Excerpt from Pure-Food Laws of European Countries: Affecting American ExportsFood products exported from the United States to foreign countries are sold in accordance with-the local regulations of the several countries into which they are imported. In order that our food products may successfully meet the requirements of foreign legislation, it is important that they be inspected before shipment and a certificate of their composition be furnished for the use of the officials of foreign countries.The Secretary of Agriculture is empowered by the Congress of the United States to conduct an inspection of this kind in an enactment which authorizes -the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American food products in foreign countries, and to inspect before shipment, when desired by the shippers or owners of these food products, American food products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before said food products are allowed to be sold in the countries mentioned.In harmony with the first part of this authority, this bulletin has been prepared especially for the benefit of our exporters of foods, in order that they may know the exact conditions in which their foods must be to comply with the legal restrictions of foreign countries.This bulletin does not assume to give the full text of all the purefood laws of foreign countries, nor does it enter into the decisions of the courts, in the several countries mentioned, relating to the execution of these laws. It simply gives a brief summary of the points which are most important and with which our exporters of foods should be thoroughly acquainted. If the foods which are sent abroad are in condition to meet the requirements contained in this bulletin, it is not probable that they will be subjected to any hurtful restraint.Furthermore, when the inspection of such exported foods has been thoroughly established the exporter will be furnished with an official certificate which can be presented to the officers of foreign countries charged with the enforcement of pure-food laws. Our food products on reaching foreign countries should thereby be protected from erroneous or incomplete analysis or unjust discrimination, either from the analytical or legal point of view.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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