PURE FOOD A SUGGESTION.
Sir,—A law was recently passed, in. England forbidding foreign aircraft crossinj cortaiu coast-lincs. This sounded all right, but if England could not enforco tho law, it availed nothing. The same argument applies to our Pure Food Act. Of what use is it if the law cannot discover tho trespassers? There should bo a complete chain of identification from manufacturer to consumer so as to facilitate the chances cf detection of adulteratiou and fraud. At present —in many instances—there docs not exist such a chain, a fact that is apparently being taken advantage of. The writer suggests that all foods and medicines should be so packed that tho correct names and addresses of tho vendors shall be on cach packngo. For example: A (the manufacturer) should stamp his correct name and add res? 011 packages sold to B; B (the packer or middleman) should sell to tho retailer C-under similar conditions; and C should pass it on to ( t he public in precisely the same way. The shop butcher will wrap or his wares stamped or marked with his correct uanffi and alldress, the greengrocer, tho tobacconist, tho confectioner, the chemist, tho.lra'ror, the fruiterer, and tho pastrycook r/»?ni!arly. Delivered l bread, milk, and 1! iat could be omitted for obvious reasons, but delivered greengroceries and fruit should bear the vendor's name and address. . In tho caso of boxed, jarred, bottled, and tinned eatables, the manufacturer's correct name and address should bo .on cach box, jar. bottle, and tin; and wholesale local packers of foreign foods should add their correct'names* and addresses, in addition to those of tho manufacturers. Under the above conditions, a faulty food material may lie traced ripht to its source. The system would tend to prevent— firstly, pernicious adulteration; secondly, fraudulent trading; and, thirdly. fraudulent packing. There need be little, if liny more, expense attached to the above method; 110 • more time would be lost, and no honest trader or manufacturer. is cver ashamed of tho article he sells or. makes. There would be very few objectors, because by so doing tlicy would show their hands. Tho writer trusts that our present healthy Government—as well as the English Government —will ,see the common sense of these remarks, and act accordingly (and quickly). The public should insist that all vended foods (excepting regular deliveries of meat, milk, and bread from the cart) bo wrapped or bagged as indicated. I am, ctc " BILL STUMPS.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1773, 11 June 1913, Page 3
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408PURE FOOD A SUGGESTION. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1773, 11 June 1913, Page 3
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