The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-15
NEW FOOD REGULATIONS.

food administrator, on Sunday an
nounced his initial move in the grea
conservation campaign which must b
undertaken by the American peopl
this year if the nation is to make goo,
its promise to send 17,500,000 tons o.
food to the Allies.
New food regulations, designed t,
carry out a direct reduction in tn,
consumption of all foodstuffs, particu
larly staples, will be put in force OF
October 81 in all places where cooked
food is sold to be eaten on the prem
ises. The regulations will affect ev
cry hotel, restaurant, cafe, club anC
dining car in the country. 1t is es
timated approximately 100000 per
sons take their meals in these public
eating places.
Mr.. Hoover's next step will be to in.
stitute a similar saving in the Ameri.
can home. Within a short time he ex.
poets to call upon the American house
wife to pare down her entire food bill
and spread more frugal table, so the
great deficit of our allies may be made
up. Details of the means to be en-
ployed in accomplishing the home saw
ing have not been completed, but the
fact is patent the world is short of
food, and only a surplus of American
E1ol
The twelve "don'ts" for public eat
ing places are as follows:
l. Shall not serve or permit to be
served any bread or other bakery pro-
duct which does not contain at least
20 per cent of wheat flour substitutes,
nor shall serve or permit to be serv-
ed more than two ounces of this bread,
known as Victory bread, or if no Vic
tory bread is served, more than four
ounces of other breads (such as corn
bread, mullins, Boston brown bread,
etc. Sandwiches or bread served at
boarding camps and rye bread con-
tanning 30 per cent or more of pure
rye -four are expected.
2. Shall not serve or permit to be
served bread or toast as garniture
under meat.
8. Shall not allow any bread to be
brought to the table until after the
first course is served.
4. Shall not 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 con-
sidered as including beef, mutton
pork, poultry and any by products
thereof.
5. Shall not serve or permit to be
served any bacon as garniture.
6. Shall not serve or permit to be
served to any one person at any one
meal more than one-half ounce OF
butter.
Z. Shall not serve or permit to bt
served to any one person at any one
meal more than one-half ounce O1
cheddar, commonly called American
cheese.
8. Shall not use or permit the US,
of the sugar bowl on the table or luncl
counter. Nor shall any public eatins
place serve sugar or permit it to b.
served to any one person at any on
meal exceeding one teaspoonful or it
equivalent.
i 9. Shall not use or permit the us
of an amount of sugar in excess of tw
pounds for every ninety meals served
including all uses of sugar on the tabl
and in cooking, excepting such suga
as may be allotted by the federal foo
administrators to hotels holding
bakery license. No sugar allotte
for this special baking purpose sha
be used for any other purpose.
Il 10. Shall not burn any food or pei
nit any food to be burned, and a
waste shall be saved to feed animal
, or reduced to obtain fats.
/ IL. Shall not display or permit t
} be displayed food on any premises
any such manner as may cause its d.
terioration so that it cannot be use
for human consumption.
Il II. Shall not serve or permit to
served what is known as double creal
: or cream de luxe; and in any event, 7
s cream containing more than 20 p,
r cent of butter fat shall be served.