MAY 15, 1914 



Pig. 2. — Mott's office at north end of the apiary, affording through the bay window a view of the whole yard. 



NATIONAL AKD STATE L^ 



REGARDING NET WEIGHT ON HONEY 



BY C. A. KINSEY 



In a conversation with the Deputy Sealer 

 of Weights and Measures to-day I find that 

 Ite is of the opinion that the law apj)lies to 

 honey in sections as well as other articles 

 of merchandise. This law will certainly 

 give the old-fashioned 4^4 x 4^/4 sections the 

 best of it over the 4x5 plain sections. So 

 far as has been my experience, the 4^x4^ 

 sections always weigh more than the 4x5 

 plain, commonly used in the Danzenbaker 

 supers. The 4x5 sections will seldom 

 Aveigh full 16 oz.. while the 4^4 x 4i/4 usu- 

 ally will weigh full IC) oz., and generally 

 more. ( ". A. Kinsey. 



Belgrade, Mont., Feb. 11. 



[The above was referred to the proper 

 authority at Washington, whose reply fol- 

 lows. — Ed.] 



The A. I. Root Co.: — Your letter of February 20, 

 addressed to Dr. E. P. Phillips, Pliiladelphia, has 

 been referred to this committee for reply. 



For your information I enclose Circular 21, which 

 contains the text of the Pood and Drugs Act as 

 amended. The weight and volume amendment of 

 March 3, 1913, will be found on page 20, section 8, 

 " in the case of food," paragraph third, together with 

 footnote. 



The regulations contemplated for the enforcement 

 of this amendment have not as yet been approved, 



and when they are issued you will be sent a copy. 



It would appear from the Act that all package.s or 

 food products, whether in bottles, jars, or other 

 wrapped or closed containers, will be considered 

 foods in package form, and required to be marked 

 with a statement of the quantity of the contents. 

 The law requires that this statement shall be plain 

 and conspicuous, and also provides that tolerancejs 

 and exemptions for small packages shall be estab 

 lished by regulation. These will undoubtedly allow 

 for such necessary variation as occurs in weighing 

 or measure under careful commercial conditions, 

 A. S. Mitchell, Sec. to Com, 



Washington, D. C, March 3. 



[The weight and volume amendment, par- 

 agraph 3, with footnote, is as follows:] 



Third. If in package form, the quantity of the 

 contents be not plainly and conspicuously marked on 

 the outside of the package in terms of weight, meas- 

 ure, or numerical count: Provided, however. That 

 reasonable variations shall be permitted, and toler- 

 ances and also exemptions as to small packages shall 

 be established by rules and regulations made in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of section three of this 

 Act. 



The Act of March 3, 1913, provides that no pen- 

 alty of fine, imprisonment, or confiscation shall be 

 enforced for any violation of its provisions as to 

 domestic products prepared or foreign products im 

 ported prior to eighteen months after its passage, 



[In addition to what Secretary Mitc^"ll. 

 of the Committee, says, we may add that 



