The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-23
PURE FOOD AIM
OF NEW MEASURE
State Commissioner Proposes
That Bureau Consisting OF
Seven be Appointed.
ALL INTERESTS INCLUDED
MILK, BUTTER AND CHEESE
PARTICULARLY MENTIONED.

John Peterson. state food and dairy
commissioner, completed the draft Of a
bin which is perhaps one of the most
important TO be introduced during the
present session Of the legislature. The
biz provides for the creation Of state
dairy and food bureau, to consist of
seven citizens of the eommenwea
The governor is to be the head and front
OF the bureau, and he is TO appoint the
other members. The personnel. as pro-
Vided for IN the bill, takes in wide
range, including as IL does representa-
tives OF packers and manufacturers and
the livestock and mercantile branches.
Penalties are provided for the use of
inaccurate tests for butter and other
food products and the classifying there
Of Owing 10 its far-reaching pro-
visions, the bill is herewith printed In
is complete form. II has not yet been
decided who will introduce the bill. The
text is:
Section L There is hereby created a
state dairy and food bureau. which shall
consist OF seven resident citizens Of this
state. One Of them shall be the governor
Of the state: one of them shall be the state
dairy and food commissioner; one Of them
shall be the state chemist, and four Of
them shall be appointed BIZ the governor
OF the state as follows. On or before the
first day of July, 1893. the governor shall
appoint members to this bureau who shall
have practical experience in the following
industries, and such persons shall be rec
commended by the state associations of
these Industries, provided associations ex-
list, II no such association is in existence,
then the governor shall follow his Own
discretion In the appointment. One mem
her Of this bureau shall be a practical
manufacturer or packer OF food or food
products, one member shall be appointed
slaughter interests: one member shall be
"A practical farmer; one member shall be
merchant engaged in the sale of food
products. Members OF this bureau shall
hold office for the period Of four years
from and after the FIRST day OF July. 1863.
and until their successors are appointed
and qualified; provided, that the first
members appointed under this act shall,
at their first meeting. so classify them
selves BY lot as that one shall go out OF
office at the expiration Of one year; one
At the expiration OF two years. and the
others at the expiration of three and four
filled by appointment by the governor for
years respectively. Any vacancy shall be
the uneXpired terE- The members Of said
bureau shall serve without compensation,
and within twenty days after their ap-
pointment stall take the cath of office as
required by the constitutions and they
shall fhe-eupon meet and organize by
slect;nE chairman secretary and treas
urer. Any one Of them may be removed
by the governor for neglect or violation of
duty They shall make a report in detail
10 the legislature not later than the first
day Of December next preceding the meet
ing thereof.
To Prescribe Regulations.
Section p IL shall be the dug Of the
state dairy and food bureau 10 formulate
and prescribe such reasonable rules and
regulations for the operation Of cream
cries, butter and cheese factories, public
diaries. slaughter houses. confectiOneries,
bakeries. hotels. fruit and vegetable can
neries. flour mills, wholesale houses, re-
tail houses. stores. farm dairies. or any
other factory, establishment store, farm
house, where dairy OF food products of
whatsoever nature are bought sold. man
ufactured or prepared. or stored or ex-
posed for sale for public use. as shall be
deemed necessary by such bureau to fully
larry out the provisions of this act, and
all laws now in force or that may be en-
acted relative to dairy and food products.
and for the promotion and maintenance OF
the public health and safety, and also for
advancing the value to the outside world
of Utah dairy and food products. The
state dairy and food bureau shall pre-
scribe the duties Of TIE dairy and food
commissioner. provide him with deputies.
agents and such assistants as may be
deemed necessary from time TO time. It
being the object OF this law 10 protect the
consumer Of food products against fraud
uient OF aduIterated focd. and for the pro-
melton and maintenance of the public
health and safety. and IL shall be the duty
Of this bureau to promote improvements
in dairy ard food products and educate
the producer in the care of all dairy and
food products and their economical pro-