The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-09
STORAGE EGGS
NOT ALLOWED
Hen FRY Annot be Hidden
Over e 5 .ty Days in ILL
a. s and Then
oS Marketed.
SS
l. ! ENr FOOD BOOSTING
Ar Foods In storage Must be Marked
With PIacard and Not
Palmed Off az
Fresh.
! ENT FOOD BOOSTING
TBy United Press.1


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Oct. 10.-No
longer can eggs held in storage for
q period exceeding thirty days, mas
querade under the misleading title
freshly laid" For the first time in
her shopping experience, the house
wife in this state, through the en-
forcement of the new Illinois cold
storage law. will be enabled to dis
criminate between fresh food and
cold storage products of all varieties
and to pay accordingly.
The new law, designed to prevent
food manipulation and cornering Of
the market while at the same time
providing means of conserving sur
plus food stocks in time of plenty
that they may be carried over to
meet more urgent requirements Of
the future. is in effect today with the
PRONUNCIATION of rules and regulations
for its enforcement. Enforced In a
state which Is the largest and most
important cold storage center in the
world. the largest food distributing
state and the third largest food con-
suming state in the union, q success
full application OF the measure. 1t Is
believed, will set precedent Of far
reaching consequence.
The rules and regulations were
issued after series of conferences
called by John B. Newman, superin-
tendent of the division of foods and
dairies of the Illinois department Of
agriculture, for the purpose Of ac-
Qua1nting the warehousemen, stor-
ers, jobbers and retailers of storage
products with the provisions of the
measure.
Protection to the consumer is
afforded by the requirement that all
cold storage goods must be plainly
marked and designated as such when
put on sale. All foods in storage
must be plainly marked, stamped, or
tagged on the package with the date
Of entry into storage and theadate of
delivery from storage, and these
dates must be left on the container
Where goods are removed from the
container, as in the case of butter
eggs. fish or poultry on the counter
a placard must be attached to the
bulk goods declaring such as cold
storage products. Owners and opera
tors Of cold storage plants are re-
quired to take out licenses and to
file each month an accurate state
ment of holdings with the division Of
foods and dairies of the Illinois de-
partment Of agriculture. The state
has the right to inspect products as
to their wholesomeness at any and
all times.
"By preventing the retailer from
substituting cold storage goods for
fresh goods, the consumer who buys
carefully, should be able to save 20
percent over what he has been pay
ing in the past" said the, superinten
dent of foods and dairies in discuss
ing the effect Of the new law. POS
sibly, nothing has been done in this
state recently that gives such good
promises of making the dollar go
farther for the consumer when pur-
chasing necessities in the winter
season, than the enforcement Of this
law"
Revocation Of license and a maxi
mum fine of $40 is prescribed for
the first offense: and for subsequent
offenses, a maximum fine of $500 or
imprisonment for not more than six
months, or both fine and imprison-
ment