The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-18
PURE FOOD LAWS.
Digest Of Laws and Rulings
ing the Sale of Foods.

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In order that the public may become
familiar with the law governing the
manufacture and sale of foods IN the
State Of South Dakota, the Food anc
Dairy department has issued the foi-
lowing digest of the laws and rulings
governing the sale of the various
foods:
Baking Powder-Every can must De
labeled with the manufacturers name
and address, and also the name or the
baking powder. No formula Is neces-
sary. If containing alum, the following
words, III type no smaller than brewer
heavy gothic caps, must be printed on
the label: This Baking FOWLER Con-
tains Alum" All baking powder must
be true to name and contain no inJu-
r;ous substances:
Butter-Must be made from pure
milk and cream and cont1in no pre-
sentative other than salt, ard no SUBJ
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 he adulterated by
terra alba, barytis, tale or any other
mineral substance, or contain poison
Gus coloring or flavors or other ingre-
dents injurious to health.
Catsups-Must not contain injurious
ingredients, coloring matter or pre-
servatives.
Cider-Must be true to name n
certain no artificial coloring. preserv-
atives or substance injurious to health.
Apple cider must be made from pure
apple juice.
Cheese-Must be made from pure
milk and cream. Each cheese and each
hox must be stenciled' South Dakota
Full Cream Cheese or Skim or "Im-
itation,' as the case may be, and be
true to name. Full cream cheese must
contain not less than As per cent ut
ter fat in comparison with total solids.
If less than As per cent must be marked
skim. and if containing any fat or Ole
agincus 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.
Cottolene-Nust be sold only under
Its true name. Is legal If containing
no substance delete rious 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 mixed with other drugs or diff
ferent kinds of liquor nor with water.
Maple Sugar and Syrups-Must be
true to name. otherwise labeled adul-
teratrd.
Milk-Must be pure and unadulterat-
Grated Must not be taken from I'M
healthy COWS or contain preServa-
tives of any description. This applies
to milk furnished to creameries or
cheese factories, by milk peddlers Or
serve to guests at any hotel, restau-
rant or boarding house.
Coffee-If sold as such, must be true
to name, and not coated to conceal in
ftriority. 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
II cereals in combination, labeled or sold
as a substitute for coffee, may be sold
under a coin name, If the name is not
any one of the ingredients contained
therein.
earned Goods-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 unadulterated.
Extracts Observation-Disclosures 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
f1avoring must be true to nome and
Compound extracts must
the name of each ingredient on
the label of each bottle or package.
not made from fruit, berries
or beans must be labeled limitation
Lemon or Imitation Vanilla ETC.,
and contain no injurious substances.
F~arinaceous Goods-Must be true to
name, pure and unadulterated. II
mixed or compounded, must be sold
under a 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 a label giving the
Of the persons who fed or caused
to be fed the substance, the name Of
the substance from which the said SUBJ
stance was stored or made. Honey
mixed with glucose, sugar, syrup or
my other substance, and not the leg1t-
innate product of the honey bee, shall
Gear a label giving the name and ad-
1ress Of the manufacturers and the
name of the substances from which 1t
vas compounded.
Jell1es-This embraces all foods and
Of foods known as jellies.
whether prepared from animal or veg
.table products. They must in all cases
pure and true to name, otherwise
hey must be labeled with the name
Ind, address Of the manufacturer, and
he word mixture" or 'ad~ulterated."
preceding the name of the article and
he grade and net weight of the article
contained In the package. No pre-
.'ervative or artificial coloring matter
8 allowed.
.Lard-This embraces the legitimate
exclusive product OF the hog.
lard may be sold If the
package bears a label giving the name
md address of the manufacturer and
he words "adulterated lard" and in