The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-09-06
Official Rulings 8-29-t3

Official Rulings 3-28-t3
1. Effective September list, the food
administration has provided for the
preparation and marketing by manu-
lfacturers and distributing trades OF
the country a mixed flour, complying
with the international policy go per
cent substitutes and 80 per cent
wheat, which will be available for
purchase by private consumers or
households.
2. Where straight wheat flour is
sold by retailers at the same time 20I
per cent Of other cereal flour must
be sold co-incidentally
8. All bakers bread shall contain
20 per cent of other cereals, and
households shall mix at least 20 per
cent of substitute cereals for all uses
in the home.
T. Corn meal for the use of corn
bread should De purchased separately
from wheat flour, SO that the sale of
corn meal for corn bread will not
measure against or be used as a GOV,
ering for wheat flour under the per.
centages named.
s. All mixed flours, conforming to
the percentages named and in accord.
ance with the following regulations
shall be labeled Victory Mixed
Flour" and the ingredients in the orr
der of their proportion and their per,
centages, shall also be plainly marked
on original mill packages Such mix,
ed flour must be milled in accordance
with the standards of the United
States food administration
6. No mixed flour Except pancake
flour shall be made or manufactured
except in the exact proportion as out
lined below
a. Mixed wheat and barley flour
shall be in proportion Of four pounds
of wheat flour to one pound of barley
flour.
b. Mixed wheat and corn flour shall
contain the proportion of four pounds
Iof wheat flour to one pound of corn
flour
c. Mixed wheat, barley and corn
flour shall contain the proportion OF
eight pounds Of barley and one pound
Of corn flour
d. Mixed wheat and rye flour shall
contain the proportion of three pounds
Of wheat flour, and not less than two
pounds of rye flour.
e. Wholewheat entire wheat. or
graham flour or meal shall contain
at least IS per cent of the wheat ber-
ry.
Z. All Of the above victory mixed
flours may be sold without substitutes
but at no greater price from the mil
Ter, wholesaler, or retailer, than is
charged for standard wheat flour.
8. These regulations supersede the
$3.50 rule. The retailer selling stan
dard wheat flour is required to carry
in stock either barley flour corn
meal or corn flour, and with every sale
OF wheat flour must sell combina-
ton of some one or more of these in
the proportion Of one pound substi-
tute TO each four pounds of wheat
flour.
3. No dealer shall force any other
substitute in combination upon the
consumer, and these substitutes must
conform to standards fixed by the
United States food administration.
10. In localities where other substi-
tutes are available. which retailers
may wish to carry in order to meet
local conditions. the following flours
may also be sold in such combination
IN lieu of the above rules, if the con,
sumner so demands at the ratio of one
pound substitute to four pounds OF
wheat flour. These additional on.
tional substitutes under this rule, will
be: Kaffir flour, milo flour, feterita
Hour and meal. rice flour, oat flour,