The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-04-27
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. C.
What Soft Drink Labels Should Tell

A soft drink, the label will tell you,
cools off, peps you up, and refreshes
your tired body-but does the label
tell you what goes into the drink to
make it do all these things?
1t pays consumers to examine both
bottle cap and label carefully to see
what they are drinking.
Drinks named after fresh fruit
should tell on the label whether the
drink contains the juice Of that fruit
or only sweetened water favored with
imitation fruit flavor. In the latter
case, they should be labeled Imita-
tion.' Sometimes benzoate of soda or
sulphur dioxide are added to fruit juice
as preservatives. The label should
state their presence in the drink.
Often, fruit acids and color are add
ed. Informative labels would identify
those with statements such as added
citric acid,' artificial COLOR or 'certi-
fled color added Federal regulations
provide that harmless certified coal-tar
dyes legally may be used in beverages
and other foods, provided their use
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or inferiority and provided their pres
ence is declared on the label.
Finally, presence Of caffeine in
drinks should be disclosed to the con-
sumer. Some people prefer the pres
ence of caffeine in their drinks, but
parents who don't allow their children
to drink coffee or tea because of this
stimulant have a right to know when
the stimulant is present in the soft
drinks those children buy.
Federal Food and Drug regulations
require that most of this label inform
alton be given on containers of soft
drinks and soft drink bases that cross
State lines. However, the greater per-
centage of bottled drinks are mixed
and bottled in the State where they
are sold.
1t is up to consumers to check their
State laws if they want to know what
information they can expect to see on
labels of soft drinks.
Lamb For Small Budgets
If you like lamb but your pocketbook
won't stretch around leg of lamb,
try the cheaper cuts. For tight budgets
there are bargains in the meat from
lamb shoulder breast, flank, chuck, and
neck.
These sometimes sell at prices as
low as one-third, often at less than
half, of the cost of more expensive
lamb cuts.
Lamb stew is favorite family dish
that can be made from any of these
cuts. For an economical and delicious
lamb roast, breast of lamb rates high,
and is far below the cost of leg of
lamb roasts.
Meat from the flank makes tasty
ground meat patties, while from the
chuck come boned roasts and Saratoga
chops. Roast stuffed shoulder of lamb
is favorite on many family menus.
Prepared by imaginative and skill
full domestic chefs, all of these make
delectable and appealing dishes.
For those who want to know more
about cooking lamb-both the expen-
sive and cheaper cuts-'Lamb AS You
Like It, Department Of Agriculture
Leafet No. %, will answer your ques-
tions. You can buy it for cents from
the Superintendent of Documents,
Washington, D. c.
Sixth Graders Study Buying Problems
It's the grown-ups who control the
purse strings and do the family buy
ing, but consumers in knee pants have
stake-present and future-in wise
purchasing too.
Children in the sixth and seventh
grades of schools in Leesburg County,
Virginia, are learning how to be alert
consumers through their classroom
work
Children in one school made their
own glue, ink, and tooth powder and
then compared the ones they made
with commercial products both in price
and quality. They kept track of every
penny they spent for materials, and in
addition to becoming consumer con-
scious, they learned hygiene, and rudi-
ments of science and arithmetic.
Another group studied boys cloth
ing and various types of fabrics. They
learned to identify rayon, silk, linen,
cotton, and wool by simple tests, and
they went on to say why they wanted
informative labels on fabrics.
Training like this is learning by do
ing Children who learn the import
ance Of being wise consumers when
still in knee pants have head start
on their elders who don't realize the
need for careful purchasing until they
run smack into an unbalanced domeS-
tic budget.
SWIMMERS PARADISE, CHIPPEWA
DEMOCRACY is IN THE HEART
(From the New York Times)
A few days ago the Eastern con-
ference of the German-American
League for Culture, meeting in New
AK, openly proclaimed its devotion
to the American democratic system
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