The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-23
FOR PURE FOOD AND
PURE DRINK,
If the States Adopt the standards
It Will Unity Food Control
Work Leading Feature
Is Effort for Pure
Whisky.

Washington, November 2l.-Secretary
Wilson today approved and proclaimed
the official food standards which have
food standard commission and the ex-
ecutive committee Of the National AS
sociation of Pure Food Commission
The committee Of the national associa-
ton, which met today, has recommend
ed to the different state food depart
ments that the standards be adopted for
use in the several states The committee
in it's recommendation says the general
adoption of the standards will unity the
food control work of the states. The COM
mittee authorized It's secretary. r. M.
Allen, officially to call an International
pure food congress at the st. Louis ex-
position and to visit at once the govern
ments of Europe and invite them to take
part.
Secretary Allen also was instructed to
take immediate steps toward organizing
an exhibit Of the work of the state food
departments at the worlds fair.
For Pure Whisky.
One Of the leading features of the ex-
tional bottling and bond law which pro-
vides government guarantee for pure
whisky and enables any purchaser of
whisky ip the Uuited states to secure the
genuine article under government GER
tifcates over the corks of the bottles
The committee met in conference with
representatives. OF the various manufac-
turing and commercial interests OF the
country and the conference unanimously
indorsed a bill introduced by Senator
McCumber at this session of congress-
A Joint commission was appointed to me-
morialize congress on behalf of the bill.
The standards now announced are bas-
ed on the authority Of the acts of June
8, 1902, and March s. 1908 The object
Is to establish standards corresponding
to American food materials whether raw
or manufactured. and to represent the
results OF American process of manufac-
ture. The standards consist of definitions
and chemical limits and embrace meat
and its products, milk and it's products,
sugar and related substances, spices and
cocoa and cocoa products. No chemical
limits are named for the meat products.
the standard being fixed by definition
only which gives this description:
Sound. dressed and properly prepared
efnole parts of animals in good health at
the time of slaughter"
STANDARD Of Milk.
The standard Of milk is fixed at not
less than al5 per cent Of solids and not
less than 81 per cent Of milk fat Sepa-
rate definitions and standards are pre-
scrioed for plain ans sweeteped condens-
ed mllks and for evaDoratad cream. The
standard Of CONDENSED nGlk contains not
less than % per ceW OF milk solid Of
which 4 must be milk fat. Standard
cream must have II least 8 per cent Of
milk fat. Butter 4 defined and this state
ment added:
By acts OF conesN4s approved on Az
gust 2, 1856, and on May 9, so2, butter
may also contain additional coorng mat
ter"
A similar statement Is made with refer,
ence to coloring matter in cheese, based
On the act Of June $50 The standard OF
butter as fixed contains not less than
s2l5 per cent OF butter fat, and the same
a 8 to renovated butter except that max
imum limit of per cent of water is
fixed, in accordance with the existing
practice Of the department of agriculture
and the internal revenue bureau in the
enforcement OF the adulterated and rem
oyated butter act For chees, fun cream,
a minimum of SO per cent of Lutter fat In
the water free substance is prescribed.