The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-01
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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 an House Of Representatives of the United
of America in Congress assembled, That every person, firm o. corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture, preparation or compromising of food for
human consumption, shall print in plain view n each package thereof made
" Or for them shipped from IN State or Territory, or the District of Column
ba, a complete accurate statement Of all tn ingredients thereof, defined
by words sin comnon u.s. to describe said Ingredients, together with the IN
ouncemen that said statement is made by the authority Of and guaranteed
to be accurate by, the makers Of sue food, and the name n complete ad-
dress of e makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type II a size
not less than that known as eight point, and in the English language.
Sec. 2 That the covering OF each ad every package of manufactured,
prepared Or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory or thu Dis
a coverings supplied b " or rrt h makers ~ cover ~ or for en ths .emsr.
shall bear upon its face or within its enclosure al accurate 20 If thu state
ment of ingredients and name of the makers which appeared upon the pack
age Or covering Of said food al supplied by OF for the makers thereof, printed
in like nj as the statemen Of the makers vas printed, and u state
ment shall also bear the name n address of the person, firm or corporation
that recovered such food.
Sec :, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purposely
wifuny and mancousy remove, alter, obiterate or destroy such statement
Of ingredients appearing II packages of food, as provided in the preceding
sections, and any person Or persons who shall violate this section shall be
guilty of a misdeaeanor, inc upon conviction shall be fined not less than n
nu"'eu uo" n AZ" ""s un ne "w u uWM " l"priSonea not ns
than me month nr more han six months, or both, in tn discretion of the
shall Secure sss A. That oa , ss nq 9o Se of rs cns%st 3w1 IF r ts ps GssFsrs tn d hsr1satua re
caue to be analysed or examined. chemically, mnroscopcauy, or otherwise.
samples Of all manufactured prepared Or compounded foods offered for sale
in original nnbroken packages in thu District OF Columbia, in Territory,
or n my State other han tina in which they shall have been respectively
manufactured o otherwise produced, or from a foreign country, or Intended
fr export to a Foreign country. n Secretary OF Agriculture shall make
necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act,
and is hereby authorized to employ UGH chemists inspectors. clerks, laborersy
lt od to make such nubtcoton of tbe results results or ~ t Ms om nhn %. as
analysis Al he nay deem proper. And any manufacturer producer or dealer
who shall refuse to supply, upon application and tender and full payment Of
the selling price samples If such articles off food to any person duly authorized
by the Secretary of Agriculture tor receive the same, shall be guilty II a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined lot exceeding me hundred dol
or mprsoned not exceeding one hundred days, OF both.
one ana w OIL tS ACT SHHi ~ guilty OF a sueHean n upOn conviction
shall Ie fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first ofense and for
each subsequent onense rot exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned
not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion Oft the court
Sec. g. That any person, firm. or corporation, who shall wnfuly, pr-
poseyo or maNciousy change or add to the ingredients of any food, make fake
charges, or incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjectng the makers Of
such foods TO fine Or imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a mis-
lars nor les" tna% three hundred dollars Or imprisoned fr not ot s @t tbman thirty TT
days nor more than me year, u both.
Sec. 7 That 1t shall bet the duty Of every district attorney to whom tbe
cesdnss to be commenced ana prosecuted Without :" delay lS for the he S annss e%,
penalties in sUch case provided.
wholly s Siy s 1A " s s%S Sat s'H Hr " %M be tho ss" sssase to in ipt tscfs se x.e s ssm@sr :; !;
the several States
Sec. . That all acts or parts of aesi inconsistent with this let are hereby
repealed.
Sec 10. That this Act shall be in force and effect from AM after ~.
first day IF October, nineteen hundred and six.
The nnde*i@w' ertfnhly requests the Representatives from his dis
riot and Senators E STATE to uppor tlsm measure 3#