OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

iionorable George 2. cox 

state iiealth Officer 

Teras State 30ard of Xealth 

amtin 2, Zexso 

Dear sir: 

, i-On81 Code Of 

of Texs8, grovidea in part 

Qt” &lk, or&m, or ekiamd xU.k, whether or rot 

c&densed, evaporated, oonoentrated, powdered, 

dried or deeeloated. irovided, that this 

definition shall sot bs construed to include 

an;- uistinctivc ;roarietary food coqound 

gxpsred, end deeig;csr;eti for ieedinr; irLi%nta 

md younr; children, aixi custo.mrlly ;Ised on 

t.3 order of a I:hFsic.len. 
;onorobla George 2. Cox, L;G@ 2 

“>rtO, c. It shall IiereasXu bo u~Aa:vful t3 

hEiIidl9 far Gi88, iiiUlUfCUtUi?c:, Or Sl.l.0 Wltlii2 tM.S 

utote my tol"m of fillsa zilk. It is declared that 

filled tilk ia an ndulteratod articla oi food lnJ!rrious to t?,e public health, erd its sale aonstituteo e fraud upon the public. ;t SIlGll be 

uzlnwful ror eny person to mnuD3cturv :rit!An 

this jtate or to ship or deliver for dipzent ‘31 

intraatata con5erce any filled Lzllk.* 

The uiilk food product in question is identified 53 th 

trade rmse, ncT.W!Iix? Ides1 Toppingn, ana the iiiatrutions 

for mlxlng the iqredlenta, ~8 shown by a copy attached to 

your letter, are substantially se follows: TO 4 30-@llon 

batch, .zix li+$ gallons of mean (40*), 15$ gallons of skLned 

dlk, 45 pound6 of vegetabls rat and 30 oulc8s Of LiTA-'XII." 

p(j;;'s2 R. ,Yl Ahe batch should be paeteurized to 150 degrees 2. 

ror thirty minutae. i'ha vegetabla fat shoulri be added at 

100 degrees 2. The 'betch should be homi;:erized at :xessura 

of 800-1200 lbe. The iz~-~~~;;n sxmix ueea in the co;rr~.o~u~d 

cootairs gelaria, corn starch, tapioca Z10ur aud gm trzy.acanth. The compound is to be sold in bottlee txthfully 

labeled to show its trsde z~me, its L3~rodient.s a:id is3tructions on how to >repSre, k88p nrd UYB it. i'roza its hacri?tim 

asd zixing instructions, it is SascuLjd to hevu tae taste, consistsnoy, oolor acd eppearanoe of pure aman CO ba whippea and 

uasd as a top#h(; for plea, aaLea;,fruits, paetriee and doesarts. 

';ie hove been unable to find any cases or fomer opinions 

l,nvolvLng the violatioa of Article 713a, lenol Code of T’exns; 

therefore, we hsve turned to the Federal Jilled ;lllk Act; 

21 2. s* 2. A. i&o* 61. The wordi- ueed in the Federal 

statute defining filled silk la e%uaost identical with the 

Texes statute. 

In the case of the United States vs. Carolarie Products so., 

1'51, 3. ad, 969, the seventh 3lrcuF t ,"ourt of Appeals affirmd 

a conviction for vi0letinG ttia Sederal statute gzohibitfng the 

shi;mnt of fiiba nilk oh the Jvidence that G sroduot uicer 

the trade ~BPJL ":~iib;ut", 100kini; li20 &? ivhlta ~suLLs~~~I, CZ$&J:T 

in appearance, 13cd coctiilninf; 5.7 ;mr osht fat, cbizi'ly COCOiUt 

oil and only l 34 ;:cr cent buttclr fat, Is n ;;rO&aot i::tendad :o 

sizulla te LAlk. e q-uote tha Ianqua!; oL3 a ?0rtion 3f the 

opirlon: 
"?"'rO;l tiles% UllOOOtl-&dicted ;'3OtS 3 COUZt JZ 3. 

Jury ;uoulC, of necessity, find tt,ot ::ihut ma intended to simulate milic and that it wan injurious 

to pub110 health beoause the nurchasor obtained a 

produot whioh looked like milk and ;Yae accepted as 

a milk equivalent, whereas coaoahut oil had been 

eubetituted for oream or butter fat, the virtuea 

of butter fat being well known to a raad that desend6 80 completely on aowe* milk with a tiinlmum, 

fixed by law, of butter fat or oream content." 

The SourthCirouit Court of Appeals Fn the oaae of the 

United State8 va. Carolene ‘c'roducto Co., 140 B. 26, 61, held 

that e compound of skimmed tilk, cotton seed oil and fish llvar 

011, being virtually indiatlngulshable rrom evaI:oratsd nilk in 

taste, odor, aolor, appserenoe and consiatenog Is a compound Ln 

sezIbblMO8 of milk ivithi=i t!xa Billed Xilx Aot prohlbitlng the 

shipment in ihterstate oonmeraa of skimmed zilk compounded with 

any fat, or oil other than ailis fat. This opinion waa afriraed 

by the Supreme Court oFthe &Lted Statas. (65 2. ct. 1, 323 

‘U .3. 13, 29 L. Ld. , 155 A. i. ii. 1371) XLso a68 sae:8 

i2tO-238 co. vs. State~iaastls, 69 i. &dc -. 

It was held by the Seventh Clrouit s'ourt Of Aypals iii tile 

aaaa of Caroh% ErOdUatS Co. Ye. jvaporattid ,ilk Aesc. et al, 

93 y. 26 202, that filled lillk ae milk, xrorks a fraud on tae public with restitihg danger to health, ahd the Paat that labels on 

cans of Pilled milk tell the tz%th ae to the contents, does not 

nullify the illegality of its shipment in isteretate commerae. 

Apprfmtly the compound in question, sTj+;'tII?' Ideal Topping, 

is lhtehded ana rapresented to be an ipitation or semblance of 

milk or aream and contain8 a hi&h percentage of vergetable oil.. 

In vbw of the Federal oaeee cited above, it is the opinion of 

thie department that it fallf3 within the statutory definition 

of filled milk, the nanufaoture ox? sale 0s Whi%h WOdd OOKLrtitute a vlolatfoo or art&ale 713a, Fenal Code of Texas.