The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-19
LICENSING BUYERS OF
POULTRY AND EGGS
All Dealers of Poultry and Eggs Must
Have License.-Rules Given Out
Governing Purchase of Eggs.

The following rules governing the
purchase of poultry and eggs has been
sent out by Hamp Williams, Federal
Food Administrator for Arkansas.
/ To County Food Administrators and
Poultry and Egg Shippers:
The United States Food Admins
tration considers poultry and eggs
such important foods that effective
June l, 1918, it will require all per-
sons, storekeepers, hucksters, dealers,
etc, not now under license, who buy
and sell eggs and poultry, to take out
license under the United States Food
Administration law. THIS DOES
NOT REFER TO FARMERS OR
CONSUMERS, NOR TO RETAIL
Frs UNLESS THEY SELL TO 9TH
Frs THAN CONSUMERS.
Application should be made to the
License Division, Law Department,
United States Food Administration,
Washington, D. c., asking for IL
cense to buy and sell poultry and
eggs.
Pending receipt of license all those
mentioned above shall be subject to
the rules and regulations the same as
II license had been received.
Regulations Governing the Purchase
of Eggs.
All licenses shall, between the dates
of June |. 1918, and January Is, 1919:
ta) Purchase eggs only on a can
died basis and make no payment eth
.r in cash or merchandise, for those
that are unfit for food.
tbl A statement shall be given
each customer from whom eggs are
purchased showing the number of
good, damaged and bad eggs in each
lot
A pad form should be carried by
hueksters' and dealers wagons or
trucks and record given each pur-
chase-this applies also to original
packers in large distributing centers.
1t IS suggested that a wire hook
file be carried on wagons or trucks
used in gathering eggs and dupli-
cate carbon copy, of each purchase
record be kept on this file until the
round trip is made. The duplicate re-
eeipts can then be taken off and kept
by buyer until the end of the Gambling
season. In case of original packers in
large distributing centers this state
ment, or similar record, must be kept
their office
(c) A copy of each statement shall
be kept for the duration of each candl-
ing season and then 5e subject to ex-
animation by the United States Gov
eminent, State, County and Municipal
Food Inspectors.
td) All lots of eggs greater than
80 dozen shall be packed in good
strong, standard egg cases and filters,
and in accordance with railroad speeif-
ioations, crefully protected to prevent
breakage. Cracked eggs shall be
packed in separate cases from those
with sound shells.
(e) Each case of eggs shall con-
tain a signed Gambling certificate
printed in accordance with the food
regulations.
IL Eggs shall be kept, during hot
weather, in as cool place as possible,
away from flies, and marketed fire.
quently.
After this year the Gambling season
shall extend from May 10th to jan
uary 18th.
No hcensee shall purchase eggs on
another licensees Gambling certificate
unless sales are made from and be-
tween Original Packrs and Shippers
ard Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers
or the purpose Of
i Concentrating carlot loads for
immediate shipment.
Immediate placing in cold stor-
age for future use.
+ 3-Immediate sale to retailers, no.
tells or institutions.
i No substitution of Gambling certifi-
Gates is permissible unless each case
of eggs is actually recandled.