Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-06
THE PURE FOOD BILL.
Text of Important Measure Introduced
In the House.

House bill lib is the title of the pure
food bill introduced into the house yes
terday by Representative Kuchler OF
Weber. The bill was drawn up under
the direction of State Food and Dairy
Commissioner Peterson, and is intended
10 replace the present weak-kneed
statute with law that can be enforced
relating to the subject of food inspec-
ton and food purity.
The bill provides for a state dairy
and food commissioner at a salary of
Sl,SoO year. and a, deputy at a salary
70 $1,000. The commissioner is em-
powered to appoint special inspectors
as the proper performance of the du-
ties of the office require, TO be paid not
more than $1,000 in one fiscal year. The
actual and necessary expenses of these
officials, in the performance of their
official duties, are TO be paid. The bill
provides also for a state analyst or
chemist a salary OF 81, 500 a year
The commissioner or his deputies are
authorized to examine any restaurant,
MOTEL bakery, confectionery or ice
cream plant where insanitary condl-
lions are deemed to exist and notify
the owner or owners TO place the same
In sanitary condition, and failure TO
obey such notice or summons shall SUBJ
Ject the owner or owners to fine or i'm
prisonment, with increasing penalty for
granted In the case of creameries,
cheese factories, etc.
Dealers In concentrated commercial
feeding stuffs used for feeding cattle.
are required to furnish certificates
showing the chemical analysis of the
product,
Section AZ of the bill contains tina
following: 1T shall be unlawful ia
manufacture for sale, sell, expose or
oiter for sale any food or food products
OF any mixture or compQind of food
or drink containing any of the follows
ing Ingredients: Borax. boric acid, SAIL
cyilc acid, formaldehyde, formalin, COG
celus lhdlous, copperas, opium, extract
OF ioswood, strychnine arsenic. tobac-
CO. copper or lead, salts OF zinc, methy,
aicohol terra alba, zsrytas, tale, sac
cnarlne, capsicum, picric acid or any
o.nef substance injurious to health, II
snail also be unlawful to add or amply
20 any article designed for sale or used,
lor 1000 any preservative or coloring
t wn!ch conceals or tends to conceal the
sasle' ouof or other evidences of putre-
tactlon, faint or filth existing in such
article, or which conceals or tends to
conceal inferiority In any FORM"
oectlon 40 is as follows: 1.-THE manu-
Iacture or sale of any baking powder
that contains any ingredients Injurious
20 health is prohibited. 1t shall he nm
ofier Tor sale any baking powder unless
there shau appear upon the label of
eaeh package, plainly separated from
otner reading matter and printed upon
a lisht colored label with black ink in
type not smaller than eight point bold
t az. ootnlc capitals, the words. This
paklng powder is composed of the fol-
lowing ingredients and none other
ana immediately followed by the COM
mon English name of each Ingredient
also the name and address Of the man.
utaeturer of such baking powder"
me coloring of fruit, jellies, jams.
elc, made or glucose, dextrin, etc, in
imitation of the natural fruit products
is prohibited, and the same must hear
a label stating the exact character of
the product.
Maple syrup and maple sugar must
be true TO name" is an express provi-
sion of the bill.
fine OF s75 to 800 attaches to viola
lions of these provisions.
Section 46 strikes out adultereted
whisky IN these words: IF any person
shall adulterate any malt, spirituous or
Ninous liquors used or intended for
drink, by mixing the same In the
manufacture or preparation thereof or
by process of rectifying, or otherwise.
win any deleterious drug, substance
or liquid which is poisonous or injuri-
Gus to health, except as herein provid-
ed, or IL any person shall sell, or offe,
10 sell, any wine or spirltuous or intox-
ioatinS liquors, or shall import into
this state any wine or spirituous or in
toxicating liquors, and sell. or offer for
sale. such adulterated liquors he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fine not TO exceed $500.
"The provisions OF this act shall not
be construed as to prevent druggists,
physicians and persons engaged In the
mechanical arts from compromising
liquors for medicinal and mechanical
purposes