Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-23
FOOD ORDERS
GIVEN OUT
Food Administration Issues General
Orders Governing Hotels,
Restaurants and All Public
Eating Places
ORDERS WENT INTO
EFFECT ON OCT. %
They Will Be Inforced by the Food
Administrator Under Penalty
Provided in the Food Con.
troll Act

The following general orders have
been issued by the United States
Food administration governing ho-
tells, restaurants and all public eat
ing places including call places
where cooked food is sold to be con-
sumed on the premises" These
orders will be enforced by the Food
Administration under penalty pro-
vided in the Food Control Act.
They go into effect October 81:
L. No public eating-place shall
serve or permit to be served any
bread or other bakery product which
does not contain at least 209o of
wheat -four substitutes, nor shall il
serve or permit to be served more
than two ounces of this bread, known
, as Victory Bread, or if no Victory
Bread is served, more than 4 ounces
OF other breads (such as corn bread.
mullins, Boston brown bread, etc. }
Sandwiches or bread served at board
ing camps, and rye bread containing
900 or more or pure rye -four, are
excepted.
2. No public eating-place shall
serve or permit to be served bread
or toast as a garniture or under
meat.
g. No public eating-place shall all
low any bread to be brought to the
table until after the first course IS
served.
| 4. No public eating-place shall
serve or permit to be served, to one
patron at any one meal more than
one kind of meat. For the purpose
of this rule meat shall be considered
as including beef, mutton, pork,
poultry and any by-products thereof.
5. No public eating-place shall
serve or permit to be served any
bacon as a garniture.
6. No public eating-place shall
serve or permit to be served to any
one person at one meal more than
one-half ounce Of butter.
z. No public eating-pIace shall
serve or permit to be served to any
one person at any one meal more
than one-half ounce of Cheddar,
commonly called American cheese
s. No public eating-place shall use
or permit the use of the sugar bowl
on the table or lunch counter. Nor
shall any public eating-place serve
sugar or permit it to be served un-
less the guest so requests and in nc
event shall the amount served to any
one person at any one meal exceed
one teaspoonful or its equivalent.
g. No public eating-place shall use or
permit the use of an amount OF sugar
in excess of two pounds for every
NINETY meals served, including all
uses of sugar on the table and in
cookingl excepting Ouch sugar as
may be allotted by the Federal Food
Administrators to hotels holding
Ia bakery license. No sugar allotted
for this special baking purpose shall
be used for any other purpose.
10. No public eating place shall
burn any food or permit any food to
he burned and all waste shall be
saved to feed animals or reduced tc
obtain fats.
IL. No public eating-place shall
display or permit to be displayed
food on its premises in any such
manner as may cause its decoration
so that it cannot be used for human
consumption.
IL. No public eating-place shall
lserve or permit to be served what
lis known as double cream or cream
lde luxe; and in any event, no cream
containing over 200 of butter fal
shall be- served.
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