The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-12-12
MUST Be FAIR
WITH CONSUMER
Substitutes for Sugar Must Be
Declared on Labels Of
Food Packages.
ALLOW ONLY HARMLESS ONES
Regulations OF Food and DRUG Act Are
Very etrIct-RequIre That Con-
sumsr ee Informed % 60 What
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prepared BY the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Washington. ..-Substitutes for sugar
or for other normal ingredients Of
foods should be declared ON the labels
Of the packages OF food In which they
are used. IL 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 In 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-
quiring that substitutes be declared
on the labels Is not to limit In any
way the use of wholesome substitutes,
the officials state, but to let the con-
sumers know what they are getting. A
purchaser of any food product. Of
which sugar Is a normal ingredient.
will naturally expect to get sugar in
that product unless advised to the con-
trary. As the substitutes are usually
cheaper than the substance for which
they are used. 1t Is only fair. both
from the standpoint Of the purchaser
and from that of fair trading. that
clear distinction be made on the La
bels between foods that contain all
the. normal ingredients and foods In
which one or more Of the normal ingre
dents Is replaced by cheaper sub
stance.
Substitutes That May BE Ussd.
There are q number Of substitutes
for sugar which can very properly be
used In manufactured foods. such ~
jams, jellies, marmalades, pops. soda
water, confections, and the like. Among
substitutes that may be used, II prop
erly declared on the labels, are maple
sugar slrup, glucose. corn sugar. corn
sirup. honey, and high-grade renners'
sirup.
Saccharin. a coal-tar product which
has been widely advertised by its
manufacturers as sugar substitute.
Is not a proper or legal substitute.
since It Is held to be Injurious to
health. and as 1t has no food value
whatever. It lowers the quality Of the
food In which 1t replaces sugar. which
has q high food value. The use Of
saccharin, whether or not declared
on the labels. In foods coming within
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 saccharin In
foods. A number Of food manufac-
turers have been convicted for ship
ping into interstate commerce foods
adultented with saccharin. A GRIM
inal prosecution Is now pending against
one OF the manufacturers Of saccharin
for shipping it labeled as harmless
within the Jurisdiction Of the federal
food and drugs act.
Liable 10 Seizure. T
Foods In which harmless substi-
tutes have been used and no mention
Of the substitutes made on the labels.
IL shipped within the Jurisdiction Of
the federal food and drugs act. are
subject to seizure and the party re-
sponsible 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
violations OF the federal or state laws.
Regulation Is. issued under the fed
sral food and drugs act provides In
part as follows:
"When substitute Of q recognized
quality commonly used In the prepara-
tion Of food or drug product Is 70
placed BY another substance not In
furious to health. the name Of the SUBJ
stituted substance shall appear upon
the Label"