ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNSEL 

 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1972 



In accordance with the provisions of Section 33 of Chapter 30 

 of the General Laws, the following recommendations for legislation 

 were submitted together with a draft of the bills embodying the 

 legislation recommended. Of the four bills submitted, three of 

 them were enacted into law and the fourth recommendation No. 3 was 

 withdrawn at the request of the Department. 



Three of the recommendations of the Department which were filed 

 in November 1970 were enacted into law subsequent to June 30, 1971. 

 Therefore, they will be considered as part of this report. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



No. 1 - AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING THE SALE OF COIMMERCIAL FEED. 



Enforcement of the Feed Law was transferred in 1971 from the 

 University of Massachusetts to the Department of Agriculture. At 

 the time of transition, it was suggested by the Dean of the College 

 of Agriculture that the law be updated so as to be in line with the 

 majority of other states. 



This bill is based upon the uniform State Feed Bill published 

 by the Association of the American Feed Control officials. There 

 is need for this type of legislation because the feed and feeding 

 industry is of interstate nature requiring uniformity of regula- 

 tions. Distribution of ingredients and mixed feed, contracting, 

 use of drugs, multiplant operations, etc., are all part of the 

 rapid growing and changing feed industry. 



