Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-11


ers' making the necessary COZ.
rections; but this does not pei
NIT of the preparation Of ner
labels of like nature to be used,
but only those in stock. s2r
THE use Of pictorial matter
|of description or Authorization
signs or characters which falsel.
represent the property or char.
acter Of a product render tn,
same illegal, as does also the us
of any false or Misleading state.
ment. ~
The principal label, when pre-
pared, should give: First, thu
name of the substance, then thu
name of the manufacturer Of
jobber, and the address IF tn
same, followed by a statemen
as to tie constituents reauire'
by law to be enumerated, il sue
are present, and other descrip
tive matter should not intervene
| Under the national law the siz
Of the type on the principal o.
face label should be eight point
brewer caps. Then, if the ag'
be given, it should be the average
age of all Of the constituents l.
their respective proportion, AM
not the age of a single constitu
ent. And in the case Of whiskie
and brandies, to be legal they
must be at least four years old
The coloring and coating o
coffee or of food products rem
ders the same illegal, as does
likewise the staining which
means the change produced by
the addition of any substance t.
the exterior portions OF foods
which in any way alters then
natural tint. AS for example
Bleaching of fruits with sui
pnur or flour with nitrous acid o,
the oxides of nitrogen.
Under the national law the
addition of preservatives to a
food product must be of such &
nature that in it's preparation
before the same is ready for con-
sumption, the preseryative must
he wholly removed, and TN
character of the preservatives
must be Of such nature that
unti, removed the food products
are inedible. Therefore the
addition of borax or boracic acid
to Goldfish renders it illegal.
Elm the case of candies or con-
fections, only harmless colors or
fiavors are permissible; mineral
substances of all kinds are spec
ically forbidden.
! II take it, too, under the ma
tional law, as under our state
law, the use of paraffin in candy
is not permissible. Neither is
the use of bleached glucose con-
tanning sulphites. The sale of
candies or the shipment of can
dies made from such products is
illegal. :,
3*Molasses and syrups which
have been bleached by the use
of zinc and acid are illegal if
these products remain in the
syrup, and the addition of glu.
cose is an adulteration under
both the state and the national
law.
Il take it that the prime pur.
pose of both the state and the
national law is to prevent the
use in any food product of con.
stituents which are harmful o.
the substitution Of cheaper OF
inferior, or of any product to bt
svld under the name of another
product, and those who prepare
their labels I'D a way to set forth
the truth with regard to. thu
character of the product, anc
practice no deception in suct
labelling, or who do mot falsif.
with regard to weights or meas.
ures will have nothing to feal
under the national or state law
A square deal for all,would seen
} to be the underlying feature O
) the national food and drug law.
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