The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-02
A BILL
TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS AND SHIPPERS OF FOODS FOR M
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 Unten
States of America in 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 on 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
announcement that said statement is made by the authority Of and guaran-
address of the makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type Of a.
size not lest than that known rs eight point and in the English language.
Sec. {, That the covering of each and every package Of manufacturer.
prepared or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory o the Dis
hct Of Columbia, when the food in said package shall ave been taken from
a covering suppned oy or tr te makers n cover by or fr IN sellers
shall bear upon its face or within its enclosure a accurate copy Of the state
in like mann al the statement of the makers ws printed nd such state
ment shall also bear the mar and address of the person, firm " corporation
that recovered such food.
Sec. 3 That it shall be unlawful fol any person OF persons to purposey.
'wilfuny and maiciousy remove, alter, obnterate or destroy such statement
of sredient appearing IN packages OF food, as provided in II preceding
sections, and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall be
guilty II a misdemeanor, m upon conviction shall be fined not less than
hundred dollars or lore than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less
nan N month hr more N SIX A'ntns'o OF 0otn' IN the discretion O n
Sec. 4, That the Bureauo of Chemistry of the Department Of Agriculture sham
procure, or causet to be procured from retail dealers, and analyze. or auset to
of all manufactured. prepared or compounded foods oneredf TO sale in orig
hal unbroken packages in the District of Columbia, in any Territory. o in
any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manu-
featured or otherwise produced, or from a foreign country. IT intended h~
say rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions Of this Act and IL
hereby authorised to employ such chemists. inspectors, clerks. iaborers. anA
and to make such publication Of the results O. the examinations and analysis
as he may deem proper. And any manufacturer. producer Or dealer who shan
refuse to supply. upon application and tender and full payment Of the serun~
price samples of such articles of food o any person duly authorised by The
Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same. shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
OF imprisoned not exceeding N hundred days. o both
sc 5 That any person. firm or corporation who shall violate section.
one and two Of this Act shall be guilty Of misdemeanor and upon convio-
o snah De uneu noe eAceeuihs W nunured uoharsI Tor the nrSto n6nsea N
for zach subsequent ofense not exceeding three hundred dollars or be i'm
|prisoned not exceeding me year or both. in the discretion OF the court.
Sec. g. That any person.. firm. o corporation, who shall wtfuny, pm~
posely o marcousy change or add to the ingredients of any food. make faiss
charges, or incorrect analysis. with the purpose Of subjectng the makers or
such foods to fine or imprisonment under this Act, shall be utility of a INSIDE
meanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding n thousand dol
lars nor less than three hundred dollars. pr imprisoned for lot less than
thirty days nor more than on year. or both.
Sec. T. That II shall be the duty of every district attorney to whom tn
Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act to mo-
ceedinss to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the, nnes eaa
penalties in such case provided.
Sec. s. That this Act shah not be construed to interfere with comnssc.
wholly internal in any State. or with the exercise Of their police powers b.
the several States.
repealed.
Sec y. That this Act shan b IN force and erect from and an@ The au4s
day of October nineteen hundred and ak.
The UNDERSIGNED respectfully requests the Representative nor III a.
|uNt and Senators from his state % airport this measure.
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