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STATE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



"Commercial 



feeding 



stuffs" 



defined. 



Exceptions. 



Standards. 



Label for 



parcels. 



Contents 

 of label. 



COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS. 



An act to define commercial feeding stuffs and to establish a 

 standard therefor, providing for the 'branding and labeling 

 of same, empowering the state board of health to enforce the 

 provisions of the a-ct and providing penalties for the viola- 

 tion of same. 



(Approved May 16, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 551.) 



SECTION 1. The term "commercial feeding stuffs" shall be 

 held to include all feeding stuffs used for feeding live stock 

 and poultry, except the following : 



(a) Whole seeds or grains. 



(b) The unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains 

 of corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, flaxseed, kaffir, 

 milo and light rice; provided, that light rice shall be labeled 

 "light rice" when ground. 



(c) Whole hays, straws, cottonseed hulls and corn stover, 

 when unmixed with other materials. 



(d) All other materials containing sixty per centum or 

 more of water. 



SEC. 2. The standards for commercial feedings stuffs shall 

 be the latest revision of the definitions of feeding stuffs 

 adopted by the association of feed control officials of the 

 United States. 



SEC. 3. Every lot or parcel of commercial feeding stuffs 

 sold, offered or exposed for sale or distributed within this 

 state shall have affixed thereto a tag or label, in a conspicuous 

 place on the outside thereof, containing a legible and plainly 

 printed statement in the English language, clearly and truly 

 certifying : 



(a) The net weight of the contents of the package, lot or 

 parcel ; 



(b) The name, brand or trade-mark; 



(c) The name and principal address of the manufacturer 

 or person responsible for placing the commodity on the market ; 



(d) The minimum per centum of crude protein; 



(e) The minimum per centum of crude fat; 



(f) The maximum per centum of crude fiber; 



(g) The maximum per centum of ash; 



(h) The specific name of each ingredient used in its manu- 

 facture. 



(i) The per centum of such ingredients as corn cobs, corn 

 bran, oat hulls, barley hulls, rice hulls, ground light rice, 

 alfalfa meal or similar materials, when such constitute a 

 portion of th^ package, lot or parcel. 



(j) In the case of poultry feeds, the per centum of grit or 

 mineral matter they contain. 



The crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber and ash shall be 

 determined by the methods in force at the time by the associa- 

 tion of official agricultural chemists of North America. 



