c. 



General Frovisions of the 

 NPIP and NTIP and Rules and Regulations 

 Of the Official State Agency 



1, All Cooperators are subject to inspection at any time and agree 

 to implement the provisions of the Plans. 



2a Participants may not buy or raceive for any purpose, products 

 from non-participants, except by permission from the Official 

 State Agency, 



3, advertising must be in accordance with the Plans, and applicable 

 rules and regulations of the Federal Trade Commission. 



4» Testing is done by the Standard tube -agglutination method, A 

 complete test of 100^ of all stock on a premise is made. One 

 owner may establish separ-'-te premises with the approval of the 

 Official State Agency. 



5» Summaries are published relative to the various activities 



within the Plans, A Blood Testing Annual Report is prepared by 

 the Department of Veterinary Science, University of Massachusetts* 

 Reports of R.O.P. participants, and participants of the Central 

 and Multiple Unit Random Sample Test are published annually, 

 and are available through the following Agencies: 



Animal Husbandry Research Division 

 Agricultural Research Service 

 U, So Department of Agriculture 

 Washington 25, D.C. 



Department of Veterinary Science 

 University of Massachusetts 

 Amherst, Mass, 



Massachusetts De-v-.i.rtment of Agriculture 

 100 Cambridge Street 

 Boston, Mass. 02202 



Gr'^de Changes 



Due to the fact that changes in this list may occur at any time, 

 it is suggested that anyone desiring further information pertaining 

 to these flocks, or flocks not listed, write to the following: 



Massachusetts Department of Agriculture 

 100 Cambridge Street 

 Boston, Massachusetts 



Further, this office is in a position to secure the rating of 

 any flock in the country. Please direct inquiries to the above 

 address for this information. 



