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

Jan 12, 2026

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.

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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.

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