subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL DRUGS, FEEDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
part_code: "573"
part_subject: "FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF ANIMALS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Food Additive Listing"
section_number: "573.780"
section_subject: "Polyethylene."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 573.780"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 500 to 599"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Identity. Polyethylene consists of basic polymers manufactured by the catalytic polymerization of ethylene.
(b)Specifications. (1) For the purposes of this section, polyethylene shall meet the specifications in item 2.1 of § 177.1520(c) of this chapter.
(2)The polyethylene is designed in a pellet form in a configuration presenting maximum angular surface having the following dimensions in centimeters:
(c)Use. It is used as a replacement for roughage in feedlot rations for finishing slaughter cattle.
(d)Labeling. The labels and labeling shall bear in addition to the other information required by the Act:
(1)The name of the additive “polyethylene roughage replacement.”
(2)Adequate directions for use which shall provide for the administration of one-half pound of polyethylene pellets per head per day for 6 successive days. All natural roughage should be removed for a minimum of 12 hours prior to administration of polyethylene roughage replacement. Roughage replacement must be adequately mixed in the ration for uniform distribution.