4 N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION (Bulletin 315 



Labeling: — The law requires every manufacturer or 

 dealer who shall sell or offer for sale any concentrated com- 

 mercial feeding stuff to furnish with each package a clearly 

 printed statement certifying the net weight of the feed con- 

 tained in the package, the brand name or trademark under 

 which the feed is sold, the name and address of the manu- 

 facturer, the ingredients of which the feed is composed, and a 

 chemical analysis stating the minimum percentage only of 

 protein, fat and carbohydrates, and the maximum i)ercentage 

 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 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 in these regulations with the New Hampshire 

 feeding stuffs law. All manufacturers and dealers are. there- 

 fore, expected to conform to the regulations of the Association 

 in all matters not specifically mentioned in the law. 



One sentence in the New Hampshire feeding stuffs 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 contained." 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 157 official definitions of ingredients 

 used in the compounding of feeding stuffs. These definitions 

 are subject to frequent addition and revision. At the present 

 time there are also 11 tentative definitions and 15 definitions 

 that have been suggested for future discussion. Tentative 

 definitions are those which have received favorable considera- 

 tion, but have not yet been made official. The 135 definitions 

 which had been adopted as official when the 1937 feeding 

 stuffs bulletin was published, were included in that bulletin, 

 pp. 7-23, with a view to assisting the manufacturers in listing 

 the ingredients with accuracy and uniformity. A limited 

 number of copies of the 1937 bulletin is still available for 



