OFFICIAI, INSPECTIONS. I5 



lawfully used in foods or beverages whether its presence is 

 stated or not. This regulation went into effect January i, 1912. 

 The goods examined in 1911 might lawfully contain sac- 

 charin provided its presence and amount were stated upon the 

 label. One company was found to be using saccharin and 

 stating that fact upon its labels. Five different companies 

 were found to be using saccharin as an artificial sweetener and 

 not stating that fact upon the labels. In each one of these cases 

 the manufacturers were fined for the offence. 



MisBRANDED Bottles. 



In last year's report upon this industry the subject of bottles 

 misbranded by having the names of different manufacturers 

 blown in the glass and being used promiscuously by any bot- 

 tler in the State was taken up at some length. It was there 

 stated that a reasonable time would be given for the bottlers 

 of the State to straighten out this particular matter. This 

 notice received some attention last season and several of the 

 bottlers made sincere attempts to use only bottles bearing their 

 own name or plain bottles. Others paid no attention whatever 

 to the notice and perhaps there were some who did not see it. 

 No prosecutions were made during the present season for this 

 kind of misbranding, but a vigorous campaign of- education 

 was carried on and it seems improbable that there is now any 

 bottler in the State who does not understand the necessity for 

 this ruling and the reason why it was made. As stated before, 

 it is a great injustice to a manufacturer of high grade goods to 

 have his bottles filled by makers of low grade, artificially 

 sweetened and flavored sodas. 



As a result of conferences held with some of the leading 

 bottlers of the State the people engaged in the bottled soda 

 industry have formed a bottlers' association for the purpose 

 of mutual protection and improvement and with one of its 

 prime objects the regulation of this kind of misbranding. It 

 does not necessarily follow that a bottling firm cannot live up 

 to the requirements of the food law without joining this asso- 

 ciation, but membership in it is strongly recommended, as the 

 means adopted by the association seem to be the fairest and 

 easiest ways to correct the misbranding which is under con- 

 sideration. The following bottlers have joined this association 



