148 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



any package of food (as honey) or any container thereof, sub- 

 ject to the provisions of the act. There may be one or more 

 labels, if desired, but the "principal label," being more promi- 

 nent than the others, shall contain in all cases the information 

 specifically required by the statutes and regulations. Honey 

 may be sold under a "trade" or "distinctive" name, in which 

 case the principal label should bear the name and place of the 

 beekeeper or packer. "The size of type used to declare the in- 

 formation required by the statutes shall be not smaller than 

 8-point (brevier) CAPITALS, provided that in case the size of 

 the package will not permit the use of 8-point type the size of 

 type may be reduced proportionally." 



Rules and Regulations. 

 Excerpts important to beekeepers from the Rules and Regu- 

 lations made for the enforcement of the Federal law are: — 



(a) Except as otherwise provided by this regulation, the quantity of 

 the contents, in all cases of food, if in package form, must be plainly and 

 conspicuously marked, in terms of weights, measure or numerical count, 

 on the outside of the covering or container usually delivered to con- 

 sumers. 



(c) The statement of the quantity of the contents shall be plain and 

 conspicuous, shall not be a part of or obscured by any legend or design, 

 and shall be so placed and in such characters as to be readily seen and 

 clearly legible when the size of the package and the circumstances under 

 which it is ordinarily examined by purchasers or consumers are taken 

 into consideration. 



(d) If the quantity of the contents be stated by weight or measure, it 

 shall be marked in terms of the largest unit contained in the package; 

 for example, if the package contain a pound, or pounds, and a fraction of 

 a pound the contents shall be expressed in terms of pounds and fractions 

 thereof; or of pounds and ounces, and not merely in ounces.^ 



(e) Statements of weight shall be in terms of avoirdupois pounds and 

 ounces; . . . provided, that, by like method, such statements may be in 

 terms of metric weight. . . . 



(/) The quantity of solids [candied honey and perhaps comb honey] 

 shall be stated in terms of weight, and of liquids in terms of measure, 

 except that in case of an article in respect to which there exists a definite 



> Id the case of an article with respect to which there eidsts a definite trade custom for marking 

 the quantity of the article in terms of fractional parts of larger units it may be so marked in 

 accordance with the custom. Common fractions shall be reduced to their lowest terms; decimal 

 fractions shall be preceded by zero, and shall be carried out to not more than two places. 



