The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-03
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
human consumption, shall print in plain view o n each package thereof made
by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, Or 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 hat said statemen Is made by the authority Of and guaran-
ted to be accurate by, the makers Of such food, and the name and complete
size not less than that known as eight point, and in the English language.
Sec. 2 That the covering of each and every package of manufactured.
prepared DR. compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory or the Dis.
uct Of Columbia, when the food in said package shall have been taken from
a coverings supplied by DR. for the makers and recovered by or fr 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 which appeared upon the pack
age o covering of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof printed
in like manner az the statement of the makers was printed, and UGH state
ment shall also bear thu name and address of the person, firm IT corporation
that recovered such food.
Sec. g. That it shall be unlawful for any person O. persons to purposey.
wifuly and maiciousy remove, alter, obnterate or destroy such statement
Of ingredients appearing on packages OF food, as provided in the preceding
sections, and n person or persons who shall violate this section shall be
one montb nor more than sly months or both in tbe discreton ~ !.
sec4, That the Bureau of Chemistry If the Department of Agriculture shah
procure or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and analyze, or cause to
be analysed or examined, chemically microscopcauy, or otherwise. samples
of all manufactured, prepared Or compounded foods offered for sale in orig
inl, unbroken packages in the District of 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, OF intended for
export to a foreign country. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make nece
say rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act. and il
other employees, as may be necessary t. carry ut the provisions of this Act
and to make such publication of the results of the examinations and analysis
SAMPLES Of such articles Of food 70 ~ person dIv authorizes w ~.
Secretary Of Agriculture to receive the same, shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction shall be fined lot exceeding on hundred dollars.
or imprisoned not exceeding m hundred days, or both.
one and two of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convtc-
ton shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first fense and
for each subsequent ofense not exceeding three hundred dollars or be i'm
prisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 6, That any person, firm, or corporation, who shall wnuny, pr
posely OF maicousy change Dr. add to the ingredients Of any food, make false
charges, O incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjectng the makers OF
foods to fine or Imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a msde
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dol
lars nr less than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned for lot less than
days mol 10 than ne yea or both.
Sec. 2; That it shall be the duty Of every dstrct attorney to whom thu
Secretary Of Agriculture shall report any violation d. this Act to ame pro-
ceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and
penalties in such case provided.
Sec. s That this Act shall not be construed to interfere with ommerc
wholly internal in any State, nor with the exercise Of their police nowersb =
he several States.
Sec 9, That all acts Or parts OF acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
Sec 10, That this Act shall be in forces and effect from mr. after the frH
lay of October, nineteen hundred and six.
The undersigned respectfully requests the Representatives from his dis
md Senator from his state To supnot tu moasuro