The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-10
Bureau Of Chemistry Tabooes Unusual
Titles for Certain Foodstuffs
Which Are Manufactured
Hero. :
UNDER COMMON NAMES
Fancy Titles Must be Accompanied by
Additional Word "BrAnd" In
Order to Get
Through.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The bu-
reau Of chemistry receives frequent
requests for advice as to whether or
not common articles of food which
have come to be recognized by the
public under the federal food and
drugs act If labeled or sent under
newly coined names in connection
with such articles OF food, In the
opinion of the bureau, serves to mis-
lead and deceive buyers as to the
identity Of the articles. .....
The act, as the bureau understands
it, contemplates that articles of food
shall be sold under names by which
the public is accustomed to identify
them and not under false or decep-
tive names. No objection is enter
tanned by tho bureau, however, to the
use Of coined or fancy name accom-
panied by the word brand" plainly
and conspicuously displayed in con-.
nection with the common name Of
the article for the purpose Of distin-
gushing between articles of different
manufacturers or producers.
Ruling on Florida Fruit
The bureau has received repeated
requests to define the terms 1mma-
turity" and maturity" as applied to
interstate shipments Of grapefruit and
Florida oranges. With the informa-
ton now available the bureau regards
grapefruit immature II the juice does
not contain soluble solids equal to, or
in excess Of, seven parts to each part
Of acid contained in the Juice, the
| acidity Of the juice to be calculated
as citric acid without water Of crys-
utilization. The bureau also regards
| Florida oranges INN allure II the juice
does not contain soluble solids equal
| to, or in excess of, eight parts to each
part OF acid contained in the juice, the
acidity to be calculated az citrtc acid
without water of capitalization.
] Because the investigations of the
| bureau have not been completed. the
ratios set for grapefruit and for
Florida oranges are lower than those
which are believed to be the lowest
for properly matured fruit. 1t may
therefore. be expected that require
ments will be made more strict after
data from several crops are available.
! Investigations Of the bureau dis
close that there is being shipped in
interstate commerce., labeled "electri-
cally bleached." flour which has been
bleached with nitrogen peroxid. mas
much as the bleaching agent is nitro
gen peroxid. and not electricity, this
form of labelling is regarded by the
bureau as false and misleading.
| Some time ago the department an
nounced it's view that flour bleached
with nitrogen peroxid is adulterated.
| "SeIf-Rlsing" is Explanatory.
| It is held by the bureau that the
term "seIf-ristng' applied to flour i'm
plies the presence Of the usual leaven-
ing ingredients and that an additional
statement Of their presence is I'M
necessary; that the unqualified term
flour" should be applied only to the
fine, clean, sound product obtained by
boiling wheat meal. It is not required,
however, that the particular grade Of
-four or wheat used be specified. If
any statement regarding the grade be
made on the label. 1t must, Of course.
be correct.
The question has been aske1
whether milk or skinned milk, rip
ened by the addition Of culture, or
a starter made from culture, and
not subjected to churning, may be re-
garded as adulterated or misbrande3
If sold in interstate comm cree under
the name "buttermilk."
It is the opinion Of the bureau that
such q product can not be properly
designated by the unqualified name
"huttermilk" and It's sale under tn It
name unqualified would be regarded