Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-15
GUARANTY NO LONGER TO BE
PERMITTED on USED ON
PACKAGES or BOTTLES.
PURITY 70 eE APPROVED
ON SEPARATE DOCUMENT
Manufactured and Wholesalers Com :
PEELED by Law to Adopt New system
Of Declaring Purity of Articles Sold
-objeet Of New Guaranty.

e Washington, Dec. 15.-The follo%fns
legend, so familiar in the past on food
and drug packages, Guaranteed by
Manufacturer, under the Food and
Drugs Act June 80, 1905. Serial NO.
266, 424" Is disappearing from labels. "A
method for guaranteeing foods and
drugs which will be less misleading TO
the public has been provided by the OF
ficials in charge Of the enforcement OF
the food and drugs act. Under the lew
plan manufacturers may guarantee
their products on the invoice or Dill OF
sale, or by certain other methods. put
according to a food inspection decision
which became effective on NOV. l.
1916, they may not make any state
ment regarding a guaranty or serial
number on the labels of packages OF
foods or drugs which enter interstate
or foreign commerce. However, labels
containing the guaranty legend and Sc
rial number which were printed prlpf
to May 5, 1914, the date on which she
first notice to discontinue the guaranty
legend and serial number was issued,
may be used until May l, 1918, IN or
der to prevent the loss that otherwise
would occur from the destruction of
such labels.
The New Way to Guarantee.
The manufacturer, wholesaler, or
other person residing in the Unite9
States and shipping foods or drugs m
to Interstate commerce, according TO
the amended regulation, may print OF
stamp his guarantee on the invoice, bill
OF sale, or on any commercial paper
that contains a list Of the Items or
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 foliowins
wording will be satisfactory: K
II (we); the undersigned, do hereby
guarantee that the articles Of food
(and drugs) listed herein are not adul-
terated or misbrAnded within y 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 printed or
stamped IL the invoice or other docu-
ment is transmitted by the guaraneer
direct to the dealer, and the address OF
the guarantor.
Why the Change Was Made.
Originally it, was provided in the
rules and regulations that the man
ufacturer or wholesaler who desired to
guarantee that his products complied
with the food and drugs act might file
a general guaranty with the depart
ment Of agriculture to the effect tthetl
the foods or drugs he shipped into fn-
terstate commerce were not adulterat-
ed or misbranded within the meaning
Of that act Upon the receipt OF a
properly executed guaranty the depart
ment assigned 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 mad filed with
the. department covered the products
on which the number was used. After
this method had been in operation for
some time 1t was found that the guar
anty Legend on the label was mislead.l.
ing to the public. It was incorrectly
assumed by consumers GENERALLY and
some retail dealers that the guaranty
legend on the label meant that sam
pie Of the product had been examined
by the United States Department of
Agriculture. and that In effect the
United States Department Of Agricul-'
ture actually guaranteed the product.
Object Of ths Guaranty.
The food and drugs act provides that
no dealer shall be- prosecuted under the
provisions OF that act when he can es-
tablish a guaranty signed by the
wholesaler, jobber,s manufacturer or