Product Labeling Quotes
Regulation had been adopted to make sure that certain products were made to standards and appropriate quality. A small fee was taken by the regulator to attest to the quality and place a seal on it. However, the system degenerated into a system where one had to pay the fee and everything passed inspection without regard for quality. Child was one of the first observers of the criticality of implementation of regulatory schemes and the danger that a regulatory system was vulnerable to corruption.
One of the major problems with marijuana was that since it was illegal, the supply was not regulate. One result was that there was no labeling and the consumer had no idea of the strength of the active ingredient (THC) and could not monitor his/her dosage. At the time of this quotation, the state of Colorado had just legalized the selling of marijuana but required that all marijuana sold carry labels which inform the consumer just how much THC he/she would be taking.
A Pure Food bill had failed to pass the Congress for years until Roosevelt took up the cause. The modern federal role in the quality control of food products had its origins with TR.