Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-24
ADULTERATION OF FOODS.
Regulations - to Analysis BY the In
ternal Revenue COmmiseiOner.

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Regulations a. to Analysis by the In.
ternal Revenue Commissioner.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller has
published, by the direction Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, series Of regulations concern
ing the snalysis, under his control, Of foods
and drugs in the District Of Columbia, - pre-
scribed by the act, approved October u, lsss,
to prevent the sale Of adulterated food or
drugs in the District The commissioners 10
not required to cause the analysis
OF substance purchased outside Of TIE Dis
trict; but may, il he deems il advisabls, ana-
lyxe any article Of food or drugs msnafactmed
outside Of the District and purchased BY resi-
dent OF the District, provided that in eass the
article is found upon analysis 70 be adulterstsd
be shall request the District health officer
0 thu purchase onsn .,i.. - sample Of the same S
analyze II. II the second sample IL found TO
be adulterated q certificate Of analysis shall be
furnished to the health officer.
EACH SAMPLE OF rood SUBMITTED,
II solid, shall weigh not les than one pound,
and if a liquid, shall measure not LEES than one
pint. The same will apply TO drugs, except in
case of light and bulky articles, of which half
pound or less will suffice.
The purchaser should send double the
quantity needed, half Of which she'll be
kept by the analyst for thirty days sub
lect to the order of any court having
jurisdiction. The person submitting the
sample shall state whether he IL a health
offcer, an inspector Of nuisances or Of food, or
merely q purchaser Of the sample. He viii
afix his name and number TO each sample.
Under no circumstances shall he convey any
information to the commissioner or the analyst,
A. TO THE souRcr OF TIE SAMPLE,
unless it be subject to tax under the internal
revenue laws. But in order to have the sam-
pie analysed he must submit certificate from
the District Attorney stating that the applicant
has revealed to the attorney the name, occu-
patton and address Of the vender.
The analyst shall determine, by proper
analysis and examination, whether any ofense
has been committed a. to the samples sub
mitted within the meaning Of the act Such
offenses are as follows:
oFFEXsEs UNDER TN ACT.
To mix, color, stain, or powder the ar
ticle Of food with any ingredient or ma
erial, so as to render it injurious to
health; to manufacture an article of food
which is composed in whole or in part OF
diseased, decomposed, offensive, or unclean
animal or vegetable substance. To mix, color,
stain, or powder the drug with. any Ingredient lent
article Of food or drug, which is not
of the nature, substance and quality
of the article demanded by the purchaser
or which is not composed Of ingredients in ac-
To sell the article of food from which part is
substracted as to affect injuriously its quail
ty, substance or nature.
The analyst shall also determine, when pos
sible, that a substance or ingredient not inju-
rious to health has been added to the food or
6rnU fho 10 iraI for
duction or preparation - an article ofcommerce
in a state fit for carriage or consumption, and
notfraudulently to increase the bulk, weight or
measure Of the food or drug, or conceal its in
ferior quality, or where the food or drug is
unavoidably mixed with some eXTaneous
matter in the process Of collection or prepare
ton.
STANDARDS FOR ANALYSIS.
In determining whether the sample indicates
that an offense has been committed, the COM
missioner and the analyst will be governed by
certain standards. The regulations specify these
standards. In the case Of drugs the standards
laid down in the ~. s. Pharmacop9ia" must
be followed. or if not recognized by that work,
the drug shall be judged upon the standards
to be found in other works, and finally the pro-
fessed standard under which it il sold shall be
taken.
BUTTER AND CHEESE SHALL BE MADE
exclusively from milk or cream, or both, with
or without salt or coloring matters. In buffers
the percentage Of water shall not be more than
IL, salt not more than 5, and fat not less than
SO. The maximum specific gravity shall be
0.51 at l04o Fair. Butter colored with annatto,
prepared with cotton-seed oil will be consid-
cred as oleomargarine. Cocoa shall contain
not less than As per cent Of cocoa butter or
fat; not less than 20 per cent Of nitrogen; not
less than per cent OF ash; not less than LIS
per cent Of theobromine, and not more than
Is per cent of starch.
COFFEE SHALL NOT BE ADuLTERATLD
with chicory, caramel, other grains, Is corn,
wheat or sage roots and seeds as dandelion,
mangel-wurzel, turnips, beans, peas, DC. Lard
shall not contain any cotton seed oil, beef
stearine, or other foreign fats. Malt liquors
shall not contain antiseptics, alkaline, bi-car-
Donates, salt, or unwholesome bitters.
PURE MILK.
The maximum specific gravity Of pure milk
shall be lo3 at 60 degrees fahrenheit, and the
milk shall contain not less than Is solid parts
out of 100, as follows: Fat s.5, and solids, not
"a parts of water. The removal of
cream, the addition Of water, foreign fats, or
coloring matter will be considered adultera-
tons.
shall be composed entirely Of ground wheat
free from bran, perfectly white or having .
faint tinge of yellow; must not show red
gray or black specks. nor possess Q disagree
able odor; must contain no foreign meals. as
rye; corn, barley, peas, beans; rice, linseed,
bread there must not be more than 81 per cent
of moisture.
The regulations also prescribe standards for
o number of articles not here enumerated, and
conclude with the forms to be used in present
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