Washington State (RCW 15.53.9022) — Misbranding of commercial feed (includes pet food)
Source: RCW 15.53.9022, Washington State Legislature (app.leg.wa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-30. Pet food / specialty pet food are "commercial feed" under RCW 15.53, so this misbranding standard applies to pet food distributed in Washington.
This P3 topic covers the misbranding prohibition and its definitions.
Misbranding framework
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute misbranded feed.(EN: Distributing misbranded feed is unlawful — RCW 15.53.9022.)If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;(EN: Misbranded if labeling is false or misleading in any particular — RCW 15.53.9022(1).)If it is not labeled as required in RCW 15.53.9016 and in rules prescribed under this chapter;(EN: Misbranded if not labeled as required by RCW 15.53.9016 (labeling) and chapter rules — RCW 15.53.9022(3).)If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use(EN: Misbranded if required label info is not prominently/conspicuously placed so an ordinary individual would likely read and understand it — RCW 15.53.9022(5).)If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling.(EN: Misbranded if composition/quality falls below or differs from what its labeling represents — RCW 15.53.9022(6).)