New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
NOW FOR PURE FOOD
NEW Law IN OPERATION
Blended Hhiskeys Lose Their Name
-AdulterateG CAM Must Go.

Inc new federal Pure Food and Drug law went
~" ere yesterday and tradesmen throughout
re cry iouhd themselves in predicsments which
they had never dreamed of before the law baca,r.
hcuNe- ne law makes K mandatory 10 label nron
erly AL goods sold not so labelled ar ,,resap- ri
drug grocery liquor and candy trades are hard
hit and much time and expense Will he naadsd he :
"e an me many provisions can be complied with
In me hquor trade the dealers are psrticu,arIy
uncertain just what to do and what not IN do
The question of whiskeys is one which TROUBLE,
me hqnor dealers most. Blended whiskeys which
have been merely labelled 'whislsey' win lose tbat
nue. Il mas been decided by the wholesalers that
paster shall be placed over the word .vbisxe,-,.
thus showing only the name of the brapd h;,.
IN nearly every case. II is thought will ba e,orch
N IDENTITY the goods. At first it was feared tina.
me words imitation whskey' would have to be-
placed ON all bottles OF blended whiskev. The
dealers however. objected so strenuolsv that -ba
former method has been adopted
The question of cocktails is one which is attn
neing debated They are distinctly blended uouors
Dur v hat they could be called. under the law OK
cept cocktails. has tied up the deepest thinkers
me Department OF Agriculture. For some time to
come cocktails viii be sold as such without arv
change.
purchasers OF Maraschlno cherries will hereafter
ne informed that the beautiful red which they
exhi5't was artificially obtained. The following
notice has been placed on all bottles Of cherries Of
whatever brand:
These cherries are OF the choicest quality OBJ
tainable. are preserved in Maraschino OF the most
deTivative whose harmessness is Sttesta6 So a. Hr
the goE ernments Of France Italy. Austria and
IN the drug trade. where druggist bottles his
own compounds, such as cough medicine and cures
labels which will inform the buyer Just how much
alcohol, opium other drug. mentioned in the pro-
med cines must also be properly labeled with an
anaIEsis OF their component parts. The stock OF
over and labels pasted on each and every bottie.
one question. in particular. of interest to drug
slsss- Is "!at tley can paste on bottles OF patent
medicine where no formula is known. There
several instances IT Is said where druggists have
q large STOCK OF patent medicines. the manufactur
ers OF winch have gone out Of business. or the
bottle 10 be made. il obviously impossible
10 an2lyZe each bottle, and there might be great
has suggested a label. which viii probably be
adopted IN such cases. announcing that the con-
and
Cirocers are also in a quandary. Many products
which they not will be done away with or wifi
he so labelled that great majority OF people will
not buy them One OF them is imitation honev
comb. which is sold in large quantities II is made
LIQUID honey and possibly a dead bee in one OF the
When it is Labelled in large letters limitation
honey. the manufacturer viii find his sales greatly
depreciate.
The adoption of the law will have one good
effect at least. in probably doing away altogether
with adulteTated candies Provisions of the law
say that the Introduction Of chrome yellow barytes
tale. alba various other mineral substances
Of poisonous nature shall be regarded as adul-
terants- il is safe TO say that the public viii not
buy candy which is labelled containing poison
Gus adulterants and the manufacture OF adul-
Another feature. winch lovers OF good coffee VIII
5I'preciste is that no coffee in which chicory IS
fledeo can be sold as pure corfee labels noifylng
the public Of the presence Of chicory being
II viii probably h month two before all
branches Of trade affected will be able 70 have all
Tine the public In most Instances win be Informed
on buying goods Just what they contain