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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II . CHs. 874, 881. 1930 . bear a plain and conspicuous statement prescribed by the Secretary Terms defined .

of Agriculture indicating that such canned food falls below such canned food. standard . For the purposes of this paragraph the words canned food mean all food which is in hermetically sealed containers and is steril- ized by heat, except meat and meat food products which are subject Vol . .34,pp . 6 74 627, , 1260. to the provisions of the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907 ('Thirty -fourth Statutes , page 12 60), as amended, and exc ept canne d class .

milk ; the word class means and is limited to a generic product for which a standard is to be established and does not mean a grade, et Standards ate4m ea variety, or species of a generic product . The Secretary of Agricul- etee ., by secretary of ture is authorized to determine, establish, and promulgate, from time Ag ric ultu re'

to time, a reasonable standard of quality, condition, and/or fill of container for each class of canned food as will, in his judgment, promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of the consumer ; Subsequent alt ers- and he is authorized to alter or modify such standard from time to ti ons aut hor ized .

y time as, in his judgment, honesty and fair dealing in the interest of Statement of below- the consumer may require . The Secretary of Agriculture is further standard quality to authorized to prescribe and promulgate from time to time the form appear on . of statement which must appear in a plain and conspicuous manner on eac h package or label of canned f ood which falls below the standard promulgated by him, and which will indicate that such canned food falls below such standard, and he is authorized to alter or modify such form of statement, from time to time, as in his judg- ment may be necessary . In promulgating such standards and forms of statements and any alteration or modification thereof, the Secre- statiarasto da te pe °f tary of Agriculture shall specify the date or dates when such stand- fi ed d ards shall become effective, or after which such statements shall be Manu facture , etc . , of used, and shall give public notice not less than ninety days in advance misbranded, et c., foods of the date or dates on which such standards shall become effective or prohibited .

such statements shall be used. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize the manufacture, sale, shipment, or transpor- tation of adulterated or misbranded foods ." Approved, July 8, 1930 . Jul10, 1930.

CHAP. 881 .-An Act To promote the better protection and hi ghest pu blic IS . 2198'] [P ubl ic,

of lands of the United States and adjacent lands and waters in northern ,No. 539.]

Minnesota for the production of forest products, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Minn esota .

United Blates of America in Congress assembled, That all public Lands in, withdrawn lands of the United States situated north of township 60 north in fr om escrip tonc' the Counties of Cook and Lake, State of Minnesota, including the natural shore lines of Lake Superior within such area ; all public lands of the United States situated in that part of St . Louis County, State of Minnesota, lying north of a line beginning at the northeast corner of Township 63 north, Range 12 west, 4th P . M., thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of Town- ship 64 north, Range 18 west, 4th P . M., thence northerly to the northwest corner of Township 65 north, Range 18 west, 4th P . M ., thence westerly to the southwest corner, Township 66 north, Range 21 west, 4th P . M ., thence northerly along the Township line to its intersection with the international boundary between the United States and the Dominion of Canada ; all public lands of the United States on the shore lines of the lakes and streams forming the inter- national boundary, so far as such lands lie within the areas hereto- fore described in this Act ; all public lands of the United States in that part of the Superior National Forest located in Townships 61 and 62, Ranges 12 and 13 west, 4th P . M. ; and all public lands of