Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1900 — INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Food Rales of the Indiana State Board of Health. According to Chapter CXXI, Acts of 1809, Fatablishing Minimum Standards and Defining Specific Adulterations of Foods and Drugs—Passed October 18, 1890. MILK. Rule 1. Pure cow s milk shall have the following minimum comi»osltion: Fat, 3 per cent.; solids, not fat, 9 per cent. Rule 2. Water existing in cow’s milk In excess of S 3 per cent, shall be an adulteration. Any coloring matter added, for any purpose whatsoever, shall be an adulteration. Any chemical antiseptic whatever. added for any purpose whatever, shall be an adulteration. Rule X Milk sold or offered for human consumption that Is taken from a cow that has calved within four (4) days, or from a cow that will come in or ealve Inside of twenty-one (21) days, Is polluted, and shall be considered as adulterated. Rule 4. Milk sold or offered for human consumption that is taken from a cow fed with damaged food, or any food which will impart a disagreeable flavor, is impure, and shall be considered as adulterated. Rule 5. Milk sold or offered for human consumption that is taken from any sick or diseased cow. or any cow that is given polluted water to drink, or which is kept under conditions contrary to the rules of the State Board of Health governing dairies, is impure, and shall be considered as adulterated. BUTTER. Rule 8. The word "butter” shall mean the substance usually known as butter, made exclusively from milk or cream, with or without salt or coloring matter, •nd shall contain not less than 80 per eent. of pure milk fats. Rule 7. If any of the folloWing-named substances are found in butter, they shall

be considered adulterants: Water In excess of 15 per cent.; salt In excess of • per cent.; salicylic acid, borax, boric add, saltpeter, formaldehyde, glucose, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate, or any other added chemical, or any other fat than butter fat, any other coloring matter than is natural to butter, except annatto, saffron, safflower, turmeric and harmless coal tar colors. MARGARINE. Rui-» 8. The word "margarine” shall mean a.ll substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared In imitation of butter, a».d whether mixed with butter or not. Rule 9. If any of the following-named substances are found In “margarine” they shall be considered adulterants: Water Jn excess of 15 per cent.; salt in excess Of-6 per cent.; glucose, paraffine, salicylic add, borax, boric acid, saltpeter, formaldehyde. «odium carbonate or bicarbonate, or any chemical preservative. Any coloring matter or mixture of coloring matters other than annatto, saffron, safflower and turmeric and other harmless vegetable colors, and the harmless coal tar colors, shall be considered adulterants.

CHEESE. Rule 10. Cheese not made wholly from milk or cream, salt and harmless coloring matter shall be considerated adulterated. Rule 11. Cheese containing less than 10 per cent, of milk fats shall be considered adulterated unless plainly labeled "skim milk cheese” In letters not less than one inch long, the label to be plainly exposed. Rule 12. Cheese containing any other fats than milk fats shall be considered adulterated unless plainly labeled “Filled Cheese." Rule 13. Cheese containing any coloring matter other than annatto, safflower, saffron. turmeric or harmless coal tar colors. shall be considered as adulterated. Rule 14. Cheese containing any chemical antiseptic other than common salt shall be considered as adulterated, unless plainly labeled with the name of the antiseptic it contains. Rule 15. Any article of food, as catsup, mince meat, canned meats or fish, canned vegetables, canned soups, canned fruits, molasses or syrups, which are found to be preserved by or to contain salicylic acid, benzoic acid, boracic acid, formaldehyde or any of their compounds or any Other antiseptic, shall be considered as adulterated unless the article of food so preserved Is plainly labeled with the name of the preservative or antiseptic added. The label announcing any article of food, of the class in this rule named, as preserved with any antiseptic shall be printed in plain type, either upon the original or a separate label, and it shall be firmly and securely attached on the exterior of the package, and in plain sight. This rule shall be in force and take effect October 1. 1900. Rule 16. Coffee.—Any article offered for sale as coffee, which contains any substitute for the coffee bean in any proportion, shall be considered as adulterated unless the quantity and kind of such substitute is given as part of the label. Rule 17. Candy.—Any candy containing terra alba, barytes, talc, or other mineral substance, or poisonous colors or flavors, or any ingredient deleterious to health, shall be considered as adulterated. Rule 18. Cider.—Cider is the unfermented juice of the apple. Any substitute for apple juice or any antiseptic added constitues an adulteration, and such adulterated cider shall not be offered for sale unless each package Is labeled and the name of the adulterant is made a part of the label. Rule 19. Flour.—Flour is defined as the fine and bolted meal of the wheat grain. Any flour that is mixed with the product of any grain except w’neat, or is mixed with any mineral substance, shall be considered as adulterated, unless each package is labeled and the kind and the amount of the admixture is made part of the label. Rule 20. Buckwheat and Rye Flour.— Buckwheat and rye fldur must be derived wholly from grains designated in the name, and any admixture of other flours or materials constitutes an adulteration, unless each package Is labeled and the kind and amount of such admixture is made part of the label.

Rule 21. Fruit jellies, fruit butters, preserves. canned fruits, fruit conserves, confections. fruit juices and syrups, etc., must consist of the fruit specified in the label, preserved only with cane sugar (sucrose), and must not contain artificial flavors, coloring matters or antiseptics. If such articles contain any substitute for the fruit, or any inferior material to make up bulk or weight, any glucose or other substitute for sugar, any artificial flavor, color or antiseptic, or any substance not naturally occurring in such fratts. except spices or other wholesome natural flavoring materials, they shall be considered adulterated, and shall not be offered for sale unless the presence of all such substances is clearly Indicated by the label. This rule shall be In force and take effect October 1. 1900. Rule 22. Honey.—Honey Is the nectar of flowers and other saccharine exudations of plants gathered by bees. Honey made by feeding bees glucose, sugar, invert sugar, or other saccharine substance, is declared not to be pure honey, and, therefore is adulterated. Adding sugar, invert sugar or glucose to honey constitutes an adulteration, and such adulterated honey shall not be sold unless the quantity and name of the adulterant is made part of the label. Rule 23. Lard.—Lard is the fat of swine, the fat being melted and separated from the flesh. Adding beef fat or stearine, cotton seed oil, paraffine or other substitute for swine fat constitutes an adulteration, and such adulterated lard shall not be sold unless labeled and the quantity and name of the adulterant is made part of the label. Rule 24. Molasses and Syrups.—All molasses and syrups are assumed to be made from the juice of cane or other sugarproducir.g plant, or the sap of the maple tree, and any syrup or molasses containing starch sugar, glucose or, corn syrup shall be considered adulterated, and any substance sold or offered for sale as “maple sugar or syrup" that shall contain any brown sugar, granulated sugar or loaf sugar or colored or flavored with decoction of hickory bark, corncobs or any other similar substances, shall be considered adulterated, unless the label plainly indicates the substances used.

Rule 25. Olive oil Is the expressed oil of the olive. The substitution of other oils or fats for olive, oil, either In part or whole, constitutes an adulteration, and such adulterated oil shall not be offered for sale unless labeled -with the amount and kind of the adulterant. Rule 26. Spices, mustard, pepper, etc., must not contain any foreign substances or coloring matter, introduced to dilute or cheapen the article, and any such admixture constitutes an adulteration, and shall not be sold unless its kind and amount are indicated on the label. Rule 27. Tea.—Tea consists of the dried leaves of the true tea plant, without addition of artificial coloring matter, or filler or extraction of any essential properties, and any article offered as tea which does not conform to this definition is considered adulterated, and shall not be offered for sale unless Its true composition is given as part of the label. Rule 28. Vinegar.—Standard vinegar Is a vinegar made from the juice of the apple. containing not lees than 2 per cent, of apple solids and 4 per cent, acetic acid’ All vinegars labeled "apple," “cider ” "fruit” or "orchard” vinegars are assumed under the law to be standard vinegars. 'Vinegars not made of,the juice of the apple must be labeled truly of what they are made, a* “malt vinegar.” “distilled vinegar” or “wine vinegar." Otherwise they are to be considered adulterated. If artificial coloring matter is used, this must be stated on each and every label. Vinegars to which other acids than acetic acid have been added are adulterated. Vinegars containing less than 4 per cent, absolute acetic acid, may be sold provided the percentage of acetic acid is made part of the label. ( Rule 29. Baking Powders.—lt shall ba unlawful for any unwholesome or deleterious baking powder to be sold or offered for sale within the State of Indiana. Rule 30. Wines. Brandies, Whiskies.— The standards and methods of examination of the United State® Pharmacopoeia governing wines, brandies and whiskies shall be the standards and methods of examination of wines, brandies and whiskies in ths State of Indiana. Rule 31. Food Inspectors, when securing samples of food or drugs for analysis. shall, if ths quantity procured be sufficient in amount, divide said sample into three equal parts, marking each one wRh date of collection, name and residence of vendor, name and residence of Inspector, and shall number the several portions L X k Ne. 1 shall be left with the vendor.

No. S retained by the Inspector, and No. * reserved for or sent to the chemist selected to make the analysis. All these earnpies or portions shall be so sealed as to show upon sight any breaking of said seal. Rule 32. Whoever violates any of tho provisions of these rules shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, as is provided in section 2, Chapter CXXI. of an act approved February 28. 1893. By order State Board of Health. T. HENRY DAVIS, M. D.. President, _ , _ Richmond, Ind. E. D. LAUGHLIN, M. D., Vlce-Pres., . Orleans, Ind. J. H. FORREST, M. D., „ Marion, Ind. H. JAMESON, M. D.. . , Indianapolis, Ind. J. N. HURTY, M. D., Phar. D., Secy., Indiapapolis, Ind.