INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Made for the 



STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The inspection of commercial feedingstuffs reported in this 

 bulletin was made under the direction of Honorable R. W. Smith, 

 Acting Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. George H. Laramie, Feed 

 Control Supervisor, and Mr. Vincent P. Peterson, Inspector, collected 

 samples of 591 brands of feedingstuffs which were offered for sale 

 in the state during the year ending June, 1947. The 591 samples 

 represent brands of 134 manufacturers. 



REGISTRATION AND LABELING OF FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Registration — The New Hampshire law, entitled an Act to Regu- 

 late the Sale of Commercial Feedingstuffs, requires registration of 

 each brand offered for sale. This is usually done by the manufacturer 

 or jobber whether he is located within or outside the State. Feeding- 

 stuffs manufactured in other states frequently pass through several 

 middlemen before they reach the local distributor. Under the provi- 

 sions of the law, if the manufacturer or jobber fails to make regis- 

 tration, 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 is paid or they must assume 

 that responsibility. All matters relative to registration and all in- 

 quiries concerning the law should be addressed to the Feed Control 

 Supervisor, State House, Concord. 



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 net weight of the feed contained in the package, the brand name 

 or trademark under which the feed is sold, the name and address of 

 the manufacturer, the ingredients of which the feed is composed, 

 and a chemical analysis stating the minimum percentage only of 

 protein and of fat and the maximum percentage only of crude fiber. 

 In order to secure greater uniformity 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 also approved 26 general regulations which "should be 

 adopted by State officials as far as the statutes will permit." There 

 are no conflicts with the New Hampshire feedingstuffs 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 

 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 212 official definitions of ingredients 



