COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Inspection and Consumer Services Division
Rules for Commercial Feed Under the Colorado Feed Law, Sections 35-60-101 through 115, C.R.S.
8 CCR 1202-6
Part 2.	Definitions and Terms
2.1.	The Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. shall mean the 2017 Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. (“AAFCO”), effective January 1, 2017. This rule incorporates by reference the AAFCO standards and guidelines. A copy of the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. shall be kept on file at the Department of Agriculture, located at 305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, Colorado 80021, and shall be open to public inspection, and available for copying, during normal business hours. A copy of the official publication shall also be kept at the AAFCO Headquarters Office, located at 1800 S. Oak Street, Suite 100, Champaign, IL 61820-6974 and is available online at https://www.aafco.org/Publications. This, and any other material that is incorporated by reference, may be examined at any state publications depository library.
2.2.	These Rules incorporate the Official Feed Terms as published in the 2017 Official Publication of AAFCO, incorporated herein by reference (later amendments not included), except as the Commissioner designates otherwise in specific cases.
2.3.	The following commodities are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed, under the provisions of Section 35-60-102(2), C.R.S., of the Colorado Feed Law, when unground and when not mixed or intermixed with other materials: raw meat, individual chemical compounds, hay, loose salt, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls; provided that these commodities are not adulterated within the meaning of Section 35-60-107, C.R.S., of the Colorado Feed Law. The exemption from the definition of commercial feed does not apply to an otherwise exempted commodity that bears a label listing nutritional claims or guarantees.
Part 13.	Material Incorporated by Reference

These rules herein incorporate the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc (“AAFCO”), effective January 1, 2017. This rule incorporates by reference the AAFCO standards and guidelines. This rule does not adopt any later amendments to, or editions of, the AAFCO standards and guidelines. A copy of the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc. shall be kept on file at the Department of Agriculture, located at 305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield Colorado 80021, and shall be open to public inspection, and available for copying, during normal business hours. A copy of the official publication shall also be kept at the AAFCO Headquarters Office, located at 1800 S. Oak Street, Suite 100, Champaign, IL 61820-6974 and is available online at: https://www.aafco.org/Publications This, and any other material that is incorporated by reference, may be examined at any state publications depository library.Part 17.	Statements of Basis, Specific Statutory Authority and Purpose
17.9.	Adopted October 14, 2020 – Effective December 15, 2020
Statutory Authority
The Commissioner’s authority for the adoption of this permanent Rule amendment is set forth in §35-60-109(1) C.R.S.
Purpose 
The purpose of this rulemaking is to update the language required by §24-4-103(12.5), C.R.S., to properly incorporate the AAFCO Official Publication, effective January 1, 2017, by reference, update the location where materials incorporated by reference are stored and may be viewed.
Factual and Policy Issues
Section 24-4-103 (12.5), C.R.S., requires specific language to properly incorporate a publication by reference. This rulemaking ensures the rules meet those statutory requirements, and updates the current address for the Inspection and Consumer Services Division within the Department of Agriculture, which changed in October 2018. The Division of Inspection and Consumer Services relocated during October of 2018. The current version of this rule lists the previous division address as the location where materials incorporated by reference are located and may be viewed. The purpose of this rulemaking is to update the Rule to include the new address where these materials will be stored and may be viewed.