Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-01
A BILL
TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS AND SHIPPERS OF FOODS FOR IN
TERsTATE SHIPMENT TO LABEL SAID FOODS AND PRINT
THE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH FOODS
ON EACH PACKAGE THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America lin Congress assembled That every person, firm Or corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture, preparation Or compromising Of food for
human consumption, shall print in plain view N each package thereof made
by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, n the District of Column
ba, a complete and accurate statement of all the ingredients thereof, defined
by words in common use to describe said ingredients, together with the
announcement that said statement is made by the authority Of n guaran-
teed to be accurate by, the makers of such food, and the nam and complete
address of the makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type of a
size not less than that known as eight point, and in the English language.
Sec. {, That the covering of each and every package of manufactured,
prepared or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory IF the Dis
tct Of Columbia, when he food in said package snail nave been ron
! a covering supplied by or for the makers and recovered by or for the sellers,
shall bear upon its face or within its enclosure an accurate copy of the state
ment of ingredients and name OF the makers winch appeared POI m
age or covering of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof printed
in like manner a the statement of the makers was printed, and such state
ment shall also ear the name n address OF the person. nrm or rporau
that recovered such food.
wfuny and raalciously remove, alter, oblt@ate or destroy such statement
of ingredients appearing O. packages of food, as provided in the preceding
and Inv person Or persons who shall violate this section shall be
s "ndyed Vi ao mT nr more ham i've hundred dollars or imprisoned not less less
than n month Tor more than six months or both, in the discretion of the
Sec. 4 That the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture shall
procure Or cause to be procured from retail dealers and anayze, or cause o
be analysed Or examined, chemically, microconcany or otherwise, samples
of all manufactured, prepared Of compounded foods offered for sale in orig
inl, unbroken packages in the District %. Columbia, in any Territory, or in
any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manu-
featured or otherwise produced, or from a foreign country, or intended for
export to a foreign country. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make neces.
sry rules and regulations for carrying ut the provisions Of this Act, and is
hereby authorized to employ such chemists inspectors clerks laborers' and
other employees, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act
and to make such publication of the results of the examinations and analysis
as he may deem proper And any manufacturer, producer or dealer who shall
refuse to supply, upon application and tender and full payment of the selling
price samples of such articles of food to any person duly authorized by the
secretary OF gricul"r !" receive Tn same san De guilty. OIL a mlsde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both.
Sec. s., That any person, firm Or corporation who shall violate sections
ne and two Of this Act shall be guilty 81 a mtsdemeanor, and upon convic-
- ton shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first ofense and
for each subsequent ofense not exceeding three hundred dollars or be i'm
prsoned not exceeding n year. cr both, in the discretion of the court
Sec. {, That any person, firm, o. corporation, who shall wimny, pur-
posely OF maHcousy change or add to the ingredients of any food, make false
charges or incorrect ANALYSIS. with the purpose Of subiecuug tbe makers 81
such foods to fine Or Imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dol
lars nor less than three hundred dollars, Or imprisoned for not less than
thirty days nor moret than one year, or both.
Sec. Z, That it shall be the duty of every district attorney to whom the
Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation Of this Act to cause pro-
ceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and
penalties in such casep provided.
Sec. s, That this Act shall not be construed to interfere with commerce
wholly internal in any State, nor with the exercise of their police powers by
the several States.
Sec 9, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act arr hereby
repealed.
Sec 10. That this Act shall be III force and effect from and after the first
day Of october, nineteen hundred and six. ~
The undersigned respectfully requests the Representatives from his dis.