The Washington herald., 1906-10-21
NEW PURE FOOD REGULATIONS.
Secretary of Agriculture Makes
Public Method of Enforcing Law.

Secretary of Agriculture Makes
Public Method of Enforcing Law.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson yester-
day ISSUED the regulations Cor the en-
forcement of the pure food and drug act.
passed at the last session of Congress.
Tho law will so into effect January /.
Its purpose is to protect the purchaser
OF a food product or drug from any decep-
ton on the part of either a dealer or a
manufacturer Foods and drugs shall be
labeled so as to show their exact charac-
ter. II they are adulterated, the label
must show it.
I'm the regulations promulgated the
widest publicity is provided for any dealer
or manufacturer detected in misbrandins
or adulterating food or drug products in
violation of the law.
Rule 6 of the regulations states; when
judgment of the court shall have been
rendered there may be a publication of
the findings OF the examiner or analyst, to-
gether with the findings of the court
This publication may be made in the form
of circulars. notices. or bulletins. as the
Secretary Of Agriculture may direct, not
less than thirty days after judgment"
For example, if the grocer on the corner
sold a can of green peas preserved by an
admixture of bOraCic acid, the fact would
be heralded in the neighborhood after the
ease had been tried in the courts on a
complaint to the Washington authorities.
Manufacturers and dealers are permit
ted TO give a general guarantee of their
goods by filing a statement with the Sec
Rotary OF Agriculture This obviates the
necessity OF guaranteeing every article
Mineral substances of all kinds are spe-
officially forbidden in confectiOneTieg.
whether they be poisonous or not. Coal
tar cOlOrS cannot be used in CONNECTIONS
il they are mineral in character
Respecting the WhOlesoneness Of col
Ors. preseryatiYes and other substances
which are added to foods, the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to deter
mine, from chemical or other examina-
tons, the names of those substances
-@tt"b are permitted or inhibited in food
products; his conclusions shall become
a part of the regulations
The term label applies to any printed
pictorial or other matter upon or at
tached to any package of a food or drug
product. or any cOntainer thereof. The
regulation regarding the label will not
be enforced until October /, 1851, in the
case Of labels printed and now on hand.
but it is required that a paster shall
be attached TO packages of such goods
accurately stating the character of their
contents.
The use of a geographical name in con-
nection with a food or drug product will
not be deemed a mistranding when by
reason of long usage it has come To
represent a generic term. and is used to
indicate a style type. OF brand; but in
all such cases the State or Territory
where any such article is manufactured
or produced shall be stated upon the
label
The following rules will be of special
interest TO blenders Of whisky: 1.-THE
term blend applies TO mixture Of like
substances, not excluding harmless col
oTing or flavoring ingredients used for
the purpose of coloring and havoring
only. If any age is stated. it shall not
be that of a single one of its constitu-
ents. but shall be the average of all con-
stituents in their respective proportions -
Imported meat and meat food products
must be officially inspected before be-
ing placed on sale.