Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-22
Regulations for Pubic Eating Places.


Orono, Maine, October 15.-Public
eating places will be required 10 adopt
the new war program Of the United
States Food Administration according to
announcement made today by Federal
Food Administrator Leon 8. Merrill.
Failure to conform TO any Of the new
orders will be regarded rs . wssteful
practice forbidden by section four OF
the food control act.
For the purpose OF following general
orders public eating places shall DO de-
fined TO include ell hotels, restaurants,
boarding houses, clubs, dining cars, and
steamships, and all places whore cooked
food 10 sold to be consumed on
tho premises. The now orders be-
come effective October 2lst, 1918.
It has not been deemed advisable or
necessary at tho present time actually 10
license the operation OF such public eat
ing places, but in cases where the pstrt-
otto cooperation Of such public eating
places cannot be secured by other
means, tho United States Food Admins
tration will not hesitate to secure com.
pliance with its orders through its con.
troll of the distribution of sugar, -four
and other food supplies.
General Order /. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be served
any bread or other bakery product which
does not contain at least 20 per cent Of
wheat -four substitutes, nor shall Il
serve or permit to be served more than
two ounces of this bread known -
victory bread, or II no victory bread 10
served, more than four ounces of other
breads (suoh 40 corn bread, mullins,
Boston brown bread, etc.,. Sandwiches
or bread served at boarding oamps, and
rye bread containing 80 per cent or moro
of pure rye -four, are excepted.
General Order 2. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be served
bread or toast ~ garniture or under
meat.
General Order s. No public eating.
place shall allow any bread to be brought
to the table until after the first course 10
served.
General Order 4. No public eating.
place shall serve or permit to BIS served
tn one patron at any one meal more than
ono kind of meat. For the purpose Of
this rule meat shall be considered as In.
GLIDING beef, mutton, pork, poultry and
any by-prodncts thereof.
General Order s, No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be served
any bacon as gar niture.
General Order 6. No public eating
place shah serve or permit to be served
to any one person at any one meal more
than one-half ounce Of butter.
General Order I. No public eating.
place shall serve or permit to be served
to any one person at any one meal more
than one.half ounce Of Chsddsr, CON-
monty called American cheese.
General Order 8. No public eating
place shall use or permit the use OF
sugar bowl on the table or lunch coupter.
Nor shall any public eating place serve
sugar or permit 1t to DO served unless
| the guest 80 requests and In no event
shall the mount served to amp ono per-
son at any one meal exceed one teaspoon.
fol or its equivalent.
General Order Q. No public eating.
place shall use or permit the use of IN
amount Of sugar In excess of two pounds
for every ninety meals served. including
| all uses of sugar on the table and In
cooking, excepting such sugar az may
be allotted by the Federal Food Admins.
traitors to hotels holding bakers license.
No sugar allotted for this special baking
purpose shall be used for any other
purpose.
General Order 10. No public eating.
place shall burn any food or permit any
food to be burned and ell waste shall be
saved to feed animals or reduced to OBJ
tain fats. -
General Order II. No public eating
place shall display or permit to be dis
plsyed food on its premises In any such
manner az may cause its deterioration 20
that It cannot be used for human CON.
sumption.
General Order IL. No public eating.
place shall serve or permit to be served
what 10 known 20 double cream or
cream de luxe; and In any event, no
cream containing over 20 per cent Of
butter fat sball be served.