Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
June,  1914.  / 
Abolition  of  Legend  Postponed. 
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(/)  No  dealer  in  food  or  drug  products  will  be  liable  to  prosecu- 
tion if  he  can  establish  that  the  articles  were  sold  under  a  guaranty 
given  in  compliance  with  this  regulation. 
W.  G.  McAdoo, 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 
D.  F.  Houston, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 
William  C.  Redfield, 
Secretary  of  Commerce. 
Washington,  D.  C,  May,  5,  1914. 
ABOLITION  OF  GUARANTY  LEGEND  POSTPONED. 
Revised  Food  Inspection  Decision  Allows  Manufacturers  Additional 
Year  in  Which  to  Exhaust  Stock  of  Labels. 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  29,  19 14.  It  was  announced  to-day  that 
it  had  been  decided  to  postpone  the  effective  date  of  Food  Inspection 
Decision  153,  which,  in  substance,  abolishes,  after  May  1,  19 15,  the 
present  guaranty  legend  on  food  and  drugs. 
This  legend,  now  in  general  use  by  manufacturers,  is  "  Guar- 
anteed by  (name  of  guarantor)  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act." 
The  Secretaries  of  the  Treasury,  Agriculture,  and  Commerce  have 
found  it  to  be  misleading  and  deceptive.  Many  people  have  been 
induced  to  believe  that  all  articles  labelled  with  the  legend  have  been 
examined  and  approved  by  the  Government.  The  facts  are  that 
putting  the  legend  on  labels  by  manufacturers  is  entirely  voluntary, 
and  that  the  Government  never  guarantees  the  wholesomeness  or 
purity  of  food  or  drug  products. 
It  appears  that,  acting  in  accordance  with  the  regulation  now  in 
force,  which  permits  the  legend,  many  manufacturers  have  supplied 
themselves  with  large  stocks  of  labels  which  cannot  be  used  up  by 
May  1,  191 5.  The  result  is  that  if  the  regulation,  as  amended  by 
Food  Inspection  Decision  153,  should  go  into  effect  May  1,  191 5, 
large  losses  would  accrue  to  citizens  who  have  expended  their  money 
for  labels  in  good  faith  and  in  an  effort  to  comply  with  existing 
regulations. 
To  meet  this  situation  the  effective  date  of  the  amendment  to  the 
regulation  will  be  postponed  until  May  1,  1916,  and  as  to  products 
packed  and  labelled  prior  to  May  1,  191 6,  in  compliance  with  law  and 
with  the  present  regulations,  it  will  be  postponed  until  November  r, 
