76 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



The work of controlling food stuff resolves itself into two 

 problems. First, controlling the sale of unbranded articles; and 

 secondly, to prevent the sale of harmful or deleterious sub- 

 stances, as applied to all food products. The label on such prod- 

 ucts as are sold in package form must comply with the require- 

 ments of the law. These are in substance as follows : The label 

 must show, first, the true name of the article; secondly, any vari- 

 ations from the standard. This also includes the declaration of 

 the addition of any artificial color added, acid added, preserva- 

 tive, alum, saccharine, and so forth. However, the declaratioi' 

 of added color in the cases of butter and cheese need not be 

 declared, as they are exempt from this provision, color bein^ 

 considered a normal constituent of both these products. Third, 

 the name and address of the manufacturer, jobber or dealei 

 must appear upon the package. Further, the label must not be 

 false or misleading in any particular. In this connection the 

 department has always held to a cardinal principle, which i 

 'Xet the label tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but 

 the truth." 



I present for your consideration a label taken from a pack- 

 age of catsup, as a means of illustrating what the label law re 

 quires. The word ''catsup" on the label declares the name of the 

 article contained in the package. The statements ''80% tomato, 

 20^^ apple sauce and flour, .1 of i^^ benzoate of soda," etc., are 

 simple declarations of deviations from the standard. If this cat- 

 sup had been a standard article, the word ''Compound" would 

 not have appeared, and a declaration in small type would have 

 been unnecessary. Simply a statement, "Catsup, manufactured 

 by John , Chicago, lUhiois," would have been sufficient. 



I present for your consideration a label taken from a pack- 

 age of extract of banana. Notice that this label does not meet 

 the requirements of the law, for the reason that the name an 

 address of the manufacturer does not appear. Further, t^ 

 words, "Pure concentrated extract of banana" are false and mis- 

 leading, as this product was an artificial one and contained no 

 true fruit substances, being made entirely from imitation prod- 

 ucts. 



