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A BILL
TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS N SHIPPERS OF
FOODS FOR INTERSTATE SHIPMENT TO LABEL
SAID FOODS AND PRINT THE INGREDIENTS "
CONTAINED IN SUCH FOODS ON 81
EACH PACKAGE THEREOF. aa

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States Of America in Congress assembled, That every person, firm Dr. corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture, preparation o. compromising of food fr
human consumption, shall print in plain view on each package thereof made 0y
Of for them shipped from any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia. a
complete and accurate statement o. all the ingredients thereof, defined by WORDS
in common ue to describe said ingredients together with tn announcement
that said statement is made by the authority Of and Guaranteed to be accurate
by, the makers of such food, and the name and compete address Of the makers
shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type o a sze lot less an mat
known IS eight point, and in the English language. -
Sec. 2 That the covering of each and every package of manufactured pre-
pared or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory Of the District
Of Coluubia, when the food in said package shall have been taken from a cover
ing supplied by or for the makers and recovered by or for the sellers shall bear
upon its face o. within its enclosure an accurate copy Of ne statement OF l'
gradients and name of the makers which appeared upon the package or 'ver.
ing of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof printed n like manner
as the statement of the makers was printed, and such statement shall also bear
the name and address of the person, firm o. corporation that recovered such
Sec. 3, rhafit shall be unlawful for any persona or persons to purposey, will
fully and manciously remove, alter. obuterate or destroy such statement Of in
gradients appearing o packages of food, IS provided in the preceding sections,
and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall be guilty IT a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than me hundred dollars
nor more than FIVE hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than n month nor
more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court
Sc 4, That the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture han
procure, or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and anayze or cause to De
analysed or examined, chemically. microscophay or otherwise, samples o. ally
manufactured, prepared or compounded oods oHereo fr SAFE III olslnat uI J
broken packages in the District of Columbia, in any Territory, or in any State
other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured OF
otherwise produced, OF llm d loieen eou"A' VI tenuu
eign country. The Secretary Of Agriculture shall make necessary rules and reg
ulatons for carrying out the provisions of this Act and is hereby autnorlzed TO
employ such chemists, inspectors. clerks, laborers, and other employees, IS may
be necessary to carry out the provisions Of this Act and to make such puohca--
ton of the results Of the examinations and ANALYSIS as he may deem proper
a au na aY n nd tander and full naynent of the selling price samples of such ar1.
cas of food to any person duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to
receive the same, shall be guilty of a msdemeanor. and upon conviction shall be
fined not exceeding Il hundred dollars or imprisoned lot exceeding one
hundred days, or both.
section 5, That any person, firm o. corporation who shall violate sections one
and two of this Act shall be guilty Of a misdeneanor, and upon conviction shall
be fined lot exceeding two hundred dollars for the first ohense and for each
subsequent ofense lot exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not
exceeding one year, Dr. both, in the discretion of the court. e
Sec. T., That any person, firm, o. corporation, who shall wlfuny, purposey Or
maiciously change or add to the ingredients of any food. make false charges,
or incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjectng the makers offs such foods to
fine or imprisonment under this Act shall be guilty of a msdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars nor less than three
hundred dollars, Or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one
year, or both.
Sec Z. That it shall b. the duty of every district attorney to whom the Sec
rotary of Agriculture shall report any violation Of this Act to cause proceedings
to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and penalties in
such case provided.
See 8 That this Act shall not be construed to interfere with commerce
wholly internal in any State. TO- with the exercise OF their police powers by the
several States.
Sec {. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 10, That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first
day Of October, nineteen hundred and six.
The undersigned respectfully requests the Representatives from his district
and Senators from his State to support this measure.
Signed. .... City. .!........ State eco,