OFli'ICIAr, INSPECTIONS 3I. 63 



Adui^tkrated Corn Meai,. 



Several' times during- the year complaints have come to us 

 that an inferior grade of corn product, made from the refuse 

 of bolted corn meal, was being shipped into the state as corn 

 meal and sold in unfair competition with the native ground 

 product. Upon investigation we have with one exception been 

 unable to find satisfactory evidence that such was the case. 

 Frequently the alleged inferior goods ran higher in protein 

 than native corn meal with which it was compared. 



A short time ago, however, it was reported to us that a mill- 

 ing company with ofhce in Massachusetts was shipping into 

 Maine a so-called Fancy Corn Meal, which, according to their 

 own circulars, was not made from whole corn but from de- 

 germinated corn, and which, it would seem, ought not to be 

 sold as corn meal. A sample said to be from this meal was 

 analyzed and found to be considerably below the analysis of a 

 good whole corn meal in both protein and fat. As the material 

 was coming from another state it was thought best to turn the 

 information over to the National Board of Food and Drug 

 Inspection for investigation under the national law. This was 

 accordingly done and they propose to follow up the matter as 

 thoroughly as possible. 



Important Notice;. 



The session of the legislature just closed passed an act to 

 amend and unify the various inspection laws, the enforcement 

 of which is entrusted to the Director of the Experiment Station. 

 As regards the feeding stuffs there are several changes to be 

 carefully noted, and which have been made in order that the 

 Maine law shall conform as far as possible to the "Uniform 

 Feed Law adopted by the Association of Feed Control Officials 

 of the United States" last November, such changes being in 

 direct conformity with suggestions offered by the "American 

 Feed Manufacturers Association." 



The first important change to be noted is the requirement 

 that feeding stuffs coming under the law shall be registered 

 with the Director of the Experiment Station and that a regis- 

 tration fee of ten dollars is required for each brand. This ap- 



