The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-10-17

Digest of Laws and Rulings Govern
ing the Sale OF Foods.

Ing the SaIe Oh oVuss
In order that the public may become
familiar With the law governing the
manufacture and sale of foods I'm the
State CT South Dakota. the Food ana
Dairy department has issued the fol-
lowing digest of the laws and rulings
governing the sale of the various
foods:
Baking Powder-Every can must be
labeled with the manufacturers name
and address, and also the name of the
baking powder. No formula is neces-
ssry If containing alum. the following
words, In type no smaller than brewer
heavy gothic caps. must be printed on
the label. This Baking Pow Ter Con-
tains Alum All baking powder must
be true to name and contain no inju-
r;ous substances:
Butter-Nust be made from pure
milk and cream and contain no pre-
sentative other than salt, ard no sub
stance injurious to health. May be
colored with harmless vegetable butter
color. Process or reworked butter must
not be labeled or sold for creamery or
dairy butter.
Candy-Must not be adulterated by
terra alba. baryts. tale or any other
mineral substance. or contain poison
Gus coloring or fiavors or other fngre-
dients injurious to health.
Catsups-Must not contain injurious
ingredients, coloring matter or pre-
servatives.
Cider-Must be true to name and
contain no artificial coloring. preserv-
stives or substance injurious to health.
Apple cider must be made from pure
apple juice.
Cheeee-Must be made from pure
milk and cream. Each cheese and each
box must be stenciled. South Dakota
Full Cream Cheese. or skim or 'Im-
ltation." as the case may be, and be
true to name. Full cream, cheese must
contain not less than 4J per cent but
ter fat in comparison with total solids.
IF less than AZ per cent must be marked
skim. and II containing any fat or ole
nginous substance. or foreign fat. or
the fat OF any stale. rancid or impure
butter. shall be branded imitation.
Cheese factories must annually procure
license from food and dairy commits
sioner.
Coftoleno--Must be sold only under
It's true name. Is legal IL containing
no substance de'eterious to health and
not made in Imitation Of lard.
Liquors-Must be chemically pure.
free from all unnatural or abnormal
ingredients and coloring matter. Must
not be miyed with other drugs or diff
ferent kinds of liquor nor with water.
Maple Sugar and Syrups--Must be
true to name. otherwise labeled adui-
terated.
Mill-Must be pure and unadulterat-
Grated Must not be taken from un-
healthy cows or contain preserya-
tives of any description. This applies
to milk furnished to creameries or
cheese factories. by milk peddlers or
served to orcsts at any hotel, restau
rant or boarding house.
Coffee--If sold as such. must be true
to name ard not coated to conceal in
f,riority May be mixed with chicory
or other substance not injurious to
health If labeled Coffee compound"
and the rame of the manufacturer and
his address Coffee substitute composed
If cereals in combination. labeled or sold
as a substitute for coffee. may be sold
under a coin name. II the name is not
any one of the ingredients contained
therein.
earned Goo6s--Must bear the name
and address of the packer and contain
no poisonous ingredient or injurious
coloring matter. The greening OF veg
etables is prohibited.
Cream of Tartar-Must be true to
name and unauthorized.
Extracts tFlaForing)-Bottles or
packages must bear the name of the
manufacturer and his address, and the
name of the article. Must be pure, or
marked or labeled adulterated thus:
"Adulterated Lemon" etc. Vanilla
favoring must be true to name and
nncolored. Compound extracts must
have the name of each ingredient on
the label of each bottle or package.
Extracts not made from fruit berries
or beans must be labelel Imitation
Lemon or Irritation Vanilla ETC.,
pnd contain no injurious substances.
Farinaceous Goods Muse be true to
name, pure and unaduiterated II
mixed or compounded. must be sold
under coin name.
Honey-Must be pure, made by bees
from the natural secretions Of flowers
and plants. If made by bees fed on
glucose. sugar or syrup and other ma
terials, must bear label giving the
name of the persons who fed or caused
to be fed the substance, the name OF
the substance from which the said sub
stance was stored or made. Honey
mixed with glucose, sugar. syrup or
any other substance. and not the legit-
innate product Of the honey bee, shall
hear label giving the name and ad-
dress Of the manufacturers and the
name of the substances from which 1t
was compounded.
Jellies-This embraces all foods and
preparations of foods known as jellies,