INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 3 



Registration of Brands 



At the beginning of the past registration period, new simplified registration 

 forms were sent to the larger feed manufacturers. The new form is a slightly 

 modified version of that adopted earlier in Kansas. 



Favorable comment on the new form has been received from several feed 

 manufacturers, and, in the absence of adverse criticism, it is planned to continue 

 the new registration procedure. 



In return the Feed Control Service requests the cooperation of feed manu- 

 facturers in eliminating unnecessary correspondence. Each year the Control 

 Service is burdened by some manufacturers with useless work involving corres- 

 pondence concerning unregistered brands. This is directed toward several con- 

 cerns which year after year, register their brands only after they have received 

 two or three letters from the Control Service. 



It is planned to eliminate this unessential work. On February 1 of each year a 

 careful check of registrations uill be made. One, and only one, reminding letter 

 will be sent to each firm selling unregistered brands. If registration is not re- 

 ceived within ten days a court complaint will be filed. In the future this com- 

 plaint will not be withdrawn because the firm has registered its brands after the 

 complaint has been filed. 



Sex Control Feed 



This year's registration applications were high-lighted by an application from 

 a concern that decided to "add something new" to the field of poultry feeds. 



In April, the Feed Control Service received an application for the registration 

 of a "Sex Control Feed" or "Feminizing Mash." The tag submitted listed as 

 ingredients, soybean meal, corn germ meal, dried skimmed milk, wheat meal, 

 yellow corn meal, pulverized barley, alfalfa leaf meal, flour middlings and Y^ of 



1 % salt. 



It was claimed that a larger proportion of the chicks hatched from eggs pro- 

 duced by birds that had been fed the "Sex Control Feed" according to directions 

 would be of the desired sex than would normally be the case. The manufacturers 

 claimed that nothing was present in the feed except the listed ingredients, and 

 that the unusual property of the feed was due entirely to these ingredients and 

 to the proportion in which they were present In the feed. 



The Official Chemist, being somewhat skeptical of the manufacturer's claims, 

 suggested that, since the feed would be involved in interstate commerce, the 

 manufacturer clear the label through the Food and Drug Administration and, 

 if approved by this Administration, further consideration would be given the 

 registration of the label in this State. 



Through correspondence with Mr. L. E. Bopst, Secretary-Treasurer of the 

 Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc., it was learned that regis- 

 tration of this feed was attempted in at least two other states with no greater 



success. 



In conferences and discussions with representatives of the Federal Food and 

 Drug Administration, the manufacturer of the "Sex Control Feed" was unable 

 to furnish satisfactory scientific evidence to substantiate the claims made for 

 his product. As a result, the manufacturer decided to suspend manufacture and 

 sale of the feed in question until such time as experimental evidence is accumu- 

 lated, if possible, to support adequately the claims made for his product. 



