The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-06
STANDARD FOR CONDENSED MILK
Decision Issued Defining Condensed or
Eyaporated Milk.

Condensed or evaporated milk shoul'
! be made from the whole, fresh, cieal
milk produced by the complete milking
of healthy cows, and contain definite
amount of nutritive materials, as indl
Gated by milk fat and total solids, ac
cording to a food inspection decision is
sued by the United States department
of agriculture. The definition embodied
in the decision will guide the officials OF
4 the department in the enforcement OF
the food and drugs act. The product, tc
be in accordance with the definition
| must contain not less than 25.5 per cent
of total solids and not less than 7.s pei
cent. of milk fat.
The total solids include all the sub.
stances in the condensed OF evaporated
milk except moisture, and are, therefore
an index of the actual food value of the
product. The department officials are
of the opinion that the fixing of a
minimum below which neither the total
solids nor milk fat may fall, con-
densed milk of high nutritive value is
insured. 1t is stated that no tolerance
whatsoever below the quantities fixed
in the decision will be permitted.
The definition also requires that the
milk must be from cows properly fed
and kept and is intended to prevent the
sale of condensed milk made from milk
from cows fed upon unwholesome feed
ing stuffs, such as swill and brewery
slop, or which have been kept under such
insanitary or otherwise unfavorable con-
ditons as might impair the quality of
the milk.
The definition for condensed milk as
embodied in the food inspection decision
is the same as the definition and stand
ard recommended by a joint committee
from certain state and national organiza-
tions having to do with the enforcement
of laws relating to foods. The organi-
cations represented on the joint com
mittee on definitions and standards are
The American Association of Dairy,
Food and Drug Officials, The Association
of Official Agricultural Chemists, and
the United States department of agri-
culture.
The joint committee on definitions and
standards is the outgrowth of move
ment to increase the efficiency of the
enforcement of state and federal food
laws by the adoption of uniform stand
ards. The standard for condensed milk
has already been adopted by number
Of states. Additional legislation will be
required in some states before it can be
made a legal standard in those states.
The full text of the decision follows:
Food Inspection Decision l5s.
Condensed Milk, Evaporated Milk,
Concentrated Milk
"The joint committee on definitions
and standards of the American Assoeia-
ton of Dairy, Food and Drug Officials.
Chemists, and the United States de-
partment of agriculture, on Nov. 20.
1914, adopted the following definition
md standard for condensed milk, evap-
,rated milk, concentrated milk;
CONDENSED milk, eyaporated milk, !
milk, is the product result |
ing from the evaporation of consider |
BILE portion of the water from the whole. |
fresh, clean, lacteal secretion obtained |
by the complete milking of one or more |
healthy cows, properly fed and kept, ex-
'luding that obtained within Is days be- |
fore and ten days after oalving, and 1
all tolerances being allowed for,
not less than 25.5 per cent of total /
solids and not less than rs per cent Of
milk fat
"The foregoing definition is adopted as
guide for the officials Of this depart
nent in enforcing the food and drugs /
lct, and food inspection decision No. 1871 /
8 revoked.
(SignedD "D. +. Houston, Secretary"