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 Andrew L. Felker, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. C. A. Lyon, Feed Control Super- 

 visor, with the assistance of Mr. David Allen and Mr. George Laramie, 

 Inspectors, collected samples of 348 brands of feedingstuffs which 

 were offered for sale in the state during the year ending June, 1946. 

 The 348 samples represent brands of 79 manufacturers. 



REGISTRATION AND LABELING OF FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Registration :- - The New Hampshire law, entitled an Act to Reg- 

 ulate the Sale of Co nmercial Feedingstuffs, requires registration with 

 the Commissioner of Agrculture of each brand offered for sale. This 

 is usually done by the manufacturer or jobber whether he is located 

 within or outside the State. Feedingstuffs manufactured in other 

 states frequently pass through several middlemen before they reach 

 the local distributor. Under the provisions of the law, if the man- 

 ufacturer or jobber fails to make registration, 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. The official charged 

 with the administration of the law is the Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 All matters relative to registration and all inquiries concerning 

 the law should be addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 State House, Concord. 



Labeling: — The law requires every manufacturer or dealer who 

 shall sell or offer for sale any concentrated commercial f eedingstuff 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 state- 

 ment of ingredients, the Association of American Feed Control Officials 

 has adopted definitions and standards. The Association has also 

 approved 23 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 men- 

 tioned 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 misinterpretaton or 



