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A guarantee under the Food and Drugs Act June 30, 1906, protects against prosecution by the Federal government but does not protect against prosecution by the State. To afford protection against prosecution by the State, the guarantee must be that the goods are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Illinois Food Act, July 1, 1907.

A failure to comply with any of the eight following provisions of the law renderes the guarantee null and void as a protection against prosecution by the State.

1. The act under which the food is guaranteed must be designated

nois Food Act, July 1, 1907.)

2. The guarantee must be signed by the guarantor.

3. The guarantee must contain the address of the guarantor.

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5. The food must be sold in the original unbroken package in which it was received.

6. The guarantee must be established at the preliminary hearing and the guarantor shall be amenable to fine, etc.

7. The dealer shall not sell the goods after notice by the State Food Commissioner that they are adulterated or misbranded.

8. The dealer shall preserve and deliver to the guarantor on demand the sample left with him by the inspector.

A dealer who does not take the trouble to secure a proper guarantee can not hope to show that he has been acting in good faith with his customers.

A. H. JONES,
State Food Commissioner.

ST. PAUL CONFERENCE.

At a meeting of the commissioners of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, for the purpose of adopting a label which would be recognized as legal in all these states, the resolutions included in the minutes which follow were unanimously passed. The forms of label therein given are not necessarily required by any one state, but goods so labeled will pass in each of the six states above mentioned if so labeled.

Ryan Hotel, St. Paul, Minn, September 17, 1907, 10:00 a. m. Meeting of the food and dairy commissioners of the northwest states. Commissioners present:

E. F. Ladd, North Dakota; J. O. Emery, Wisconsin; E. K. Slater, Minnesota; A. H. Wheaton, South Dakota; A. H. Jones, Illinois; H. R. Wright, Iowa.

Assistant commissioners present:

H. F. Schuknecht, John McCabe.

Chemists present:

R. Fischer, Wisconsin; J. H. Shepard, South Dakota; Julius Hortvet, Minnesota; T. J. Bryan, Illinois.

U. S. Chemists present:

A. S. Mitchell, St. Paul; A. L. Winton, Chicago, Illinois.

Mr. E. F. Ladd was elected chairman, H. R. Wright, secretary. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That no artificial color should be permitted in vanilla extract. Resolved, That vanilla extract complying with the standards of U. S. Circular 19, and containing not less than 40 per cent of alcohol by volume, may be sold if the face label on both carton and bottle contains the following information:

First-Net weight or measure.

Second-Brand or trade-mark (optional).

Third-"Vanilla extract."

Fourth-Percentage of alcohol by volume.

Fifth-The true name and business address of the manufacturer. Resolved, That the terms extract, flavor, flavoring, spirits, essence and tincture, as applied to solutions used for flavoring food products are held to be synonymous, but the use of any term in lieu of the word "extract" is deprecated as applied to flavoring solutions made from an aromatic plant or part of the plant.

Resolved, That any other flavoring extract recognized in U. S. Circular No. 19 and complying with the standard laid down in that circular and free from artificial color, may be sold if the face label on both bottle and carton contain the following information:

-20 F C

First-Net weight or measure.

Second-Brand or trade-mark (optional).

Third-Name of extract as recognized in Circular 19.

Fourth-Percentage of alcohol by volume.

Fifth-True name and business address of manufacturer.

Resolved, That the use of alum or any other aluminum compound in prepared fruits, vegetables and condiments is injurious to health and unnecessary and should be prohibited.

Resolved, That compound jellies, jams and preserves containing glucose, cane sugar and fruit may be sold if labeled.

First-Net weight or measure.

Second-Brand or trade-mark (optional).

Third-The word "compound" followed by the name and percentages of the ingredients and then with the word "jelly," "jam" or preserve" as the case may be, thus:

COMPOUND.

30 per cent glucose.

20 per cent cane syrup.
30 per cent currants.

20 per cent apple jelly.

Fourth-True name and business address of the manufacturer.

Resolved, That in compound jellies, jams and preserves, before mentioned no starch, gelatin, gum, added acid, artificial coloring matter, artificial sweetener or preservative will not be permitted.

Wednesday, September 18, 1907. Resolved, That catsups, conforming to the standards laid down in U. S. Circular 19, including freedom from artificial coloring matter and fillers, may be lawfully sold. After December 1, 1908, the sale of catsup containing preesrvatives except those mentioned in the standards will be contested.

Resolved, That edible oils and fats, complying with the U. S. Circular 19 may be sold under the names there given. The name "salad oil" is not recognized as a descriptive or distinctive name for a simple oil and its use as such is not approved. Mixtures of edible oils intended for salad purposes may be sold as "salad oil" (a compound) provided the names and proportionate amount of the ingredients are plainly stated on the main label in the order of their predominance. Example:

First-Weight or measure.

Second-Brand or trade-mark (optional).

Third-Name, e. g.

Salad oil (a compound) composed of

Fifty per cent cottonseed oil.

Thirty per cent peanut oil.

Twenty per cent sesame oil.

Fourth-The true name and business address of the manufacturer. Resolved, That the sale of soda fountain syrups and crushed fruits, containing any preservative other than sugar will be contested after December 1, 1908.

Resolved, That the addition of color to any vinegar constitutes an adulteration whether declared on the label or not.

Resolved, That solutions of artificial substances used for flavoring and made to resemble the flavor of pineapple, strawberry, raspberry, banana, blackberry, etc., may be sold as "artificial pineapple flavor," "artificial strawberry flavor," etc., if free from artificial coloring and if the label contain no statement or design whereby the purchaser may be misled into believing them prepared from natural fruits, and if the true extract can not be made from the plant or part of the plant.

Resolved, That such terms as "extra quality," "first quality," etc., as applied to food products, be deemed a misbranding unless the quality of the goods correspond to the terms used.

Resolved, That the terms "double," "triple," etc., as applied to flavoring extracts, be held to mean respectively two or three times the minimum strength required by the standard as given in U. S. Circular No. 19.

Resolved further,

That the term "concentrated" as applied to flavoring extracts is false and misleading.

Resolved, That solutions of coumarin and vanillin will be passed in the states here represented as properly labeled as to the name of the product if they contain no artificial color and if labeled with the name or names of the flavoring principle or principles, together with the word "flavor," as "vanillin flavor" or "coumarin and vanillin flavor," etc., as the case may be. Resolved, That a copy of the minutes of this meeting be submitted to the food commissioner of each state not here representeu, with the request that he subscribe thereto in case goods so labeled would pass as properly branded in his state.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NORTHWEST IN THEIR MEETING AT MADISON, WISCONSIN, SEPT. 29-30, 1908.

At a meeting called together at the Park hotel in the city of Madison, Wis., Sept. 29 and 30, 1908, by Prof. E. F. Ladd, for the purpose of securing harmony of action as to rulings, standards and principles, and to promote the uniform enforcement of the food laws and coöperation among food officials of the states of the middle West, the following states were represented:

Commissioners Ladd, North Dakota; Barnard, Indiana; Wheaton, South Dakota; Emery, Wisconsin; Wright, Iowa; Chemists, Fischer, Wisconsin; Shepherd, South Dakota; Bryan and Nehls, Illinois; West, Minnesota; Robinson, Michigan; Mitchell and McCabe, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Resolved, That the sale of sausage and sausage meat conforming to the following standard will not be contested:

Sausage, sausage meat is a comminuted meat from neat cattle or swine, or a mixture of such meats, either fresh, salted, pickled or smoked, with added salt and spices and with or without the addition of edible animal fats, blood and sugar, or subsequent smoking. It contains no larger amount of water than the meats from which it is prepared contain when in their fresh condition and if it bears a name descriptive of kind, composition or origin, it corresponds to such descriptive name. All animal tissues used as containers, such as casings, stomach, etc., are clean and sound and impart to the contents no other substance than salt.

Resolved, That the sale of compounds composed of sausage, cereals and added water will not be contested if labeled as follows:

COMPOUND.

Per cent sausage.
Per cent cereals.
Per cent added water,

and if the names of all the ingredients be in the same sized type and the name of no one of them be given greater prominence than another.

WHEREAS, The addition of ice or water to shucked oysters has the effect of lowering and depreciating and injuriously affecting their strength, quality and purity; therefore, be it

Resolved, That such addition constitutes an adulteration and the sale of oysters so adulterated will be contested.

Resolved, That the sale of ice cream conforming to the following standards will not be contested:

1. Ice cream is a frozen product made from cream and sugar, with or without a natural flavoring, and contains not less than fourteen (14) per cent of milk fat.

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