Show Housewives Should Demand Quality Grades on Labels A new development in mer mer- canned goods is on o n the horizon Housewives have I long protested that they cannot can cannot cannot not tell from the labels the grade or quality of the canned foods they buy Neither price nor brand name is a satisfactory satisfactory tory guide to quality for different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent retail stores set different different differ differ- different ent prices on the same brands and different brand names m may ay be given to goods of identical quality sold at varying prices It has been argued that statements statements state ments of grade might lead to a preference for certain grades to the neglect of others In i practice it does not work out that way says Paul Williams of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics Department of Ag Ag- j rf Once in in a while the i ho housewife wants an extra fine grade say of canned whole tomatoes tomatoes to to- to- to matoes if she is entertaining E pr r ordinary table uses she sheu u tt ti illY selects a n middle grade maki t or- or grovy vy or a merely fla flavoring other dishes with tomato she can use the standard grade In the case of tomatoes the sub-standard sub can may contain less solid material and more juice than the standard standard stand stand- standard ard grade The confusion created by the many meaningless brand napes names could be avoided by the use of four simple grades printed on the labels says Mr Williams Grade A means fancy grade B choice grade C. C standard and any other quality substandard The bureau points out that if ifa ifa ifa a canner or jobber has any doubt of the grade of his product pro pro- duct he can have samples officially officially of of- graded for a nominal fee The addition of the letters U S. S to the grade designation tion is permitted when the factory fac fac- tory where the product is packed pack pack- ed meets certain sa sanitary requirement requirement requirement re re- of the department This has been done experimentally experimentally experiment experiment- ally with one or two products I i y |