The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-07-15
MUST LABEL BUTTER.
Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner Has
Issued a Circular

Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner Has
Issued a Circular.
The dairy and pure food commits
sioner Of the state has issued the
following circular letter of instruc-
tions for the benefit of the public:
wish to call the attention Of the
public, and especially the butter
making part Of the population to the
requirements Of the new law govern
ing the branding or labelling Of butter
or butter wrappers.
A part of section Is OF the New
Pure Food Law reads: ''All butter
sold or offered for sale within the
state shall have the name Of the
manufacturer and place Of manu-
facture stamped upon the label. -
A portion Of section 20 reads:
Each package Of butter offered or
exposed for sale shall have stamped
upon the wrapper or package, the
actual number OF ounces contained
In said package. Each square or
roll Of butter kept, exposed or
offered for sale in the state Of
Idaho, which is represented to con-
tain one pound in weight shall con-
tain full sixteen ounces; and
square or roll representing two
pounds in weight shall contain full
thirty-tWo ounces. 8" All butter
which has been packed in tubs, fr.
kins or other vessels shall be known
as club butter. aud when placed
upon the market for sale shall have
stamped upon 1t, or il wrapped, upon
the wrapper in addition TO the above,
the words Tub Butter" in one
half inch Roman letters.
The above Law includes all butter.
whether creamery. dairy. separator
or ranch butter | wish to state
that the use of coal tar dye colorinR
material in butter is prohibited by
Law
The Law does not state as to the
kind OF brand that shall be u=ed. but
We shall insist upon a brand Of good
sized type, aud the ink used shall be
OF quality that will not run W
90 through the wrappers into the
butter aud damage the quality Of the
same.
The state board Of Dairy. Food
and Oil commission at the meeting
held en- july tst, ruled that butter
must b. Of foil weight when sold to
the customer; 20 due alloaance must
be made for shriHkage. This il a
new Law and farmers especially NAV
not BE- familiar with it; therefore.
am going to give good length Of
time for every one to get their butter
wrappers printed or get their own
stamps for printing the same. hut [
do urge all butter makers to fall into
line as soon as possible aud comply
with the law
| shall give until September 1st.
1905, to comply with the law, and
hereby advise all dealers in butter
not to handle for sale any butter not
properly branded, after September
let next. | believe this vii. raise
the standard of butter and II John
Doe does not make as good butter as
John Smith, it will soon be found
out and Mr.. Doe will have to 60 out
Of business as butter maker. No
butter maker should be ashamed to
brand his butter, and il be will stop
to think be cannot help but see that
a nice, clean cut attractive brand
will help to sell his butter, just the
same that nice fancy brand helps TO
sell other goods. The aim Of the
Law is to raise the standard Of dairy
products aud give the producer a
chance to protect his products against
an inferior class Of goods.
The only means we have Of getting
this before the general public lie