The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-17
STATE FOOD BUREAU
NOW HAS NEW Rules
Creameries and Dairies Here
after Are TO Have More
Rigorous Supervision.
BUTTER LABELS MUST
SHOW ACTUAL WEIGHT
Rules Adopted Are From the
Federal Pure Food
Regulations.

Rules Formulated by the state food bu-
rcau at a meeting last week for The
government of crcamcrios and dairics,
and regulating the net weight of but
ter. Will form n basis for prosecutions
Of violators of the pure food laws Of
the state by the state food and dairy
commissioner. The rules were iormu-
lated only after lengthy and thorough
discussion and consideration. and il is
believed that they will aid materially
in giving the state purer food articles.
The labelling Of butter to show the
actual weight Of the food product IT.
self. 10 which the council already has
devoted wide attention, was gone into
thoroughly by the state food bureau,
and II was decided hat it shall he n
rule of the bureau that butter offered
for sale in Utah must have stamped or
branded upon The wrapper thc name
Of the maker and tho actual number Of
ounces contained, aud any person, firm
or corporation offering for sale or sell
ing butter weighing less than one-half
ounce of the net weight represented on
the wrapper will be liable TO prosecu
ton.
Bilking Of Consumers.
That consumers have been receiving
Il large quantity of water and other
moisture in the butter and wrappers
was emphasized by four tests made by
State Chemist Herman Harms and sub
mIttcd TO the bureau. -Four pounds Of
butter, put up in ouc-pOund packages
each. were exposed 10 moisture for a
period VARYING from seventeen TO TWEEN
t,-u l,rf 4.
age of III grains in one of the pack
ages exposed for seventeen days and a
shrinkage of 10 grains in two other
packages similarly exposed. The fourth
package. which was exposed for twenty
six DAYS. showed q shriukagc Of 1i0
grains. The paper wrapper of one Of
tho packages exposed for the shorter
period weighed thirty-onc grains when
dry and 125 grains after being immersed
in water. The paper was capable OF
holding ninetv-four grains of wafer.
The rule requiring butter sold or of
fcrcd for sale here To have stamped
upon il the name of the manufacturer
aud the actual number Of ounces the
package weighs is intended TO overcome
this shrinkagc In the food product IT.
self and 10 protect the consumer from
paying handsome price for the mois-
tuTc frequently contained in the wrap
per. The board also decided TO auth
orizc the printing in bold-face type
Of cards bearing quotations from the
state pure food laws. for distribution
among food dealers of the state, with
the warning that all violators, if apprc-
hcudcd, viii he prosecuted TO the limit.
Rules Adopted
The following rules governing the acts
of tho state food aud dairy commission
er. adapted from thc federal pure food
regulations. were adopted:
1t shall be the duty of the state dairy
and food commissioner 20 visit or cause
to be visited, as frequently as he deems
necessary. all creamerics. cheese factor
/ les. condensed milk factories. dairics
whore milk and cream are bottled or
prepared for sale. and farm daries in
tho state of Utah. and inspect and score
! the same. according TO tho score cards
authorized by the bureau of animal in
dustry of thc United States department
Of agriculture. 4 copy of thc score
card shall be left with the owner aud
snch information given as VIII assist
the producer IN improving tho sanitary
conditions or remedy such defects as
Inc score card indicates. a COPY OK
the score card shall be kept ON Ele at
the commissioner 5 Office.
All creameries, cheese factories, con
utHSS'l Illlh IdDloIltS ana DdlGlcS NDCrt
milk and cream are bottled or prepared
for sale. and farm dairics falling below
- in the rating as indicated by the
score card, viii be declared In an un-
sanitary condition, and the state dairy
and food commissioner will immediately
proceed against them according TO law.
After July |, this year. flour sold or
offered for sale in Utah must bear the
net weight of the food product itself
upon tho sack or package containing
the food article.
Rules pertaining 10 The drawing Of
fowls placed in cold storage and the
branding of food products i'm cold stor
age As such were presented by Thomas
A, Williams. member of the bureau
but no action was taken. The city has
passed al ordinance requiring products
in cold storage thirty days TO bear the
date when they were placed in cold
storage, and il is likely that tho state
food bureau viii adopt similar rcgu-
lation. These matters viii be coHsld.
cred by the hoard at its next meeting
which Will be held Wednesday. juno l6.
next.