Chapter T40
AAFCO 2024 Chapter 6 Ingredient Definitions - Chapter T40
Total ingredients in this chapter: 2
Chapter Overview
AAFCO Official Publication Chapter 6 contains ingredient definitions for animal feed and pet food. Chapter T40 covers 2 specific ingredients.
Ingredient List
T40.100(A) Recovered Retail Food composed of edible human food products safe and suitable for livestock feed and poultry feed that
are collected from retail food establishments, domestic holding facilities, and domestic packing facilities. Permitted recovered retail foods are products from overstocks, lacking consumer acceptance, or beyond their sell-by date that include items such as bruised, cut, or overly ripe product (fruit and vegetables), bakery goods, eggs, and dairy products. It shall be safe and appropriately labeled for its intended use in accordance with good feeding practices and shall be free of material harmf
T40.113 Dried Recovered Household Food
is composed of only non-spoiled materials originally intended for or derived from food for human consumption and collected from households. Materials are dried daily in the home to 12% or less moisture to enable safe storage and transport. These materials must be safe and suitable for use in animal food. The materials shall be collected, evaluated, and further processed by the manufacturer to confirm that only acceptable materials have been added by households. To help ensure safety, a manufact