The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-10-08
PURE FOOD
IS ASSURED
II Zeal of Commissioners IS
Rewarded
SOME IMPORTANT RULINGS MADE
At the Madison. Wisconsin.
Meeting


Dairy and Food Commissioner A.
H. Wheaton and State Chemist j. H.
Shepard returned Thursday evening
from Madison, Wis, where they attend.
ed meeting Of the food commission
ers and chemists of the western states.
This meeting was called by Prof.
e. F. Ladd, president of the National
Pure Food association, for the purpose
of securing harmony of action as to
rulings, standards and principles and
to promote the uniform enforcement
OF the food laws and cooperation
among food officials of the states or
the middle west. The following states
were represented:
Commissioners Ladd, North Dakota;
Barnard, Indiana; Wheaton, South Da-
kota; Emery, Wisconsin; Wright,
Iowa. Chemists, Fischer, Wisconsin;
Shepard, South Dakota; Bryan and
Nels, Illinois; West, Minnesota; Robin
son, Michigan; Mitchell and McCabe,
U. 8. Department of Agriculture.
The meeting adopted the following
resolutions, which will be the basis
of the rulings by the Commissioners
in the states named, and they will be
strictly adhered to:
That the sale of sausage and saus-
age meat conforming to the following
standard will not be contested:
Sausage-Sausage meat Is commin-
uted meat from neat cattle or swine,
or mixture of such meats, either
fresh, salted, picked or smoked, with
added salt and spices and with or
without the addition of edible animal
rats, blood and sugar, or, subsequent
smoking. 1t contains no larger amount
or water than the meats from which
1t Is prepared contain when In their
fresh condition and IL 1t bearsa name
descriptive of kind, composition or
origin. 1t corresponds to- such descrip-
tive name. All animal tissues used
as containers, such as castings, stom-
achs, etc., are clean and sound and
impart to the contents no other sub
stances than salt.
That the sale of compounds COM
posed OF sausage, cereals and added
water will not be contested IL labeled
as follows: Compound saus-
age; 20 cereals; 20 added
water and II the names of all the
ingredients be In the same sized type
and the name of no one of them be
given greater prominence than the
other.
The addition of ice or water to
schucked oysters has the effect Of low
ering and depreciating and Injurious
ly affecting their strength, quality and
purity and that such addition consti-
tutes an adulteration and the sale of
oysters so adulterated will be contest
ed.
That the sale of ice cream conform
ing to the following standards will not
be contested:
/. Ice cream is a frozen product
made from cream and sugar. with or
without natural fiavoring, and con.
tains not less than fourteen per cent
of milk fat. 2. Fruit Ice cream is a
frozen product made from cream. sug.
ar and sound, clean, matured fruits
and contains not less than twelve per
cent of milk fat 3. Nut ice cream is
a frozen product made from cream,
sugar and sound. non-rancid nuts and
contains not less than twelve per cent
of milk fat A
That the sale of Ice cream, defined
as above, when mixed with gelatin not
to exceed three ounces of gelatin to
ten gallons of ice cream, or with trag-
esSohth Va OtnCl NC6ctdUlS kuul, OF WlIn
eggs, will not be contested IL the same
Is labeled and sold as gelatin ice
cream" or gum ice cream" or "egg
ice cream" as the case may be and
provided that the butter fat content
shall not fall below the standards stat
ed above.
That the sale of soft drinks and other
food products containing soap bark
or any OF its preparations or cocaine
will be contested.
That the addition of caffein to soft
drinks Is unnecessary and reaching as
1t does largely the child population of
our states, is fraught with extreme
danger and constitutes menace to
health.
That it Is the sense of this conven-
ton. that the enactment by the several
states. OF measures to secure full and
complete sanitary control of food prod
ucing, manufacturing and distributing
establishments and agencies is both
desired and necessary. g
1t has come to our notice that I'm
some cases rotten. mouldy and decom-
posed and unwholesome tomatoes are
being used in the manufacture Of toma-
TO catsups;
Resolved, That the food officials of
the country investigate the. manufac-
ture of this food in their respective
states and adopt every possible meas
ure to prevent the use Of such mater
ial. A
That the practice of treating Ash.
ham. bacon, sausage and other meats
with product so-called liquid smoke"
and similar preparations is fraudulent
and menace to health and the sale
OF products so treated will be contest
ed.
Geo. Cole took first money with ].
w. Wilson's PAGER. Hazel Wilson, at
the Estelline races last Neelr. Hazel