The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-10

EDITOR REGISTER: I have fire.
quently been asked by friends and
patrons. what was meant by Filled
Cheese. The majority. like my
self, had am idea what was meant.
but not avery defniteone Iprom-
ised to look the matter up and give
the information through the local
papers, providing they took kindly
to the idea
An inquiry directed to DR..
b. McNeal Ohio Dairy and Pure
Food Commissioners. brought the
following letter and copy of the
Ohio law
CoLu1IBus, ONO,
January ID, 1897.
III. III. DAVIS, ESQ
Point Pleasant, w Va.
DEAR SIR:AI have your letter of
the 9Th inst, inquiring for my def
milton of Filled Cheese. Filled
cheese, as accepted by most deal
;ers, is cheese made from milk
from which part of all the butter
fats have been removed, and then
by certain process incorpo ratel
foreign fats into the skinned
milk before making the same into
cheese; but legally the term filed.
cheese must be taken to mean
Whatever the statute under which.
1t is regulated defines 1t to be.
81 enclose herewith a copy of the
cheese law of this State, enacted
at the last session of our Legisla-
ture. 1t includes not only filed.
cheese but skinned cheese. i
think the law enacted by our
United States Congress at its last
session defines filed cheese very
much as it is defined in this law.
In fact / think our law is an exact
copy of the United States law SO
far as it refers to filed cheese. 1
could not give you any better def
milton than is here given.
Yours truly,
#. b. MCNEAL.
Ohio Dairy and Food Com.
The copy of the Ohio Law is too
lengthy for publication here, and
L will copy only the heading and
Section I, which gives the law and
definition, the other sections being.
mainly directed towards regula-
ting the sale. prescribing punish.
ment, &c.
fsENATE BILL NO. 81.
An Act to prevent fraud in the
manufacture and sale of limitations
of cheese or substitutes for cheese,
and to regulate the branding of
cheese in the State of Ohio.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, that whoever, by himself or
his agents, sells, exposes for sale,
or has in his possession with in
tent to sell, any article, substance,
or compound made in imitation or
semi lance of cheese, or as sub
stitute for cheese, and not made
exclusively and wholly of milk or
cream, with salt rennet, and with
or without harmless coloring mat
ter, or containing any fats. oils or
greese not produced from milk or
cream, shall have the words Gill
ed cheese and all cheese made
exclusively and wholly from milk
or cream with salt, rennet, and
with or without harmless
coloring matter, and containing
less then ten per cent. of pure but
ter fat, shall have the words skim
med cheese, stamped, labeled or
marked, in printed letters of plain,
uncondensed Gothic type, not less
than one inch in length, so that
the word cannot be easily defaced,
and upon the side of every cheese,
cheese cloth or bag around the
same, and upon the top and side
of every tub, frkin, box, or pack
age containing any of said article,
substance or compound.
The remainder of Section I pro-
vides for retail dealers, and calls.
for wrapping each parcel with a
wrapper designating what the
article is, much the same as in the
sale of oleomargerine and butter
inc.
Section II prescribes the pun
ishment for defacing the labels
with intent to defraud.
Section III prescribes punish
ment for selling filed cheese as
the genuine article, or as "fun
milk cheese
Very respectfully,
ii. n. DAVIS.