The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-20
MISLEADING LABEL S
WON'T BE ALLOWED ON DRUGS OR
FOOD.
Pure Food Commission Confers With
Representative of Mnnufnc-
turers--BOst0n Baked Beans
Must Come from BostOn.

New York, Sept 19-At today's ses-
sion of the special commission on rules
and regulations for the enforcement OF
the pure food and drug act, Commits
sioner James l. Gerry read the 'tenta-
tive regulations prepared by the Com
mission regarding the use of the label.
These regulations provide that the
principal label shall be printed in Eng
fish, with or without foreign label
in addition. The tipping naming ar
ticles contained shall not be smaller
than long primer cap except in cases
of small packages when the size may
be reduced proportionately The gen.
eral character and appearance OF the
label is left to the manufacturer. The
substance, manufacturer and place of
production shall be conspicuously
stated.
If the package contains more than
one substance and only one substance
| is designated on the label. 1t is mis-
branding The label must not be mis-
| leading with regard to contents or
origin, No statement by an expert
shall be an excuse for any false or mis-
| leading statement. design or device. 1t
was announced also that the law will
not go into effect in the case where
| labels are already in hand until July
| 1, 1907.
The tentative rules provide further
| that a food or drug product shall be
designated by its English name or in
accordance with the Pharmacopoeia or
National Formulary. There must be
no n1isstatement as to the location of
place of manufacture. When no state
ment of the place Of manufacture is
made, the article Is misbranded, unless
1t is manufactured in the same State or
country where the principal office is
located.
George L. Douglass, representing the
! nct he
lquirement that the place of manufac-
ture should be stated on the label In
the case of drugs. What the people
wanted was simply the name of the
| manufacturer who could be held re-
sponsible for the character of the con-
tents. If the consumer got what he
wanted the place where the drug was
manufactured. he contended, was i'm
material He declared that the rule
recurring that no article be designated
by the principal ingredient alone when
II contained more than one ingredient
was Objectionable to the drug trade
He declared that the enforcement OF
the tentative rules would necessltate
the reconstruction of nearly all the ia
bles in the drug trade, many of then
in use thirty years or more and ia
| miliar to the trade.
The tentative ruling of the Commits
, sion provided further that no geo
| graphical name shouid De useo on
product when 1t bore no relation to tn
! place of manufacture of the product.
i Edward Cudeman declared that thi
rule might not prevail as there wer'
: numerous articles bearing geographi
. cal names which, bore no references t
) the place of manufacture. He note
Kaffir corn, which was raised in tn
r Northwestern States. Delaware grapes
he said, were raised elsewhere thai
o in Delaware and not all grapes cult
: waited in that State were Delawar
e grapes The name described and no
a the location of the place of production
. IF this rule prevailed" asked Mr.
Z, Cudeman, would tt be possible for u
to get Boston baked beans or max
!, them anywhere outside of Boston. F."
!. Jay D. Miller. representing the Chi
= cago wholesale grocery interests re
:, ferred to the rule which provides ths
:, y while no statement of weight or meas
1, ure is required when 1t is made,
e shall be correct and the average weigh
II will be regarded as the correct weigh
: He said that some of the State law
i required a statement of weight an
,r measure and the Government reguls
l. lions should not conflict.