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Show jural SEAL on mm More Than 700,000.000 Cans, Bottles and Jars Have 0. K. Stamp WASHINGTON, Jan 1. over H TOO.oOO.lM'iO cans, hot! Irs and a is of H the 1920 pack of fruit, vegetables, meat, fish And sea-food. H1 bear the H unitary Inspection sml of the Na- H ! tlonal Canners' association. The of- H ferlng lo the consumer ( canned food H -hearing the seal will be one of the H greatest stops forward any Industry has ever mail". This seal will be wldi -Iv advertised and the big thin? 06-hind 06-hind the advertising will be h. Na-H Na-H tlonal Canners' Inspectldki service, The H fact that ftcry canncr who Is allowed H to place the eal upon his foods has i agreed, voluntarily, to submit to the 1 Inspection service, strengthens Hie scr-j H -Mce immeasurably. ri RlES r'SPI TEI) DAILY. And it is a real inspection service. There is a daily inspection of each B cannery during operations v nation-1 B ni director of inspection with head-1 (quarters at Washington has direct snp-trvlslon snp-trvlslon over the service. A director of inspection in bach of! the eighteen districts throughout the country has charge of the local in-spectinn in-spectinn work There are laboratories! for scientific research work in ral districts, in addition to the main laboratory of the- association at Washington. D C.: The Inspection cov-ers cov-ers cleanliness, wholesorn. ness ami suitability of raw material arid raw products, also the proper sanitation of B banncry and equipment, it do not -involve grading as to qualit; ccept In requiring a minimum standard of nuallty for certification. The assocla-tlon assocla-tlon Is not in a position to certify to , 1 commercial grades because the dcfln-J H it Ions of grades for many canned f" H have not been formulated or gent ndoptcd in the Industry by the standards committee of the depart-1 mcnt of agriculture. SERVICE MM YEARS OM. The Inspection is not a new- thing til! 10 tne experimental stage, it H Started In Maine five years ago by tfic H sardine canners. Although Maim I the way. southern California and the following states rapidly fell Into line, B and Inspection is now In effect in Col- j orado Connecticut, Delaware. Georgia.' M Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, I Maryland. Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska, Ne-braska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington. Wash-ington. Wisconsin, Missouri, and Alas- ka. This embraces the important can- 1 nlng centers of the United States No brands of canned foods hearing 1 the inspection seal of the association j will lose any of their present Individ-uallty Individ-uallty and prestige because of the presence of th seal. The appearand e of the seal on the cah has no more : such tendency thin the notary's seal i on various legal documents mum i iDs MOVEMENT, Collaborating with the Inspection service is the splendid research labor-Atory labor-Atory of the National Canners' associ-ation. associ-ation. In Washington, D. C. under the direction of an eminent food SCl-l entlst, various problems of the canning! industry are worked out and the most I sanitary and scientific methods of pre-1 paring canned foods from wholesome, i. iw materials are determined. This) I j ! laboratory, founded seven years ago, ix conceded to be second to none of its i kind in the United States and is main talncd by the association for the ben- ; j i fit of the industry at large and the I consuming public. Problems and difficulties of a gen-il oral nature are studied with a view to learning their cause and finding a rem-! edy. The various operations of can-nlng can-nlng such as blanching, prc-hcating. exhausting, processing and cooling, studied, taking Into consideration dUM ferent methods of closing and differ-1 ent fills of the cans. I 1T i; I v o-OPFFwATF,. Another factor In the success of the movement for belter canned food9 Is! the bureau of rw products lesH.u. h established in Washington by the . i tlonal Canners' association under the! direction of a leading agricultural aX-pert. aX-pert. This bureau Is aiding the move- mcnt by research and Investigation in! connection with solving numerous I problems now confronting the cannorj and the grower relating to the raw products used In canning. The proper working out of these problems will Insure the use of the highest quality raw material in can- tilng, will help in increasing yields per acre, and furthermore, will result In better eo-operatlon between the I farmer and the tanner. 1 n addition to Its o n Individual ! j efforts this bureau is enlisting the aid ! ous federal end state agencies, ngaged In ih solutions of the same ' ipjestloni in .ill parts of the country. nd also the help of all associate vhos i forts are being directed along tin nip line, .in,! whostj i-n-opcr.it H I would materially benefit the common I a use. l 1 wiri:i.v INDORSGT) i Waller J. Sears, of Chtllicothe, Ohi-i. jresldent of the National Canners i ko lation, has declared that the tn-spection tn-spection service and the placing of 01 Identifying mark on the can has very Wide Indorsement, He said: The movement has the support and lO'ope ration of some (00 canners. with annual output of S6.000 000 i i These canners arc committed unresci -Cdly to the spirit and purpose of lh mi ni riji i well-conslden d effort to n dl re-constltutc a great ami essential in-dustry. in-dustry. They have for it the spirit and the courage rf the pioneer, and the self-denial and the devotion of the crq-sader. crq-sader. No rebuffs short of .n-r.u, will turn them aside from the htgl purpose to which thov have dedicated themselves for the good ,.f prea industry, auid for the well-being of a people whoa life sustenance depends upon their efforts The brokers and supply men w ho ' 1 r "o closely reUted to the industry I sH have generally accepted this move.' ment as sound. lntelHKent. nrccssarx 1 nd promising. Thex have- shown their mettle by (hen sympathy, co-opera tlon and substantial assistance. I am prompted In this presence to express to them the sincere appreciation of th canning industry for their steadta: 1 lo-alt. at a time when such loyalty sH cannot be measured in the coin of the BBBB realm. "The retail grocers everywhere have rrom the beCinnin; welcomed this bbbbj movement as of special benefit to them f In the distribution of canned foods I bbbm .io not know r A -mirle retail grocer who ha or is opposing it. which lead? me to a that the factor nearest to the bbbbb consumer had demonstrated his dc-i j sire and purpose to respond to the consumei need, as well a to the BBBBI consumer s right. ''Piacilcally all wholeaale groeerH 1 ho mei. ban.iisr. canned foods ui canners' trade marks and brands Tor this movement todav. Many of I ers w ho nu-i . I dlse canned foods under ilifli pre. radr ma ks are for this mnvom,,,,. '"Ths scientific ieaders, the lead.,,! ii. ,b?u5nf- tor thU moveme,:- bbbbj rhey Indorse It as a constructive mea- ""r0 for ,ho development and produc-bbbh produc-bbbh tlon of wholesome food suppix ji Th- i-T.;.- B for thi( mov-'" H i The day, newmpapei ureee, i i well us the magazines, have indorsed' our program. They see In It sincere I ind earnest effort to provide the people peo-ple with approved foods." Canned food is now beginning to appear ap-pear on the grocers' shelves bearlna the nspectlon seal. Thus, w mi, can hearing the identifxi,, Kanltarv seal ac.uaiiy upon the market, the bia dream has come true. |