July. 1938) INSPECTION OF FEEDING STUFFS 5 



stuffs manufacturers and other commercial agencies. The 135 

 definitions which have been adopted as official, and also the 

 21 general regulations referred to above, were published in 

 the 1937 feeding stuffs bulletin, pp. 7-23. with a view to as- 

 sisting the manufacturers in listing the ingredients with 

 accuracy and uniformity. A limited number of copies of this 

 bulletin is still available. A booklet containing these defi- 

 nitions may be obtained from the Secretary of the Association 

 of American Feed Control Officials, College Park, Maryland. 



A high degree of accuracy has already been attained by a 

 considerable number of manufacturers. One manufacturer who 

 offered for sale during the last inspection year more than the 

 average number of brands, did not violate the official defi- 

 nitions in a single instance. A large number of manufacturers, 

 however, are either careless or are not yet well informed con- 

 cerning the Association's requirements. Some typical failures 

 to conform to the official definitions are the following selected 

 from the lists of ingredients furnished by the various man- 

 ufacturers : 



Gluten used to designate corn gluten feed or corn gluten 

 meal. 



Meal used to designate one of the more than 30 ingredients 

 which by official definition contain the word meal. 



Bran used to designate corn bran, rice bran, rye bran or 

 wheat bran. 



Oil used to designate one of the score of ingredients which 

 by official or tentative definition contain the word oil. 



Distillers' dried grains used to designate distillers' corn 

 dried grains or distillers' rye dried grains. 



