Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-08-13
NET WEIGHT OF
APPLES DEMANDED.


boxes Is insufficient to insure know
hedge of the contents
/ Under the Federal Food and Drugs
Acts as amended March 8, 1913, and
with regulations of Food Inspector
Decision 154, the contents of fruit
box must be given in quantity on
outside Of box In section 8, Para
graph 8, under Food" as amended
by Act of March 3, 1913, clause A
reads Except as otherwise provided
/ by the regulation, the quantity CT con
tents in all cases Of food, Ii terms
OF weight, measure of numerical
count, on the outside OF the cover
ing of container usually delivered to
consumer" And in (B) "The quantity
| of the contents so marked shall be
the amount of food in the package.
And in 60 1.-The quantity OF contents
shall be so stated in terms OF wei
ght or measure unless the package
be marked with numerical count
giving accurate information aus to the
quantity of the food in the package.
Clause CID states that the quantity
must be given in minimum of WITS,
measure or count, for example, min
imum weight 160 or 1.-THE state
ment must approximate the actual
quantity and there shall be no teller
ance below the stated minimum.
When the provision was rendered
it was believed by the Grower and
expert shippers and by the dealers
themselves the counting numerical
ly would he sufficient to achieve the
protection at which this Bill was aim
ed, and at the same time not place
serious obstacle in the way OF
grower and shipper.
Out of clear sky comes the AN
nouncement from one of the Acting
Secretaries of the Department. of
Agriculture, as evidence OF the in
Iterpretation OF that department, OF
the provision in respect to fruit;
| that; "a statement of the number of
apples or pears contained in box
is not satisfactory compliance OF
the Federal Food and Drugs Act as
amended by the Act of March 3,l9lo,
or with the regulation 20 as amend
ed by Food Inspector Decisions 154,
inasmuch as it does not give accurate
information as to the quantity OF
food in a package. That there is moth
ing in such a statement to indicate
whether the apples are small or
large, and nothing that indicates the
capacity of the box.
Mr.. A. P. Bateham, Vice President
of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange,
and a practical fruit man in every
respect, has already started the ball
rolling to find the exact status of the
situation, and If possible remedy
for the hardship, which he says Will
undoubtedly be worked by a mea sure
so radical. 1.-THE fruit growing inter
ests of the country are wholly UNI
prepared to comply with such con-
ditions," said Mr.. Batehatn. The
requirement, announced as it now is, |
just as the crop is ready to move,
will cause a tremendous hardship on |
fruit growers and inevitably result
in wide confusion"
Mr.. Bateham proposes to reach
the Secretary of the Department CD
Agriculture and endeavor to induce
him to act in accordance with the
reasonable expectations of the fruit
interests. A great MANY fruit men
passed opinion on this measure and
assumed that it's intentions were per-
fectly plain considering it settled that
the numerical count would be suffici-1
emit. The same view was entertained
by all the interests working for the
standard apple box bill, also, or Ut
they would have taken 1T
into consideration.
Mr.. Bateham is Of the opinion that
4 relief would be experienced IL tn
position were modified to the extent ,
81 allowing tho numerical count In
apple boxes not smaller than the
Ralser or 1917 111sx1S In ,
,hes inside measurements. But as it
seems to stand at this time, some
hing must start or something else ,
Will stop. 1.-THE attitude, as taken
~ the Government ON this subject, :.
8 wholly unwarranted, said Mr.. Bate 4!
lam. ON all my experience as grow0.
n and shipper I have never heard sIs.
'uyer complain Of being deceived adj g
o quantity" 10.
supp1ementing the above the ExT.
hange has received advice from al '
Rogue River affihatlon that II abso-tv
utely necessary they would mark 70
'oxes "42 lbs" However, Conrad RIOS /
# wenatchee contends that 40 lbs.
s more In line and that Buyers y
md dealers understand that this q
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