Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-15
MUST Be FAIR
WITH CONSUMER
Substitutes for Sugar Must Be
Declared en- Labels Of
Food Packages.
ALLOW ONLY HARMLESS CNE:S
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Washngt0a. -Suhstiyutes for sg@ar
or for other normal ingredients ot
foods should be declared on TIE itJetis
CT the packages of food IN Wl4iih tafy
are used, ii the packages are shipped
within the jurisdiction Of the federal
food and drugs act. say the officials
Of the bureau of chemistry, United
States department Of agriculture, Who
are charged with the enforcement Of
that act. Only substitutes which are
harmless are permitted ia foods un-
der the terms Of the law, and those
that are permitted should be stated
clearly on the labels.
The object Of the regulation re-
Qulring that substitutes be declared
on the labels Is not 10 limit in any
way the use of wholesome substitutes.
the officials state, but 10 let the can-
sumers know what they are getting.
purchaser of any food product, Of
which sugar is a normal Ingredient.
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that product unless advised 10 the con-
trary. AS the substitutes are usually
cheaper than the substance for which
they are used, it IS only fair, hoth
from the standpoint of the purchaser
and from that Of fair trading, that a
clear distinction be made on the Ia
bels between foods that contain all
the normal ingredients and foods in
which one or more of the normal ingre-
dents is replaced ny cheaper sub
stance.
Substitutes That May Be Used.
There are number Of substitutes
for sugar which can very properly be
used in manufactured foods, such rs
Jams, jellles. marmalades, pops, soda
water, confections, and the like. Among
substitutes that may he used, If prop
erly declared on the labels, are maple
sugar sirup- glucose, corn sugar corn
strip. honey, and high-gnade refners'
sirup.
Saccharin, coal-lAr product which
has been widely advertised by its
manufacturers as Il sugar substitute,
Is not q proper or Legal substitute,
since it is held to be injurious 70
health. and as It has no food value
whatever. ii lowers tle quality ef the
food in which ii replaces sugar, which
has a high food value. The use Of
saccharin. whether or not declared
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The jurisdiction Of The federal food
and drugs act, is prohibited. The laws
or regulations of most of the states
also prohibit the use of saCchnrin in
foods. A number of food manufac-
turers have been convicted for ship
ping into interstate commerce foods
adulteruted with saccharin. A Grim
iIrli prosecution Is now pending against
one of the manufacturers of saccharln
for shipping it labeled as harmless
within the jurisdiction OF the federal
food and drugs act.
Liable to Seizure.
Foods in which harmless suhsti-
tutes have been used and no mention
Of the substitutes made on the labels,
If shipped within the jurisdiction OF
the federal food and drugs act, are
subject TO seizure ANA the party re-
Sp0nsible for the violation Of law is
liable to prosecution Manufacturers
of foods in which substitutes are used
should see that the substitutes are
stated on the labels in order To- avoid