Labeling — The law requires every manufacturer or dealer who 

 shall sell or offer for sale any concentrated commercial feedingstuff 

 to furnish with each package a clearly printed statement certifying: 



the number of net pounds in the package, 



the name or trademark under which the article is sold, 



the name of the manufacturer, shipper, or for whom the product 

 is manufactured, 



the place of business, 

 and a chemical analysis stating: 



the minimum percentage only of crude protein, 



the minimum percentage only of crude fat, 



the maximum percentage only of crude fiber, 

 and the name of each ingredient contained in the feed. 



In order to secure greater unifoiTnity in the labeling of feeds and 

 in the statement of ingredients, the Association of American Feed 

 Control Officials has adopted definitions and standards. The Asso- 

 ciation has approved 20 official regulations which "should be adopted 

 by State officials insofar as their statutes will permit." There are no 

 conflicts with the New Hampshire feedingstuffs law in these regula- 

 tions. Manufacturers and dealers are, therefore, expected to conform 

 to the regulations of the Association in all matters not specifically 

 mentioned in the law. 



One sentence in the New Hampshire feedingstuff law reads as 



follows: " and shall state in bold type upon the container or 



tag attached thereto, if a compounded feed, the names of the several 

 ingredients therein contained." To avoid the misinterpretation or 

 deception that may result from the manufacturer's use of indefinite 

 terms in listing the ingredients, the Association of American Feed 

 Control Officials has adopted 227 official definitions of ingredients used 

 in the compounding of feedingstuffs. These definitions are subject 

 to frequent addition and revision. At the present time there are also 

 47 tentative definitions and three that have been proposed for future 

 discussion. Tentative definitions are those which have received favor- 

 able consideration but have not yet been made official. An 142-page 

 booklet containing the above three classes of definitions, 20 official 

 regulations, 12 tentative regulations, 23 resolutions adopted, and other 

 instructive material may be obtained from the Secretary of the Asso- 

 ciation of American Feed Control Officials, College Park, Maryland. 

 The manufacturer should secure a copy of this booklet and list the 

 ingredients accurately. Carelessness or indifference in listing the 

 ingredients should create sales resistance in the buyer. The purchaser 

 is warranted in concluding that the manufacturer who is inaccurate 

 in specifying the ingredients printed on the tag may be careless in 

 selecting the ingredients he puts into the bag. 



THE PURPOSE OF THE FEEDINGSTUFFS LAW 



The chief purpose of the feedingstuff law is to protect the con- 

 sumer against the inferior products which doubtless would soon appear 



