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Show SSlOUNCES Attorney General Advises Present Pres-ent Method of Butter Labeling Label-ing Is Illegal. In line with an opinion recently given by Attorncv Gonerat Albert 31. Barnes in which he stales that the term "I"'-.0 ounces " on .butter labols is illegal, Wil-lard Wil-lard Hansen, slate dturv and food commissioner, com-missioner, sent coinunmicHtions to t'ortv-throo buttor mamtfactiixcrii, dairymen dairy-men and crenmcrymen yesterday udvis-itiR udvis-itiR them that; their method of labeling the product must conform to the law nnd that in the .future each package or butter must be labeled with the name nnd address of the manufacturer and the actual number of ounces contnined in the package at the time of its in tin-, ufr.cture. Commissioner llainieu stud tint t if the buttor manufacturers and distributors did not conform with hts order before September 1, prosecutions, would begin. .Following is the letter: Manufacturers Notified. An opinion having been received from the attorncv general of this state stating that the term "15-1C ounces" is illegal, the state dairy and food buroau rules that this term will no longer be tolerated, and furthermore, in the future each package of butter must be labeled with the name and address of the manufacturer manufac-turer or distributer and the actual number num-ber of ounces contained In the wrapper or package at the time of Its manufacture. manu-facture. You are herein- given until September I, 1011. In which to comply with this ruling. STATE DAIRY AND FOOD BUrtEAt. per Willard Hansen, Commissioner. Commis-sioner. "Pounds" Fall Snort. Tin's action is the result of tho investigations inves-tigations of F. S. Holbrook, United States inspector of weights and measures, meas-ures, who, after conducting an extensive exten-sive examination of Utah butter, reported re-ported that the averaqo weight of butter but-ter contained in the t'tah package was 1-J.7 ounces and that these packages were, labeled "15-10 ounces.' The law allows, one-half ounce shrinkage shrink-age and with but one or two exceptions all the butter packages examined by Mr. Holbrook fell considerably short of the fifteen ounces and one-half required by the law. There was very little criticism crit-icism on ranch butter. It was found to be almost up to the required weight. Attorney General "Barnes said yesicr-da' yesicr-da' that "the law allows the manufacturer manufac-turer to wrap up any amount; of butter he chooses but thai tho number of ounces contained in the package, exclusive exclu-sive of the wrapper, must bo printed upon the label. This means that the butter manufacturer will not be allowed to sell fifteen ounces of butter for one pound. If ho puts up a fiftcon-ouncc package he must label it as a lifteen-ounco lifteen-ounco package. |