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Farmers Independent
Bagley, Clearwater County, Minnesota
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Congress passed and the president signed an amendment to the Federal Food and Drugs Act, known as the 'Canners' Bill,' authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to set standards for canned food quality, condition, and fill, excluding meat and milk products. Inferior products must be labeled to distinguish them from standard ones, ensuring consumer awareness.
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The housewife will have a choice of two classes of canned foods under the amendment to the Federal food and drugs act enacted by congress and recently signed by the president, according to the chief of the food and drug administration.
"This amendment, known as the 'Canners' Bill' authorizes the secretary of agriculture to promulgate from time to time reasonable standards of quality, condition, and fill of container for each generic class of canned food except meat and meat products and canned milk. Such standards are now being formulated by the department. The law also authorizes the secretary to prescribe a form of statement which will clearly differentiate inferior articles from those which meet the standards.
"The value of this law to the housewife will be the assurance that the canned foods she purchases meet a definite standard established by a government agency. The amendment will not constitute a bar to the manufacture and sale of wholesome canned foods of a quality lower than the standard, but such products must be properly labeled so that if the housewife wishes a less expensive canned product she will be able to buy it with full knowledge of its character and with full assurance that it is a wholesome product and neither adulterated nor misbranded."
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authorizes standards for canned foods and labeling of inferior products to ensure consumer knowledge and wholesomeness.
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Amendment to Federal Food and Drugs Act, known as 'Canners' Bill,' allows Secretary of Agriculture to set standards of quality, condition, and fill for canned foods (except meat and milk products). Standards being formulated; requires labeling to differentiate inferior from standard products. Does not prohibit sale of lower-quality wholesome foods if properly labeled.