4 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1908. 



The following three classes of guarantees cover the cases 

 about which questions have arisen. 



(1) A guaranty filed with the United States Secretary of 

 Agriculture by the manufacturer or dealer and given a serial 

 number, which number shall appear on each and every package 

 of goods sold under such guaranty together with the words 

 "Guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act, June 30, 1906" pro- 

 tects the dealer. The following is the form suggested by the 

 U. S. Secretary of Agriculture. 



"I (we) the undersigned do hereby guarantee that the arti- 

 cles of food or drugs manufactured, packed, distributed, or sold 

 by me (us) (specify the same as fully as possible) are not adulterated or 

 misbranded within the meaning of the food and drugs act, 

 June 30, 1906. 



(Signed in ink.) 



(Name and place of business of wholesale, dealer, manufacturer, jobber, or other 

 party.)" 



(2) If a guaranty is not filed and the serial number not 

 printed as above stated, the guaranty should identify and may 

 be attached to the bill of sale, invoice, bill of lading or other 

 schedule giving the names and quantities of the articles sold. 



"I (we) the undersigned do hereby guarantee that the' follow- 

 ing articles, packed, distributed or sold by me (us) (specify the same 

 as fully as possible) are in conformity with the requirements of the 

 Maine Food and Drug Law," to be signed, etc. as under (1). 



In the case of commercial feeding stuffs, commercial fertili- 

 zers or agricultural seeds, the same form may be used but 

 specify the class of goods and the law to which they apply. 

 These last may be designated as the Maine law regulating the 

 sale of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, the Maine law 

 regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers, the Maine law 

 regulating the sale of agricultural seeds. 



(3) A general guaranty may be given by a manufacturer or 

 dealer for a period of time and the following form may be used. 



"I (we) the undersigned do hereby guarantee that the arti- 

 cles (specify whether foods, drugs, feeding stuffs, fertilizers or seeds) packed, dis- 

 tributed or sold by me (us) (state name of consignee) during the year 

 19 — shall be in conformity with the requirements of the (here insert 



proper law, as Maine food and drug law, March 26, 1907; the Maine law regulating the 



