INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The Commissioner of Agriculture administers the New Hampshire 

 Commercial Feed Law. All inquiries concerning the law and the registration 

 of feedingstuffs should be addressed to the attention of the Feed Control 

 Supervisor, State House, Concord, New Hampshire. 



In carrying out the provisions of the law during the year ending 

 June 30, 1955, 710 official samples of feedingstuffs were collected under the 

 du'ection of Honorable Perley I. Fitts, Commissioner of Agriculture, by Mr. 

 George H. Laramie, Control Supervisor, and Mr. Harold Ayer, Assistant 

 Control Supervisor. The samples were submitted to this laboratory for 

 analysis. Of the 710 samples, 61 represented dry or canned cat and dog 

 foods, products of 42 manufacturers, and 649 represented other animal 

 feedingstuffs, products of 101 manufacturers. 



THE LAW 



The New Hampshire Commercial Feed Law, Chapter 226 of the Laws 

 of the State of New Hampshire, conforms closely to the Uniform Feed Bill 

 proposed by the Association of American Feed Control Officials. Every in- 

 dividual or firm expecting to sell feed products in New Hampshire should 

 obtain a copy of the leaflet "New Plampshire Commercial Feed Law and 

 Rules and Regulations" from the office of the Department of Agriculture, 

 State House, Concord, New Hampshire. Purchasers of feedingstuffs should 

 read this leaflet for official information concerning the requirements of the 

 law. 



Registration: Each brand of commercial feed offered for sale in the 

 state must be registered. The term "Commercial feed" refers to "all 

 materials which are distributed for use as feed for animals, other than man, 

 and for wild birds kept in captivity, except (1) unmixed whole seeds and 

 meals made directly from the entire seeds, (2) unground hay. and (3) whole 

 or ground straw, stover, silage, cobs and hulls when not mixed with other 

 materials." 



The feedingstuff is usually registered by the manufacturer or jobber 

 whether he is located within or outside the state, Feedingstuffs manu- 

 factured in other states are frequently handled by several middlemen before 

 they reach the local distributor. Under the provisions of the law, if the 

 manufacturer or jobber fails to make registration, the dealer is responsible. 

 Dealers who purchase feed for resale must assure themselves that the 

 brands they purchase are properly registered and the license fee paid; 

 otherwise, they must assume that responsibility. The Feed Control Super- 

 visor provides forms to be filed in his office for the registration of feeds. 

 Copy of this form is shown on Page 4 and 5. 



