Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-22
LEGEND Of LABEL
HAS PASSED OUT
Of PURE FOODS

following legend, so familiar in the
past on food and drug packages,
Guaranteed by Manufacturers, under
the Food and rugs Act, June 30, 1906.
Serial Number 265, 424" is disappearing
from labels. A method for guarantee
ing foods and drugs which will be
less misleading to the public has been
provided by the officials in charge of
the enforcement of the Food and
Drugs Act. Under the new plan
manufacturers may guarantee their
products on the invoice or bill of sale,
or by certain other methods, but ac-
cording to food inspection decision
which became effective on November
l, 1916, they may not make any state
ment regarding guaranty or serial
number on the labels of packages of
foods or drugs which enter interstate
or foreign commerce. However, la
bells containing the guaranty legend
and serial number which were printed
prior to May 5, 1914. the date on
which the first notice to discontinue
the guaranty legend and serial number
was issued, may be used until May /,
1918, in order to prevent the loss that
otherwise would occur from the de-
struction of such labels
The New Way to Guarantee.
The manufacturer, wholesaler, or
other person residing in the United
States and shipping foods or drugs in
to interstate commerce, according to
the amended regulation, may print or
stamp his guarantee on the invoice,
bill Of sale, or on any commercial pa
per that contains list of the items OF
foods or drugs which he intends to
guarantee. The Department of Agri-
culture does not prescribe the exact
form that the guaranty shall take, but
is of the opinion that the following
wording will be satisfactory:
Il (We), the undersigned, do
hereby guarantee that the articles
of food land Drugs listed herein
are not adulterated or misbrand-
ed within the meaning of the
Federal Food and Drugs Act,
June 80. 1906, as amended"
This statement should be followed
by the signature, which may be print
ed or stamped if the invoice or other
document is transmitted by the guar
antor direct to the dealer, and the ad-
dress of the guarantor.
Why the Change Was Made.
Originally it was provided in the
rules and regulations that the manu-
facturer or wholesaler who desires to
guarantee that his products complied
with the Food and Drugs Act might
file a general guaranty within the
Department to the effect that the foods
or drugs he shipped into interstate
commerce were not adulterated or
misbranded within the meaning of
that act Upon the recipe of a proper
ly executed guaranty the Department
assigned a serial number to the
manufacturer or wholesaler who filed
the guaranty. The manufacturer or
wholesaler was authorized to use this
number on his labels to indicate that
the guaranty which he had filed with
the Department covered the products
on which the number was used. After
this method had been in operation for
some time it was found that the guar
anty legend on the label was mislead-
ing to the public. 1t was incorrectly
assumed by consumers generally and
some retail dealers that the guaranty
legend on the label meant that a
sample of the product had been eX-
amined by the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture and that in effect the u.
S. Department of Agriculture actually
guaranteed the product.
Object of Guaranty.
The Food and Drugs Act provides
that no dealer shall be prosecuted I'M
der the provisions of that Act when
he can establish a guaranty signed
by the wholesaler, jobber, manufac-
turer, or other party residing in the
United States, from whom he purch-
ased articles of food and drugs. The
guaranty should be to the effect that
the foods and drugs to which it applies
are not adulterated or misbranded
within the meaning of the Act. The
object of this provision is to make
the manufacturer or wholesaler or
person who knows the composition Of
the food and drug products respons-
ible for their compliance with the
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