Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1907 — PURE-FOOD LAW NOW IN EFFECT [ARTICLE]

PURE-FOOD LAW NOW IN EFFECT

All the Regulations Under the PureFood Law Became Effective on Last Tuesday. All regulations nnder the federal pare food law became effective Oct. Ist. When the law became operative the first of last January the Department of Agriculture decided to give manufacturers and jobbers a good deal of leeway until the first of this month. In most lines of trade the regulations with respect to labelling goods have been observed, bat some manufacturers were slow in patting on the proper labels. A few weeks ago a request was sent to the depaitment for still more time to get ready to obey the . law in all its details, bat the department refused to extend the time. The only people who are still holding back are the rectifiers of whisky. It was said at the department yesterday that unless they decide promptly to obey thb law prosecutions will be begun. Dr. H. W. Wiley, who has the general overight of the food regulations, says the federal law and the various state laws enacted last winter are working well together. Most of the states, he says, are helping the federal government, and the federal government in turn is backing np the states.