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ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMS 



FEED AND FERTILIZER 



SERVICES PROVIDED The feed and Fertilizer Division is re- 

 sponsible for the general administration of the Commercial Feed 

 and Fertilizer Laws. This requires: 



1. Registration of products. 



2. Collection of inspection fees. 



3. Surveying and Inspecting distribution points. 



4. Collection of official samples of products offered for sale. 



5. Performing cliemical analyses on official samples to 

 determine tlie degree of compliance with guarantees. 



6. Publishing the data concerning distribution of fertilizer 



and analytical results on official feed and fertilizer samples. 



7. Taking appropriate action when non-compliance is detected. 



OBJECTIVES A cooperative medicated feed plant inspection 

 program was started with FDA. This program when fully operative 

 will provide FDA reports of inspections made of Montana plants 

 and we will be making more comprehensive inspections of the plants 

 under federal authority than is now authorized by state law. These 

 inspections will provide us valuable information as to where possible 

 errors in formulation may be occurring. At years end a new Auto 

 Analyzer was purchased to be used initially for the partial automation 

 of the analysis of P205 in fertilizers and phosphorus in feeds. 



The sampling of commercial feeds will probably be reduced by 

 25% to 40/O with the emphasis on high risk products. The sampling 

 of fertilizers will be increased by perhaps as much as 50%. The 

 change in emphasis is partially because of the source of revenue 

 to operate the division and because added instrumentation will 

 allow expanded service in fertilizer analysis, without the use of 

 increased manpower. Increased sampling and analysis is needed since 

 the use of fertilizer has increased over three fold in the past 

 six years. We expect to broaden our analytical capabilities in 

 feed by including other elemental analysis and one or two more 

 drugs during the coming year. It is our intention to provide more 

 rapid reporting of analysis from the time of sampling so that re- 

 gulatory action can be taken, if it is indicated, before the product 

 is consumed. 



Our long range goal would be to obtain sufficient funding 

 to staff and equip the laboratory to do a complete analysis on 

 most feeds and fertilizers. We would like to get our work moving 

 through so there would be no more than a three week lag from the 

 time of sampling to the time of reporting and about a maximum of 

 iV weeks from the time of sampling to the time of first indication 

 of deficiencies if they occur. To utilize this additional lab 

 service as it should be regulatory wise , one will need to be able 

 to call in on any dealer in the state within a day of the time 



