INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 



By Feed Control Service Staff: 



John W. Kuzmeski, Official Chemist Frederick A. McLaughlin, Microscopist 



Albert F. Spelman, Senior Chemist Joseph A. Martell, Technical Assistant 



C. Tyson Smith, Assistant Chemist W. Noel Jameson, Technical Assistant 



Robert T. Wetherbee, Assistant Chemist Joseph Conklin, Inspector 



Joseph Barf, Junior Chemist Cora B. Grover, Senior Clerk 



The fall and winter of 1947-1948 found the feed industry operating under 

 more favorable conditions than those prevailing during the like period of 1946- 

 1947. The increased availability of feed ingredients was reflected in better 

 maintenance of guarantees on mixed feeds, particularly the maintenance of 

 fiber guarantees. 



Considerable difficulty, however, was encountered by some feed manufacturers 

 in obtaining ground oats of specified quality. The Feed Control Service made a 

 special effort during the past season to eliminate the questionable practices of a 

 few manufacturers of this product. It is believed that the shipment into Mass- 

 achusetts of ground oats adulterated with limestone or other mineral fillers has 

 been stopped. Present evidence indicates that some shipments of ground oats 

 contain considerable quantities of added screenings, oat hulls, oat mill feed or 

 other materials of similar nature. This will necessitate the continued scrutiny of 

 shipments of this product into this State. A detailed report on the ground oats 

 situation in Massachusetts during the past season is given on pages 15-19. 



In the report it is stated that analytical and shipping data on six shipments of 

 ground oats were referred to the Food and Drug Administration of the Federal 

 Security Agency. In the belief that the information may be of interest to the 

 readers of this bulletin, the relationship between the Federal Food and Drug 

 Administration and the Massachusetts Feed Control Service is explained here. 



The Administrator of the Federal Security Agency under authority conferred 

 by 21 U.S.C. (a), (Section 702 (a) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 

 of 1938) has commissioned the Official Chemist, and those agents under his direc- 

 tion whom he may designate, as officers of the Federal Security- Agency, for the 

 purposes of such Act, to conduct in the State of Massachusetts the following 

 examinations and investigations: 



(1) To collect and to examine samples of food (commercial feeding stuffs) 

 shipped or received in interstate commerce. 



(2) At reasonable times to have access to and to copy all records showing the 

 movement of such articles in interstate commerce or the holding of such 

 articles during or after such movement and the quantity, shipper, and 

 consignee thereof, as authorized by 21 U.S.C. 373 (Section 703 of the 

 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938). 



Under the provisions of the Massachusetts Feedingstuffs Act, it is not possible 

 to prosecute any person or firm with a place of business outside the State. In 

 cases of violations involving interstate shipments the Official Chemist or his 

 designated agents are empowered to collect samples and to obtain the necessary 

 shipping data. These data are then referred to the Federal Food and Drug 

 Administration and are used by the Administration as the basis for action against 

 the offending interstate shipper. 



