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be taken in cases of violation of tlie law. When rebates are paid, dealers 

 will be expected to prorate them to the purchasers so that the consumers 

 may receive their benefit. 



POINTS OF INTEREST TO DEALERS. 



Represent oijly Reliable Firms and before purchasing feed for resale 

 in Michigan, find out if the particular feed has been properly licensed 

 by the manufacturer, broker, or party responsible for its shipment into 

 the State. The State law has no jurisdiction over parties residing out- 

 side of the State and the only way they can be reached is through 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture for a violation of the Federal Food 

 and Drugs Act. Failure to license a feed in Michigan would not be a 

 violation of the Federal law and if i^roperly tagged, shipment into the 

 State cannot be prevented. The Michigan law becomes operative only 

 when such feed is offered for sale within the State. Ignorance of the 

 provisions of the law is not sufficient grounds for defense. When the 

 inspectors find an unlicensed feed being oft'ered for sale the dealer is given 

 written notice and requested to discontinue the sale until the person or 

 concern responsible for shipping the product into the State has com- 

 plied with the requirements of the law. Dealers icho continue to sell 

 unlicensed feeds after due notice has deen given tvill he held responsible 

 and evidence of the violation of the feeding stuffs law will he suhmitted 

 to the Prosecuting Attorney in the county wherein the violation occurs. 



The feeding stuffs law requires that when feed is offered for sale in 

 bulk the dealer shall keep on hand cards upon which shall be printed 

 the information indicated under paragraph two, page three, and upon 

 request the purchaser shall be fuTuished with such a card. This require- 

 ment applies to all sales no matter how small and must be fulfilled by 

 dealers and grocers who make a practice of selling feeds from open 

 barrels or tubs. That no hardship may be worked on those handling 

 but small quantities of feed, the administrative officer holds that the 

 law is complied with if the dealer attaches to the container from which 

 the feed is sold a placard giving the information above specified. 



Frequently it occurs that carload shipments reach their destination 

 untagged. In such cases the dealer should telephone or telegraph the 

 manufacturer or jobber immediately for proper tags and insist upon 

 getting them at once as the sale of untagged feeds is not permissible 

 under any circumstances. Tags sent forward by mail or placed in a 

 carload of feed but not attached to th'e bags should be put on as the car 

 is unloaded. Some responsible person should give the matter of proper 

 tagging careful attention rather than trust it to some irresponsible 

 laborer. 



Retain Freight Bills. The State inspectors of feeding stuffs are also 

 federal inspectors and authorized to take samples of shipments made in 

 violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act. In order to establish 

 evidence of interstate shipment it is necessary to secure copies of the 

 freight bill, bill of lading and bill of sale covering a sliipment. Dealers 

 sliould, therefore, keep on file all the documents and papers relating in 

 any \v:iy to all inlerstat*' shipments of feed stnlls. 



