. Feed
Labeling
4 TAC 61.14, 61.17
The Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service proposes
amendments to 61.14 and 61.17, concerning ex-
pression of guarantees and nonprotein nitrogen.
The service is desirous to bring the language of its feed
regulations into conformity with the official rules
promulgated under the Uniform State Feed Bill by theThirty days before an agency intends to permanently adopt a new
or amended rule, or repeal an existing rule, it must submit a pro-
posal detailing the action in the Register. The 30-day time period
gives interested persons an opportunity to review and make oral
or written comments on the rule. A public hearing on the proposal
may also be granted if such a procedure is requested by a govern-
mental subdivision or agency, or by an association consisting of
at least 25 members.
Unless a later date is specified or unless a federal statute or regula-
tion requires implementation of the action on shorter notice, the
proposal may not be adopted until 30 days after publication. The
document, as published in the Register, must include a brief ex-
planation of the proposed action; a fiscal statement indicating ef-
fect on state or local government; a statement explaining an-
ticipated public benefits and possible economic costs to individuals
required to comply with the rule; a request for public comments;
a statement of legal authority under which the proposed rule is to
be adopted (and the agency's interpretation of the legal authori-
.ty); the text of the proposed action; and a certification statement.
The certification information which includes the earliest possible
date that the agency, may file notice to adopt the proposal, and a
telephone number to call for further information, follows each
submission.
Symbology in amended rules. New language added to an existing
rule is indicated by the use of bold text. (Brackets] indicate dele-
tion of existing material within a rule.Association of American Feed Control Officials. As
presently constituted, the Service's labeling regula-
tions require a person desiring to distrbute a commer-
cial feed in this state to employ a different label than
those in use generally in states whose regulations
comply with those of the Uniform State Feed Bill. The
disparate Texas labeling requirements have proved to
inhibit interstate transactions involving feed without
any corresponding benefit of increased consumer pro-
tection. It is noted that the proposed amendments will
not substantially alter the present feed labeling re-
quirements.
It is proposed that 61.14(f)(1) and 61.17(a) be
amended by deleting the phrase "and not less than
% protein from natural sources" from the paren-
theticals contained therein. Section 61.14(h) will be
amended by deleting the phrase "the minimum per-
cent of protein from natural sources when added"
from the opening sentence of the subsection and the
phrase "and not less than % protein from natural
sources" from the parenthetical following the designa-
tion of the required information for crude protein.
It is hoped that the effect of the proposed amend-
ments will be to bring Texas' feed labeling require-
ments into conformity with those in general use in the
United States and foster interstate trade of feed.
I. J. Shenkir, head of the Feed and Fertilizer Control
Service, has determined that for the first five-year
period the rule will be in effect there will be no fiscalDecember 10, 1982
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