OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

iionorable George 2. cox state iiealthOfficer 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, aixicusto.mrlly ;Isedon t.3 order of a I:hFsic.len.

### ;onoroblaGeorge 2.Cox, L;G@ 2


## “>rtO, c. It shall IiereasXu bo u~Aa:vfult3

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!rriousto t?,epublic health, erd its sale aonstituteo e fraud upon the public. ;t SIlGllbe uzlnwful ror eny person to mnuD3cturv :rit!An this jtate or to ship or deliver for dipzent ‘31 intraatata con5erce any filled Lzllk.*
The uiilkfood 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, .zixli+$gallons of mean (40*), 15$ gallons of skLned dlk, 45 

### pound6of 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'havegetabla fat shoulribe added at 100 degrees 2. The 

### 'betchshould be homi;:erizedat :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.sa:idis3tructions on how to >repSre, k88p nrd UYB it. i'roza its hacri?tim asd zixing instructions, it is SascuLjdto 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,nvolvLngthe violatioa of Article 713a, 

### lenol Code of T’exns; therefore, we hsve turned to theFederal Jilled ;lllk Act; 21 2. s* 2.A. i&o* 61. The wordi- ueed in the Federal statute defining filled 

### silk la e%uaostidentical with the Texes statute.
In the case of the United States vs. Carolarie Products so., 1'51, 3. ad, 969, the seventh 3lrcuF t ,"ourtofAppeals affirmd a conviction for vi0letinG ttiaSederal statute 

### gzohibitfngthe 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, 13cdcoctiilninf; 5.7 ;mr osht fat,cbizi'ly COCOiUt oil and only l

34 ;:crcent buttclrfat, Is n ;;rO&aoti::tendad:o sizulla

te LAlk. e q-uotetha Ianqua!; oL3a ?0rtion 3f the opirlon:"?"'rO;ltiles%UllOOOtl-&dicted ;'3OtS3 COUZt JZ 3. Jury ;uoulC,ofnecessity, find 

### tt,ot::ihutma intended to simulate milicand that it wan injurious to pub110 health beoause the nurchasor obtained a produot whioh looked likemilk and ;Yaeaccepted as amilk 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:oratsdnilk in taste, odor, aolor, appserenoe and consiatenog Is a compound Ln sezIbblMO8 of milk ivithi=i t!xaBilled Xilx Aot prohlbitlng the shipment in ihterstate oonmeraa of skimmed zilk compounded with any fat, or oil other than ailisfat. This opinion waa afriraed by the Supreme Court oFthe &Lted Statas. 

### (65 2. ct. 1, 323

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. 3. 13, 29 L. Ld. ,155 A. i. ii.1371) XLso a68 sae:8 i2tO-238

co. vs. 

### State~iaastls, 69i. &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, 

### 93y. 26 202, that filled lillkae milk, xrorksa 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 vergetableoil.. In vbw of the Federal oaeee cited above, it is the opinion of thie department that it fallf3within 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.