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Committee passes state chemist bill to codify feed rules and add option for AAFCO pet-food label standard

Indiana Senate Committee on Agriculture · January 12, 2026
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Summary

Senate Bill 249 would move longstanding administrative rules on animal feed and pet food into statute and add a regulatory-flexibility option that allows the state chemist to apply either the current pet-food label standard or the AAFCO-adopted standard. The committee passed the bill 8–0 with one excused.

Chairwoman Leising introduced Senate Bill 249, requested by the Office of the State Chemist, to transfer existing administrative rules for feed and animal/pet food into Indiana code and to add a limited, substantive change related to pet-food labeling standards.

Kendra Leatherman, director of government relations speaking for the Office of the State Chemist, said most of the bill simply moves current rules into statute consistent with a governor’s…

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