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GB/T 31217-2014Complete pet food—Cat food (English PDF)

全价宠物食品猫粮

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

September 3, 2014

Implementation date

March 8, 2015

Scope

GB/T 31217-2014 is the English-translated version of 全价宠物食品猫粮.

GB/T 31217-2014 is the Chinese standard "Complete pet food -- Cat food". Its scope clause reads: This Standard specifies terms and definitions, requirements, test method, inspection rules and label, packaging, transportation, storage, shelf life of complete pet food - cat food.

This Standard applies to complete pet food - cat food with industrialized processing and fabrication, except prescription cat food. Its clauses include terms and definitions; requirements; inspection rules; label; packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life; normative references.

It was issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 and took effect on MARCH 8, 2015.

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Document preview — GB/T 31217-2014

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 65.120
Classification: B 46

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword3
1 Scope4
2 Normative references4
3 Terms and definitions5
4 Requirements6
5 Inspection rules8
6 Label9
7 Packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life9

Foreword

This Standard is drafted according to the rules specified in GB/T 1.1-2009.

1 Scope

This Standard specifies terms and definitions, requirements, test method, inspection rules and label, packaging, transportation, storage, shelf life of complete pet food - cat food.

This Standard applies to complete pet food - cat food with industrialized processing and fabrication, except prescription cat food.

2 Normative references

The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the dated edition is applicable to this document. The latest version (including all amendments) of undated references is applicable to this document.

GB 4789.26 National food safety standard food microbiology examination - Examination of commercial sterilization

GB/T 6432 Method for the determination of crude protein in feedstuffs

GB/T 6433 Determination of crude fat in feeds

GB/T 6434 Feeding stuffs-Determination of crude fiber content - Method with intermediate filtration

GB/T 6435 Determination of moisture and other volatile matter content in feedstuffs

GB/T 6436 Determination of calcium in feed

GB/T 6437 Determination of phosphorus in feed Spectrophotometry

GB/T 6438 Determination of crude ash in feedstuffs

GB/T 6439 Determination of water-soluble chlorides in feeds

GB/T 13079-2006 Determination of total arsenic in feeds

GB/T 13080 Determination of lead in feeds Atomic absorption spectrometry

GB/T 13081 Determination of mercury in feeds

GB/T 13082 Method for determination of cadmium in feeds

GB/T 13083 Determination of fluorine in feed Ion selective electrode method

GB/T 13091 Determination of Salmonella in feeds

GB/T 13093 Determination of aerobic bacterial count in feeds

GB/T 18246 Determination of amino acid in feeds

GB/T 23372 Determination of inorganic-arsenic in foods - Liquid chromatography - Inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometer

NY/T 2071 Determination of aflatoxins, zearalenone and T-2 in feeds - Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

SN/T 3561 Codes of food sampling and delivering for sanitation supervision at frontier ports Catalogue of feed additive varieties (2013) (NYBGG No. 2045) Catalogue of feed materials (NYBGG No. 1773)

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions are applicable to this document.

3.1 Dogs or cats fed at home as companion animals, or dogs used for work

3.2 Pet food

Food with industrialized processing and fabrication that is used to feed pets, including complete pet food and complementary pet food; According to moisture content, it is divided into dry pet food, Semi-moist (type) pet food and wet (type) pet food.

3.3 Complete pet food

Except for moisture content, the pet food of which the contained nutrient and energy can meet daily nutritional requirements of pets.

3.4 Complementary pet food

If unqualified items are found in the inspection, it is allowed to re-inspect the sampling from double-packing of products of the same batch; if there still is unqualified item in re-inspection results, then this batch of products shall be judged as unqualified.

If there is one unqualified item in inspection results of microbiological indicators, then this batch of products shall be judged as unqualified; re-inspection is not allowed.

6 Label

There shall be labels attached on package, indicating product name, raw material components, guaranteed analytical value of product composition, net weight or net content, storage condition, instructions for use, precautions, date of manufacture, shelf life, name and address of manufacturing enterprise, license documentary number, and product quality standard number, etc.

7 Packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life

7.1 Packaging

The package shall be sealed, moisture-proof, water-proof, and not easy to be damaged. The packing material shall be nontoxic and harmless.

7.2 Transportation

Transportation facility shall be clean and dry; measures of rain-proof and anti-pollution shall be taken. It is forbidden to mixed-load and mixed-transport with the toxic and harmful articles.

7.3 Storage

The products shall be stored in shady and cool, ventilated and dry place. Measures of water-proof, mildew-proof, rat-proof, anti-insect pest shall be taken. The products shall not be stored with toxic and harmful articles.

7.4 Shelf life

Shelf life of products shall be determined according to product features; products within the shelf life shall be in accordance with the requirements of product quality standards. […]

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Referenced standards

Normative references

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