The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-28

Be It Ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham as follows;
 Section 1. Definition of Terms. (a) The word sausage" shall mean chopped, ground or mascerated edible part of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine or goat, which has been sea soned mixed and stuffed or packed in beef, pork or sheep castings, or other containers and sold under the general trade name of sausage.
 (b) The phrase meat food products" shall mean any article of food or any article which enters into the compost tion of food for human consumption, which is derived or prepared, in whole or in part, from any product of the carcass of any sheep, swine, or goats, if such portion is all or consider able and definite portion of the ar ticle.
 Section 2. No sausage shall have added thereto during the process Of manufacture more than ? per cent ce- real nor per cent water. Certain meat food products such as meat loaf may contain cereal in excess of per cent and water in excess of per cent but in no case more than 10 per cent cereal and 10 per cent water.
 Section 8. When any amount of cereal is added to the meat in process of manufacturing sausage the phrase cereal added" must be marked on the package or container in which the product is packed.
 Section 4 No sausage or meat food product and no container thereof shall be labeled with any false or deceptive name but established trade names which are usual to such articles and are not false or deceptive and which have been approved by the health off, ficer of the City of Birmingha may be used. Such terms as special fancy, selected, best, finest, absolutely pure, 100 per cent pure" and such like with out qualifications, shall be used on labels only in connection with and to which justifies the use of such terms. used shall be subject to approval of the Jefferson County Board of Health.
 Section 5. Any sausage or meat food products when composed of moro than one ingredient shall not be labeled with 8. name stating or indicating that the product is a substance which is not the principal ingredient named therein, even though such may be an established trade name. The term principal ingredient" as used in this paragraph, shall be construed to mean thdL SuCn Ing SulcHl lS CQQdl tO UT CA ceeds in amount the other ingredients combined exclusive of cereal and water. If the ingredients are stated on the label, they shall appear in the order of their percentages. For example,: sausage containing pork and beef shall not be labeled pork sausage" but shall be labeled pork and beef sausage" However, if the pork ingre- dients equal or exceed 50 per cent of the meat content such sausage may be labeled pork sause ge. beef added A product consisting of veal, pork and beef, shall not be labeled veal loaf" but may be designated as veal. pork and beef loaf" However, if the veal ingredient is not less than 50 per cent of the meat content of the product, the product may be labeled veal loaf, pork and beef added" the words pork and beef to appear in the order of their percentages as above indicated.
 Section 6. When cereal is added to any meat food product in excess of 2 per cent and not exceeding 10 per cent the word cereal shall appear on the label as a part of the name of the product in uniform size and style let ters for example: veal and cereal loaf"
 Section T. All meats used in the manufacture of sausage or meat food products in the City of Birmingham must either be inspected and passed under the City regulations governing the slaughter and sale of meats or shall be inspected and passed under the regulations governing the meat inspec- tion of the U. S. Department of Agri- culture. The meat ingredient of saul sage and meat food product shall be sound, wholesome and fit for human fvaa n taint. All other ingredients. such as spices, cereals and curatives shall be clean, sound, wholesome, healthful and otherwise fit for human food.
 Section 8. No sausage or meat food product shall contain any substance which impairs it's wholesomeness, nor contain any dye or foreign coloring matter or conservatives or added chemicals. except as follows: There may be added to sausage and meat food products common salt, cider vin- egar. wine vinegar, malt vinegar, su- gar vinegar, glucose vinegar, spirit trate of soda. Benzoate of soda may be added to sausage and meat products only when the proportion or per centage of this article so used IS plainly declared or stated on the label.
 Section g. Only harmless coloring matters may be used and these only with the approval and in such man ner as may be designated by the Jeff ferson County Board of Health. Dyes may be used in or upon the products only in the manner and under condi- ticns as follows: (a) Dye may be used for coloring sausage castings by dip ping the sausage in vats containing such coloring, provided the character of the castings Is sufficient that the dyes not in any manner penetrate into the meat food pfoduct contained in the castings. If the cloth castings are used they shall be coated with un- colored paraffine before the applica- ton of the color, and the dye must in no case penetrate into the saul sage. In no case shall any sausage be boiled or partially cooked or heated in vats containing any color1ng mat ter. (b) When artificial coloring IS used such fact shall be plainly stated on the label (c) All markets, restau- rants, lunch counters, weiner stands, and other places selling or serving sausage to the general public, other than in the original package, which has been artificially colored or which contains in excess of 2 per cent cereal or 8 per cent water shall place in their shops in a conspicuous place a notice or sign sufficiently large to be easily seen from any position in their place of business. reading as follows:
 Sausage sold or served here is ar- tificially colored and contains cereal in excess of per cent and water in i'll excess of 2 per cent"
 Section 10. The only animal cas- ings which may be used as containers of any sausage or meat food product are those from cattle, sheep, swine or goats. Such castings shall be care-