Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-07
COMMISSIONER EMORY REVIEWS
DAIRY AND FOOD LAWS RE-
GENTLY ENACTED.
FOOD PRODUCTS TO BE JEALOUS.
LY PROTECTED CORRECT
DAIRY PRACTICES.

| food and drug laws of the state
When published, it will disclose il
codified form the laws of the state re
lating to the subjects over which the
dairy and food department has juris
| d1ction. Wisconsin, in respect to its
laws governing the manufacture and
sale of dairy and food products has
taken foremost position in the in
terest of the consuming public. In a
foreword to his compilation, Commits.
sioner Emory gives brief outline OF
the enactments of the recent legis.
lature and their relation to previous
enactments.
MIR. Emory's Outline.
Attention is called to the following
new laws:
Chapter 399 of the laws of 1909, re-
lating to the adulteration of matted
liquors, fixes standards and provides
a penalty for violation of the law 1t
takes effect July 1, 1909.
Chapter 352 of the laws of 1909, re-
lates to the prevention of the adulter-
alton of and fraud in the sale of lin
seed oil, turpentine, white lead, ovide
of zinc and linseed oil compounds.
This statute fixes standards for the
various products named and provides
for a form of label. 1t was made to
take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and publication, ex-
cept that the provisions relating to
the labelling of turpentine, white lead,
oxide of zinc and linseed oil com
pounds do not take effect until Janu-
airy /, 1911.
Chapter 202 of the laws of 1909,
makes important amendments in the
general laws on adulteration of arti
cles of food.
Chapter 389 of the laws of 1909,
prescribes legal definitions and stand
ards for large number of food prod
ucts 1t is one of the most important
food laws ever enacted by state
legislature 1t provides a square
deal' for honest manufacturers, job
bers, retailers and consumers. 1t re-
moves the serious defects from the
Wisconsin dairy and food laws which
Hon. John c. Spooner, on the floor
of the United States senate, pointed
out as existing in the national food
law, and which, he argued with much
force, might be a menace to its va
lidity. The enactment of the law fix
ing these definitions and standards is
long step forward in food law legis-
lation. The consumer can more read
lily hold the dealer responsible for the
purity and soundness of the food prod
uct which he purchases. In return
it gives the retailer the same lever
age with the jobber and the jobber
the same opportunity with the manu-
facturer. 1t removes the uncertainty
as to what constitutes an offense
under the laws. This act takes eff
feet from and after January 1, 1910
In effect, it writes into the laws of
the state the definitions and stand
ards provided chapter 205 of the
laws of 1907, the repeal of which lat
ter law is made effective on the date
WREN chapter 399 of the laws of 1909
tales effect.
Chapter 394 of the laws of 1909 reg
ulates the sale of mixed jellies and
jams. 1t takes effect from and after
October /, 1909.
Chapter 381 of the laws of 1909, de-
fines sausage and regulates its sale
and also the sale of sausage with
cereal. or sausage with potato
-four" This law is destined to pre-
vent water" cereals potato
-four etc., from masquerading under
the name of sausage" The act takes
effect from and after October 1, 1909
Chapter 399 of the laws of 1909,
makes it misdemeanor to sell for
use or consumption in this state any
flour that has been artificially
bleached Already the shipment in
interstate commerce of chemically
bleached flour has been put under ban
by the officers charged with the adj
of the national food and
drugs act of yune 80, 1906. Chapter
500, of the laws of 1909, also makes it
a misdemeanor to sell for use or con-
in this state any article of
food which contains added benzoic
acid or benzoates, except as provided
in the act This chapter takes e. /.
feet from and after January 1, 1910.
Chapter 334, of the laws of 1909,
relates to the sanitary production and
of food and defines the
duties of the dairy and food commits
sioner in relation thereto. 1t makes
it misdemeanor to manufacture or
prepare for sale food, unless in the
process of it's manufacture for sale
or its preparation for sale, 1t is Sc
curely protected from filth, flies, dust
or other contamination or other I'M
clean, unhealthful or unsanitary con-
ditiOns. 1t makes it a misdemeanor
to store, or offer, or expose for sale,
or sell food, unless securely protected
from filth, flies, dust or other contain
ination or other unclean unwhole-