Imitation butter. No article which is in imitation of pure yellow butter and is not made wholly from pure milk and cream shall be manufactured, nor sold, nor used in any public eating place, hospital, or penal institution, etc.; but oleomargarine, free from color or other ingredient to cause it to look like butter, and made in such a manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, is permitted; it must be stamped with its name. Butter. ARKANSAS. Butter is defined as a product manufactured exclusively from milk and cream. Cheese. (No law.) Substitutes for butter, whether in wholesale or retail packages, Imitation butter. shall be plainly labeled "Adulterated butter." "Oleomargarine." or such other names as shall properly describe them. In hotels, etc., dishes containing said articles must be plainly marked in same manner. Three resident citizens, experienced in the manufacture of dairy proDairy bureau. duce, constitute a State dairy bureau. Period of office, four years; no compensation. Has charge of inspection of live stock and the investigation of dairies and creameries for unsanitary conditions; shall include statistical matter in annual report. Their agent receives $1,800 salary and is allowed as many as twenty assistants, at not over $4 per day, and chemists when necessary. Appropriation for bureau, $7,500 for fifty-first fiscal year and $5,000 for fifty-second fiscal year. Milk. Butter. Cheese. The sale of milk which is impure or the product of diseased cows is forbidden. Roll butter when sold must be full weight. All cheese must be branded, with brands procured from and recorded at dairy bureau, “California full-cream cheese," if it is made from pure whole milk and contains at least 30 per cent fat; "California half-skim cheese," if made from pure milk and has at least 15 per cent fat; "California skim cheese," if made from pure skim milk. Fancy cheeses are excepted. Imitation butter and cheese. Imitation butter and cheese is defined as any article not produced from pure milk or cream, salt, rennet, and harmless coloring matter, which is in semblance of butter or cheese and designed as a substitute for such. Shall not be colored to imitate butter or cheese, and must be in such form as will advise consumer of its real character. Every package must be plainly marked "Substitute for butter," or "Substitute for cheese," and accompanied by a statement giving name of manufacturer, ingredients, etc., a copy of which must be given to each purchaser, with verbal notice at the time of sale, in connection with which words like "creamery." "dairy," etc., are prohibited. Patrons of eating places shall be notified if substitutes of butter or cheese are used. Prohibited in State charitable institutions. Process, or renovated, butter.-Butter made from stale, rancid, or decomposed butter shall be plainly labeled Process butter" or "Renovated butter." Miscellaneous. State veterinarian may order slaughter of diseased animals at expense of owners. County district attorneys shall prosecute offenders. Dairy commissioner. COLORADO. The dairy commissioner. appointed by the governor. shall be a practical dairyman; period of office, two years; salary, $1,200. May employ a deputy at salary of $1.000 per year and a chemist at $10 per day. State appropriation $2,000 per annum for 1895 and 1896. Milk. (No law.) Butter. Cheese. (No law.) All cheese must be branded, with brands procured from the dairy com. missioner," Colorado full-cream cheese." if not less than 35 per cent of total solids consists of butter fat; all containing less than this amount of fat, "Skim cheese." Imitation butter and cheese. All articles not produced from pure milk or cream, in imitation of pure cheese or yellow butter, are prohibited; but oleomargarine and filled cheese are permitted if free from color or other ingredient to cause them to look like butter or cheese. They must be made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of their real character. Imitation cheese.-Cheese containing any foreign fats, oleaginous substances, rancid butter, etc., shall be branded Imitation cheese." Miscellaneous. (No law.) CONNECTICUT. The dairy commissioner is appointed by the governor; period Dairy commissioner. of office, two years; salary. $1,500 per year. He may appoint a deputy at salary of $1,200 per year. (Office expenses limited to $1,000 per year.2) Two thousand five hundred dollars annually appropriated to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to carry out the provisions of the pure-food act. Milk. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station may fix standard. Skimmed milk.-Skimmed milk must be plainly labeled. Adulterated milk.—The sale or delivery of adulterated, tainted, or diseased milk to a butter or cheese factory is prohibited. Batter. Tub butter in prints, pats, etc., must be labeled Tub butter." Cheese. (No law.) Imitation butter. Imitation butter, defined as any article resembling butter in appearance and not made wholly, salt and coloring matter excepted, from cow's milk, is prohibited; but oleomargarine or imitation butter, free from color or other ingredient to cause it to look like butter, and made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise consumer of its real character, is permitted. Words like "butter." "dairy," etc., shall not form a part of its name or appear on its package. Imitation butter shall be sold only in labeled packages, or registered places which display signs provided by the dairy commissioner, and purchasers shall be informed orally of the character of the article at the time of sale. Use of imitation butter in public eating places, bakeries, etc., must be made known by signs. Any article of food or drink is deemed adulterated if any inferior or Pure food. injurious substance has been added to it, if any valuable constituent has been removed, if it is an imitation of or sold as another article, if it is colored to conceal inferiority, if it contains any preservative not known to the purchaser, if it is decomposed or diseased, or the product of a diseased animal, etc. With certain exceptions, such articles are prohibited. Cheese. (No law.) Imitation butter and cheese. The manufacture or sale of any article not produced from unadulterated milk or cream, which is in imitation of pure yellow butter or designed to take the place of pure cheese, is prohibited; but oleomargarine is permitted if in a distinct form, free from butter color, and sold in such manner as to show its real character. It shall be plainly marked "Oleomargarine." Miscellaneous. Milk. (No law.) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Milk standard, 9 per cent solids not fat, 3 per cent fat. Permit to sell milk must be obtained from health officer, who issues regulations for the government of dairies and the sale of milk. Skimmed milk.-Skim-milk standard, 9.3 per cent total solids. Must be plainly marked "Skim milk." Adulterated milk.— Diseased and unwholesome milk is prohibited. Cream.-Cream standard, 20 per cent fat. Butter and cheese. Butter and cheese shall be made exclusively of milk or cream, with or without common salt. Butter.-Butter standard, 83 per cent fat and not more than 12 per cent water or 5 per cent salt. Substances in semblance of butter or cheese, not made Imitation butter and cheese. exclusively of milk or cream, but with the addition of melted butter to take the place of cream, or any oil, shall be plainly branded on each package "Oleomargarine,” and a label, similarly printed, must accompany each retail sale. Miscellaneous. Pure food. (No law.) Any food or drink is deemed adulterated if any inferior or injurious substance has been mixed with it, if any valuable constituent has been removed, if it is an imitation of or sold as another article, if it is decomposed or diseased, if it is colored to conceal inferiority, etc. With certain exceptions, which shall be made known to the purchaser, such articles are prohibited. Milk. (No law.) Cheese. (No law.) Imitation butter. FLORIDA. The sale of any spurious preparation, purporting to be butter, is prohibited. Guests at hotels, etc., must be notified if oleomarga rine or other spurious butter is used. Pure food. The sale of any unwholesome provisions without knowledge of the buyer and the adulteration of any food with substance injurious to health are misdemeanors. GEORGIA. Milk. Milk standard, 3 per cent fat, 8 per cent solids not fat. Skimmed milk.— The sale of adulterated, impure, or diseased milk is prohibited. Butter. (No law.) Cheese. (No law). Imitation butter and cheese. Imitation butter or cheese is defined as any article not produced from pure milk or cream-salt, rennet, and coloring matter excepted-in semblance of butter or cheese and designed to be used as a substitute for either. Shall not be colored to resemble butter or cheese. Every package must be plainly marked “Substitute for butter" or "Substitute for cheese," and each sale shall be accompanied by verbal notice and by a printed statement that the article is an imitation, the statement giving also the name of the producer. The use of these imitations in eating places, bakeries, etc., must be made known by signs. Imitation butter. Imitation cheese. Miscellaneous. Pure food. Oleomargarine, butterine, imitation butter, or mixture imitating butter shall be branded when sold, and shall not be sold as butter. (No law.) (No law.) The adulteration of any article of food or drink with fraudulent intent, or sale of same as unadulterated, is a misdemeanor. State food commissioner. ILLINOIS. The State food commissioner is appointed by the governor; first term after passage of law, two years; thereafter four years; salary, $2,500 per annum. He may appoint two assistant commissioners, one an expert on dairy products, the other a chemist to be known as State analyst, at $1,800 each per year, and not exceeding six inspectors at $3 per day. His authority extends to all foods. State board of health shall assist in collecting samples, and State's attorney shall prosecute cases. Annual reports are made to the governor, and the publication of monthly bulletins is authorized. One thousand five hundred dollars is appropriated for the establishment of a chemical laboratory, and $600 per year for its maintenance. Milk standard, 12 per cent total solids, 3 per cent fat (must be from healthy Milk. cows and free from preservative). Cans and vehicles used in the retail trade of milk shall be marked with the dealer's name and the locality whence milk comes. Cream.-(Coffee cream shall contain at least 15 per cent fat and whipping cream 22 per cent fat.) Skimmed milk.-Skimmed milk may be sold as such, and each can or vessel shall be plainly marked "Skimmed milk." Condensed milk.-(Condensed milk shall be made from milk containing at least 3 per cent of butter fat and evaporated to one-third or less of original volume. The word 1 See footnote, page 45. "cream" on cans is evidence of fraud; condensed skim milk must be so labeled. Canned goods must be labeled to show grade, and name of manufacturer.)' The addition of sugar to condensed milk is permitted. Adulterated milk.—The sale of adulterated or diseased milk, or its delivery to a factory, is prohibited. Adulteration after delivery to a factory is a misdemeanor. Butter. (Shall contain at least 80 per cent fat.)1 Cooperative creameries and butter factories shall give bond in the penal sum of $6,000 and keep a monthly report of their operations posted conspicuously in factory for the inspection of patrons. Cheese. ("Whole milk" cheese must contain at least 48 per cent fat to total solids.)1 Imitation butter is defined as any article not produced from pure Imitation butter. milk or cream-salt, rennet, and coloring matter excepted-in semblance of butter and designed to be used as a substitute for it. Shall not be colored to resemble butter. All packages must be plainly branded “Oleomargarine." Butterine," "Substitute for butter," or "Imitation butter." Each sale shall be accompanied by notice to the purchaser that the substance is imitation butter. (Imitation butter shall not be sold as "Creamery" or "Dairy.")' The State's attorney is charged with enforcement of the law relating to Substitutes for butter." Imitation cheese. Imitation cheese must be distinctly marked with true and appropriate name of the article, and label bearing such name must be delivered with same when sold. Miscellaneous. Care and food of dairy cows regulated. An article of food is diseased and adulterated when inferior substances Pure food. have been mixed with it; when any valuable constituent has been abstracted; if it is an imitation of or sold as another article; if it is altered to conceal inferiority; if it contains any poisonous or injurious substance; if it is decomposed or from an unhealthy animal, etc. With certain common exceptions and labeled articles, all such are prohibited. INDIANA. The State health officer is designated State inspector of foods Inspector of foods. and drugs. The State board of health investigates adulterations of foods and establishes measures for enforcement of the law. Health officers throughout the State act as food inspectors. Milk. (Milk standard, 3 per cent fat, 9 per cent solids not fat.) Adulterated milk.—The sale of adulterated, diseased, etc., milk to anyone or its delivery to a factory is prohibited. (Use of any coloring matter or antiseptic is an adulteration: milk from a cow near time of parturition or diseased or improperly fed is considered adulterated.) (Butter and cheese shall be made exclusively from milk and Butter and cheese. cream, with or without salt or [enumerated] coloring matters, etc.) The use of poisonous or deleterious substances in their manufacture is prohibited. Butter.-(Defined, shall contain at least 80 per cent fat and not over 15 per cent water or 6 per cent salt, and shall contain no foreign fat nor preservative, etc.) Cheese.—(Cheese containing any antiseptic other than salt shall be considered adulterated unless labeled with name of antiseptic.)2 Skimmed cheese.-(Cheese containing less than 10 per cent fat shall be plainly marked Skim-milk cheese.")? |