ingredients, the Association of American Feed Control Officials has adopted 

 definitions and standards. The Association has also approved twenty-one 

 general regulations which "should be adopted by state officials as far as the 

 statutes will permit." There are no conflicts with the New Hampshire feed- 

 ingstuffs law in these regulations. 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 feedingstuffs law reads as follows: 

 "And shall state in bold type upon the container or a tag attached thereto, 

 if a compounded feed, the names of the several ingredients therein con- 

 tained." To avoid the misinterpretation or deception which may result from 

 the manufacturer's using indefinite terms in listing the ingredients, the 

 Association of American Feed Control Officials has adopted 162 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 44 tentative definitions and 8 definitions that have been pro- 

 posed for future discussion. Tentative definitions are those which have re- 

 ceived favorable consideration, but have not yet been made official. A 77- 

 page booklet containing the above three classes of definitions, the 21 general 

 regulations and other instructive material may be obtained from the Secre- 

 tary of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, College Park, 

 Maryland, at one dollar per copy. 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 inaccu- 

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

 selecting the ingredients he puts into the bag. 



PURPOSE OF THE FEEDINGSTUFFS LAW 



The chief purpose of the feedingstuffs law is to protect the consumer 

 against the inferior products which would doubtless soon appear on the 

 market if the trade were not under state control. The law is primarily a cor- 

 rect-labeling act. It must not be assumed by the purchaser of feedingstuffs 

 that every brand which meets the manufacturer's guarantee is a high-grade 

 feed. The feedingstuffs law does not prevent the sale of a low-grade feed if 

 it is properly licensed and tagged and is offered for sale in compliance with 

 the law. It would not be in the public interest to legislate against the sale of 

 the lower-grade by-products. They can be fed profitably if bought at a price 

 adjusted to their feeding value. The law does prevent an inferior feed being 

 offered for sale as a high-grade product. 



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