Commissioner of Agriculture 95 



NOTICE 



TO AVOID THE DANGER OF FINES UNDER THE FURE FOOD LAW, IT WILL BE 

 NECESSARY TO SELL AS " LARD SUBSTITUTE," WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS 

 " COMPOUND LARD; " AS THERE IS NO LARD IN IT, IT MUST NOT BE CALLED LARD. 

 OUR REASON FOR THIS NOTICE IS THE RECENT FINING OF SOME RETAILERS $50 

 EACH FOR SELLING IT AS LARD COMPOUND. 



SQUIRES, SHERRY AND GALUSHA. 



Some manufacturers have adopted a system of putting the 

 product in two and three-pound pails properly labeled. 



When samples were found upon examination to be adulterated 

 or misbranded within the meaning of the statute, letters were 

 sent out notifying both manufacturer and retailer of the violation 

 in selling, offering or exposing for sale the article in question, 

 providing, of course, the adulteration did not consist of any 

 harmful ingredient. The following is a copy of the form of the 



notification : 



State of New York, 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Raymond A. Pearson, Commissioner. 

 George L. Flanders, First Assistant Commissioner. 



Albany, N. Y., January 3, 1910. 



Sir. — You are hereby notified that a specimen labeled 



purchased from as 



on , by an authorized agent of this department and 



designated by him No , appears to be within 



the meaning of article 8 of the Agricultural Law known as the Food Law of 

 this State, in that 



You are hereby given an opportunity to present written evidence to this 



office on or before , showing cause why due. action should 



not be commenced against you for violation of the Agricultural Law. If you 

 do not present such testhnony within the specified time, I shall submit the 

 evidence before me to the Attorney-General for his consideration and such 

 action as the facts may warrant. 



Respect fully, 



Assista>il Commissioner. 

 INSPECTION OF FOOD PRODUCTS 



Preliminary investigations in certain lines of food products 

 are if&ade by collecting samples on the market and having them 

 analyzed and compared as to the ingredients and name under 

 which .they are sold. In ease the examination shows various 



