The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-06
PURE FOOD BILL
IN THE SENATE
New Bureau to Be Created to
Regulate Enforcement
of Laws.

Senator ". ". Williams yesterday in
troduced in the senate a bill providing
for the creation Of a state dairy and food
bureau. Under the terms of the bill the
bureau shall have Jurisdiction over ali
food manufactures in the state and pro-
vide rules for their regulation and opera
ton The bill is in line with the recon-
mendations Of John Peterson, state dairy
and food inspector. 1t was referred TO
the committee on public health
The text Of the bill follows:
Dairy and Food Bill.
S. B. No. So by Mr.. Williams.
An act creating a state dairy and food
bureau. defining it's duties and powers
and making an appropriation for the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions of this
act.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
state of Utah.
Section /. There is hereby created a
state dairy and food bureau, which shall
consist OF nine resident citizens of the
state. The governor. the state chemist,
the secretary of the state board of
health and the state dairy and food COM
missioner shall be members of the said
board, and five members shall DC aP-
pointed BY the governor of the state on
OF before the 1st day of April. 1903.
follows: One member of this bureau shall
be a practical manufacturer or packer of
food or food products, one member shall
be appointed from the ranks Of the live
stock and slaughter interests. one men,
Der shall be a merchant engaged in the
sale OF food products and one member
shall be a nOn-pTOdUCeT of food products.
Members OF this bureau shall hold Of
flee for the period of four years and until
their Successors are appointed and quail
fled: provided. that the first members sp-
pointed under this act shall be appointed
for terms so that their terms shall ex-
pire IN one, two, three and four years,
spectively. Any vacancy shall be filled
by appointment by the governor for the
unexpired term The members of said bu-
reau shall serve without compensation.
but shall receive their actual and neces-
sary travelling expenses, and within TWEEN
ty DAYS after their appointment shall take
the oath Of office as required by the con-
stitution, and they shall thereafter meet
and organize by selecting q chairman,
secretary and treasurer. Any one of them
may be removed by the governor for neg
lect or violation OF duty. They shall make
report in detail to the legislature not later
than the LIST DAY of December next pre-
ceding the meeting thereof
Duties of Board.
Sec. , II shall be the duty Of the state
dairy and food bureau to formulate and
prescribe such rules and regulations for
the operation Of creameries, butter and
cheese factories. diaries. slaughter
houses. confectioneries. bakeries. hotels.
farm dsiries, or any other factory. eStab.
lishment. store or house where dairy or
food products OF whatsoever nature are
bought. sold, manufactured or prepared.
or stored, or exposed for sale for public
use. as shall be deemed necessary By such
bureau to fully carry out the provisions
of this act. and all laws now in force OF
that may be enacted relative to dairy and
food products. and for the promotion and
maintenance Of the public health and
safety. and for prevention of false weights
and measures and also for advancing the
value of Utah food and dairy products.
Such rules and reguls tons shall conform
as near as may be to the rules and regu-
lations that have been or shall be pro-
mulgsted by the agricultural department
of the United States under and by the
authority Of law known as the pure
food and drug act OF June 80, 1906.
well as an act Of congT ess approved June
90. 1906. governing meat inspection. The
dairy and food commissioner shall exc
cute the rules and regulations of the BIT
reau and the bureau shall provide him
with deputies. agents and such assist
ants may be deemed necessary from
time to time. IL being the object OF this
law to protect the consumer Of food prod
ucts against fraudulent. unvholesome
and adultersted food. and for the pro-
motion and maintenance OF the public
health and safety, and it shall be the
duty of this bureau TO promote improve
ment in dairy and food products and ed
ucate the producer in the care of all dairy
and food products and their economic
pI oduction.
Sec. 3. Any person violating any pro-
vision of this act or any rule or reguls-
ton Of the dairy and food bureau shall
be guilty Of q misdemesnor and upon con-
vietion thereof shall be fined I'm any sum
not less than IS nor more 500
Sec. 4. For the purpose of carrying into
effect the provisions of this act there is
hereby appropriated out of the state
treasury the sum of $500 for the fiscal
year 1909 ana $3.50 for the fiscal year 1910,
or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Said payments TO be made as provided by
statute.