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II. Pesticides

Pesticides/rodenticides/insecticides are registered and regulated by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ordinarily, an EPA regulated product
can be identified by an EPA registration number on the label. Only products
labeled for use on or around dairy animals or milking equipment should be used
and then only according to their labels. EPA regulated
pesticides/rodenticides/insecticides are used only in accordance with the
manufacturer’s label directions and are used so as to prevent the contamination
of milk, milk containers, utensils and equipment, feed and water.

Such products found on dairy farms will include sprays, dusts, and impregnated
ear tags intended for the treatment or prevention of external parasites such as
flies, screwworms, lice, and ticks and those products intended to act topically for
control of cattle grubs.

The EPA also regulates sanitizer’s applied to inanimate surfaces and/or drinking
water of animals that do not include any direct or implied claims to control
disease.

Using unapproved pesticides/rodenticides/insecticides or not in accordance with
their label directions is considered a violation of Item 19r – Insect and Rodent
Control of the PMO and would not be debited under item 15.

III. Feeds

Animal feeds are regulated by FDA and by State governments. An animal food is
defined in Section 201(x) of the Act as "an article which is intended for food for
animals other than man and which is intended for use as a substantial source of
nutrients in the diet of the animal, and is not limited to a mixture intended to be
the sole ration of the animal".

Animal feeds should be differentiated from medicated animal feeds which are
drugs. Medicated feeds should be properly labeled and stored to comply with the
PMO Item 15r.

NOTE: A PRODUCT REGULATED BY FDA AS A DRUG MUST BE
DIFFERENTIATED FROM A BIOLOGIC/VACCINE, A PESTICIDE,
OR A NON-MEDICATED ANIMAL FEED.

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