Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-08-18
eUTTER MAKERS TAKE WARNING
The State Law Will 1s Strictly En-.
forced After September I.

The following has been received from
A. +. Hit, state dairy food and oil
commissioner:
I wish to call the attention OF the
public. and especially the butter-mak-
ing part Of the population. to the re-
quirements Of the new law governing
the branding or labelling Of butter or
butter wrappers.
A part of section IS of the New Pure
Food laws read. "All butter sold or
offered for sale within the state shall
have the name Of the manufacturer and
place Of manufacture upon the label"
portion Of section 20 reads: Each
package OF butter offered or exposed
for sale shall have stamped upon the
wrapper or the package. the actual
number OF ounces contained in said
package. Each square or roll OF but.
ter kept, exposed or offered for sale
in the state Of Idaho. which is repres-
ented to contain one pound in weight.
square or roll representing two pounds
in weight, shall contain full 80 ounces"
All butter which has been packed in
tubs. firkins or other vessels shall be
known as tub butter, and when plac-
ed upon the market for sale shall have
stamped upon 1t, or II wrapped. upon
the wrapper in addition to the above,
the words. "TVb 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 coloring material
in butter is prohibited by law
The law does not state as to the kind
of brand that shall be used but we
shall insist upon brand OF good sized
type. and the ink used shall be OF a
quality that will not run" or go
through the wrappers into the butter
and damage the quality Of the same.
The state board OF dairy. food and oil
commission at the meeting held on July
l. ruled that butter must he full weight
when sold to the consumer: SO II will
be necessary to make due allowance
for shrinkage. This is a new law and
farmers especially may not be familiar
with it, therefore ! am going to give
a good length Of time for everyone to
get their butter wrappers printed or get
| their own stamps for printing the. h"t
do urge all butter makers to fan into
line az soon as possible and comply
with the law.
shall give until September !, 1905.
to comply with the law. and I hereby
| advise nll dealers in butter to not ham
I die for sale any butter not properly
branded after September I. next.
believe this will raise the standard of
| butter and n John Doe does not make
as good butter as John Smith II will
soon be found ont and Mr. Doe will
have to 60 out Of business as a butter
! maker.
No butter maker should be ashamed
to brand his butter. and II he will stoT
to think he cannot helm but see thai
q nice clean cut. attractive brand helps
to sell his butter. Just the same thai
n nice fancy brand heIps ~ sell otnel
goods. The aim of the law Is to raise
the standard Of dairy products and give
the producer chance to protect hi
products against an inferio~ class O.
goods.
The only means we have Of oettint
this before the general public u
throw rh the roedi"no ~ the nress, an'
we hone ri, new sna pors in the stat
|, will conv and prhl-h this article.
Kindly thanking all publishers in an
ticinatio, ~ cor,p'innce With thi
request ! am Yours most reepe"f'"n'
AZ WITT
I c,,ta n,;rv pood and OIL Commissioner
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