The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-21
Secretary Wilson Issues Orders.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
Purchaser Must Know Exactly
 What He Buys.
Ne Wine Made In America Shall Be Labeled Champagne and Every Article Must State Its
 Ingredients.

SV-oeCIetdTy son of the Department of Agriculture today promulgated the regulations un- der which the recently enacted pure food and drug act will be enforced.
 The commission appointed to prepare the regulations consisted of Dr. H. W. Wiley of the Agricultural Depart ment. Dr. s. N. D. North of the De- partment of Commerc and Labor and James L. Gerry of the Treasury De- partment.
 In letter to the secretaries of theD various departments, they say their agreement on the regulations was unanimous. To the regulations Secre- taries Wilson. Metcalf and Shaw have given their approval. The section of the regulations respecting the labelling of products requires that the ingredi- ents of the package shall be stated 80 that the purchaser may know pre- cisely what he is buying.
 In the matter of coloring, the re- quirement is made that no ingredient known to be deleterious to human health shall be used by manufacturers. This regulation applies with particular Force to the manufacture of candies.
 Adulterations. particularly of drugs. is prohibited, but standard drugs will not be considered adulterated provided that they are branded 50 as to show their actual strength or purity.
 Poisonous or deleterious preserva- lives shall only be applied to the inte- rior of the product and the preservative @ must be of such a character that, until removed. the food products are inedi- bie. Misbranding of food or drug pre- ducts is guarded against particularly.
 The label on every product must bear the name of the product. the place of manufacture and must show whether the article is a compound mixture or kN f.xrr dients and proportion in the case of drugs and foods. The use of any false or misleading statement, design or device ,on the label Is sueci1caiiy prohibited. -.
 No American Champagne.
 As originally drafted, the rules prac- ticaIly prohibited the use of generic names as applied to products of Amer jean manufacture. For Instance, champagne, as distinguishing kind of wine, could not be used in connection with an American wine of that kind, because 1t was held to be misleading. Geographical names, generally, as ap- piled 10 a food or drug product, or to wine and liquors were not permitted.
 When the regulations were submit ted to the secretaries of the three de- partments for approval, some changes were made in them of a very import ant character. The use of geographi- gal names, for instance, was provided for in cases where it was thought the names were generic or distinctive. It was provided however, that 1t should be indicated on the package contain ing the product that 1t was of Ameri- can manufacture. Thus, champagne IS required to be labeled American cham pagne, or' California champagne, so that the purchaser may know the wine Is made in America and not in France. The regulations apply to other prod ucts in a similar way.
 In brief the regulations provide as follows:
 A drug bearing a name recognized In the United States Pharmacopoae. or National Formulary, shall conform in strength. quality and purity to pre- scribed standards: manufacturers of proprietary foods are required to state on label only the names and percent ages of the materials used to prevent adulteration and msbranding.
 No dealer 'shall be liable to prosecu tion If he can establish that the goods wers sold under guaranty by the wholesaler. manufacturer or job6er.
 NU Minerals in COnfectiOns.
 Mineral substances of all kinds are specifically forbidden in confectionery whether poisonous or not. In food products only harmless colors may be used
 Any food product which contains naturally poisonous or deleterlous ingredient does not come within the provisions of the food and drugs act except when the presence of such in gredient is due to filth, putresence or decomposition. "-".".
 "A distinctive name shall give no false indications of origin. character or place of manuacture.
 The term blend applied to a mix ture of like substances. not excluding g harmless coloring or fiavoring ingre- dients used for the purpose of colorng and favoring only. .~".: -:
 "A color or flavor cannot be em- ployed to initiate any natural product name and quality.
 Tt is prohibited to sell or offer for sale a food or drug product bearing no label upon the package or no de- scriptive matter whatever connecttd with it if said product be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article.
 "The term alcohol is defned to mean common or ethyl alcohol.
 "The words alcohol morphine, opium etc and the quantities and proportions thereof shall be printed in letters cor responding in size with those pre- scribcd in the regulation for labels
 "A statement of the minimum Quan- tity or proportion of any such sub stances present will meet the require ments provided the maximum stated does not vary materially from the av- craze quantity or proportion"