REPORT OF STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER 443 



CONDIMENTAL STOCK FOODS 



The law regulating the sale of these products requires, among 

 other things, that the manufacturer pay an annual license of $100. 

 Since the passage of this law several years ago there has been a con- 

 tention by some of the manufacturers of these products that if their 

 products were not labeled or represented as a food they were not 

 required to pay the license. 



The department has had several cases in the courts to settle this 

 matter, but has never been able to get a decision in the higher courts 

 which would establish any certainty as to the requirements for this 

 class of products. 



The result is that out of fifty-three manufacturers of these prod- 

 ucts in the state, but twenty-six have paid their licenses, and the rest 

 refuse on the ground that the law does not include their products. It 

 is unfair to these twenty-six who pay this license to permit the other 

 twenty-seven to operate without paying. 



I would recommend that the legislature amend this law in such a 

 way as to clarify the situation and enable the department to enforce 

 it without any misgivings as to the decisions of the courts. The law 

 should define this class of products in such a way as to leave no 

 question as to who is required to pay the license. 



COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS 



A list of commercial feeds analyzed by the department is given in 

 the following table. The table shows the analysis as claimed by the 

 manufacturer and that found by the department. 



The purpose of the law is to require all commercial feeds which 

 are offered for sale in Iowa to be registered with the department. 

 This registration shows the analysis of the feed and a list of the in- 

 gredients of which the feed is composed. The law protects the con- 

 sumer against misbranded, adulterated or short-weight feeds. It 

 likewise protects the manufacturer of honest feeds against dishonest 

 competitors. The feeder is thereby enabled to select the best feeds 

 for his purpose by reading the label on the package. 



Registrations when made are permanent, but can be changed, upon 

 written request by the manufacturer. 



The tax tag must be on every package of feed offered for sale, ex- 

 cept wheat bran, shorts and middlings, rye bran, shorts and mid- 

 dlings, and buckwheat bran, shorts and middlings, manufactured in 

 this state. It is a violation of the law if this tag is not properly at- 

 tached to each sack of feed. These tax tags are printed in 25-pound, 



