Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-07-16
GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT ALL is
NOT YET SERENE.
IN STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
Grocers Have Stocks on Hand
That Do Not Fill the Bill
Sweeping Measure-Many Danger
GUS Decoctions on the Mar
ket.

Fargo, N. D., July 1O.-E. F. Laid,
food commissioner of North Dakota,
has issued press bulletin in relation
to the pure food law which went into
effect July /. Merchants throughout
the state have asked what they are
TO do with goods already in the state
that do not come up to the require
ments of the law. He says:
1--WE have these goods in the state.
In many cases neither the merchants
CT the wholesaler in selecting the
goods knew that they would not COM
ply with the requirements of the law.
in my judgment there is but one
honorable course to take That is to
allow the sale of all food products,
not Immediately harmful, found
iegitimately in trade in the state on
July list: Therefore as food commits
sioner have taken the following
stand and ask all merchants to govern
themselves accordingly:
"All extracts, spices, coffees, teas,
vinegars, jellies, jams, preserves.
syrups, molasses, catsup, etc., now in
the state will be exempt from inspec-
tion until Jan. 1, 1904. Heavy goods
and those usually carried for long
periods of time will be exempt from
inspection until July 1, 1904. This ap-
plies only to goods now in the state.
The order may be revoked where the
privilege is abused
"All goods shipped into the state
after July l will be subjected to in
spectiOn wherever found. Therefore
we ask all merchants to see that
their goods, now in stock, be disposed
of by dates mentioned.
'All new goods received after July
l are to be identified by the several
invoices held by merchants. The
same ruling applies to wholesalers,
manufacturers and jobbers in North
Dakota as to the retail merchants.
An inspection of our records shows
that more than 90 per cent OF the
brands of lemon extracts examined
as offered for sale in North Dakota do
not comply with the requirements of
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lemon oil whatever. Even a larger
per cent, of the. vanilla extracts fail
to comply with the spirit of the law.
OF jellies and jams, about 70 per cent.
do not comply with the law. Of
canned goods, about so per cent. of
the brands fail to pass | am pleased
to say that in most cases manu-
facturers state that in the future their
goods are 10 be made to meet the re-
quirements of the law The pro-
ducers have very generally stated
their intention to correct any existing
wrong. Proper labelling will cover the
majority of products"
Continuing he proceeds to touch up
the manufacturers Of fraudulent food
products, saying that fully IS per cent.
of the vinegars, for instance, are
| fraudulent. While some of the mince
meats contain no meat at all. Still,
he says that many of these products,
while fraudulent are not poisonous.
Retailer and consumer alike
! should become familiar with the fact
! that when a product is labeled, for
example, Extract of Vanilla and
Tonka, it is a perfectly healthy pro-
| duct and not different from what they
i have been getting and using for years
as extract of vanilla and 1t may Be
mere to their taste than a pure
vanilla. Such products are not neces-
saIily harmful. They are commercial