US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 410
.~.~.~ Impregnated or coated food or edible simulative of food (e.g., bait, poison, etc.)

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424 /   HD   DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY TREATING COMPOSITIONS

400  DF  PREPARATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY SPECIAL PHYSICAL FORM {12}
405  DF  .~ Biocides; animal or insect repellents or attractants (e.g., disinfectants, pesticides, etc.) {4}
409  DF  .~.~ Solid as carrier or diluent {4}
410.~.~.~ Impregnated or coated food or edible simulative of food (e.g., bait, poison, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 424/410

Impregnated or coated food or edible simulative of food (e.g., bait, poison, etc.):

(under subclass 409) Subject matter in which the composition is an impregnated food or edible, a coated food or edible or a material made to simulate an edible or food. Class 424 provides for compositions intended to nourish an animal when such compositions are designed to be administered to the animal by routes other than the oral cavity; e.g., by rectal or parenteral injection, or via a tube through the alimentary tract or stomach wall. Class 424 provides for a compositions containing a food or beverage when said compositions are claimed solely disclosed as having a utility set forth in the Class Definition above. However, a food or beverage containing a biocide as a preservative therefore will be classified as original in Class 426. Class 424 also provides for methods of preserving Class 426 products when said methods are no more than the mere use of biocides. Class 424 further provides for food or beverage compositions containing an animal growth regulator or other anabolic agents. For purposes of classification an animal growth regulator or anabolic agent is defined to include the following illustrative causative effects: (a) increase feed efficiency or weight gain; (b) enhance color of egg yolks, combs, skin or legs of chickens; (c) enhance the hatchability of eggs; (d) vary the fat-protein ratio or texture of flesh; (e) chemically caponize an animal, etc.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

426, Foods or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, provides for compositions intended to nourish an animal by natural oral ingestion, which may contain an

additive necessary to maintain the normal metabolism of the animal; e.g., vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc.