PART V 



Extracts from the State Dairy Commissioner's Report 

 for Year 1916 



W. B. BARNEY, Commissioner 



As the Federal Food and Drugs Act and Dairy and Food Laws ol 

 this State became effective ten years ago, I believe it fitting at this 

 time to recognize the benefits derived by the consuming public and 

 honest dealers, not only in this State but the entire nation, resulting 

 from the enactment and enforcement of these laws. 



The object of our State Dairy and Food Laws is to promote the 

 dairy industries of this state, to prevent the manufacture and sale 

 of dairy or other food products containing harmful or deleterious 

 substances, and to prevent fraud in the sale of food products. 

 While the later object was cjuite adequately covered in the laws 

 enacted in 1906, it was found difficult to give the customer the 

 desired protection from many forms of contaminated and undesir- 

 able products. This difficulty was removed in 1913 by the enact- 

 ment of the Cold Storage Law and the Sanitary Food Law by the 

 Thirty-fifth General Assembly. In their present amended forms, 

 Iowa's laws pertaining to the manufacture and sale of dairy and 

 other food products give purchasers the assurance that the products 

 are what they purport to be, in kind and amount; that they are 

 free from deterioration and unwholesome additions, and that they 

 possess their full nutritive value. 



The consumers' interest we have consistently endeavored to pro- 

 tect without working an unnecessary hardship on the honest manu- 

 facturer and dealer. The department has not busied itself in look- 

 ing for cases arising out of mere technical violation of the laws 

 enforced by us, but has never failed to institute vigorous proceed- 

 ings whenever such action was necessary. We believe that the en- 

 ^forcement of food laws is contributory to the moral force of a 

 community and that the failure to enforce the law may contribute 



