be plainly marked "Oleomargarine," and a label similarly printed shall be delivered with all retail sales. IMITATION CHEESE.-(No law.) MISCELLANEOUS.-The mayor and alderman of any city and the council of any town may elect and fix the compensation of milk inspectors. In Providence this is compulsory. Inspectors may appoint collectors of samples. All persons engaged in selling milk must register with the inspector and have their names on their wagons, etc. The authority of inspectors extends to other foods. Names of persons convicted are published. SOUTH CAROLINA. MILK.-Milk standard, 3 per cent. fat, 8 per cent. other solids. Skimmed milk.-Skimmed milk is that below the standard; it and buttermilk may be sold under their own name. Adulterated milk.-The sale of unclean, diseased, adulterated, etc., milk, or its delivery for domestic use, or to be converted into any human food, is prohibited. BUTTER. (No law.) CHEESE. (No law.) IMITATION BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Imitation butter and cheese are defined as every article not produced from pure milk or cream, with or without salt, rennet, and harmless coloring matter, which is in semblance of and designed to be used as a substitute for butter or cheese; they shall not be colored to resemble butter or cheese; original packages shall be marked "Substitute for butter," or "Substitute for cheese;" shall not be sold as genuine butter or cheese, nor used in hotels, etc., unless signs are displayed. MISCELLANEOUS -Statement of the chemist of the state college shall be accepted as evidence of analysis of imitation butter and cheese. SOUTH DAKOTA. MILK.-Adulterated milk.-The sale of unwholesome, diseased, or adulterated milk as the pure article is prohibited. BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Butter and cheese are defined as the products usually known by those names, and which are made wholly from milk or cream or both, with salt and rennet, and with or without coloring matter. IMITATION BUTTER.-Any article not made wholly from pure milk or cream, and in imitation of pure butter, is prohibited; but oleomargarine, colored pink, and made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, is permitted; notice of its use in public eating places must be given. IMITATION CHEESE.-(No. law.) MISCELLANEOUS.-Health officers, sheriffs, etc., shall institute complaints, etc. PURE FOOD.-Any article of food or drink which is diseased or unwholesome, or fraudulently adulterated or colored, for gain, is prohibited, unless plainly labeled, etc. TENNESSEE. MILK. (No law.) CHEESE. (No law.) IMITATION BUTTER.-Any article which is in imitation of yellow butter and not made exclusively from pure milk or cream is prohibited; but oleomargarine, free from color or other ingredient to cause it to look like butter, and made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of its true character, and other imitations if uncolored and labeled with their correct names, are permitted; wholesale packages shall be plainly labeled, and a label shall accompany retail sales. IMITATION CHEESE.-Imitation cheese may be manufactured under its true name; each package and its contents shall be stamped with the correct name, and a label, similarly printed, shall be delivered with retail sales. MISCELLANEOUS.-(No law.) PURE FOOD.-Any article of food or drink is adulterated if inferior substances have been added to it; if any valuable constituent has been abstracted; if it is an imitation of or sold as another article; if it contains any poisonous substance; if it is decomposed or diseased or from an unhealthy animal, etc. With certain common exceptions, such articles and all misbranded articles are prohibited. (No dairy laws.) TEXAS. UTAH. MILK.-Adulterated milk.-The sale or exchange of unclean, impure, etc., milk, or its use for making any kind of food, is prohibited. BUTTER. (No law.) IMITATION BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Any article in semblance of butter or cheese, and not made wholly from milk or cream, shall be plainly marked "Oleomargarine butter." or "Imitation cheese." and retail sales shall be made from packages so marked. Such articles shall not be colored to resemble butter or cheese. MISCELLANEOUS.-(No law.) VERMONT. MILK.-Milk standards, 121⁄2 per cent. solids, 94 per cent. solids not fat; in May and June, 12 per cent. total solids. Standard measure is wine measure. Adulterated milk.-The sale of adulterated or skim milk, or milk below the standard, or its delivery to a factory, or the delivery of tainted milk to a factory, is prohibited. BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Butter or cheese shall not be marked "Creamery," unless made in a creamery; marking "Private creamery" is permitted if name of maker is also given. Butter.-Butter is defined as the product usually known by that name, and made wholly from milk or cream, with or without salt or coloring matter. IMITATION BUTTER OR CHEESE.-The manufacture of any article in imitation of butter or cheese which contains any animal fat, or animals or vegetable oils or acids not produced from pure milk or cream, is prohibited. Imitation butter.-Imitation butter for use in public eating places, or for sale, shall be colored pink. MISCELLANEOUS.-Payment for milk at factories is to be based on milk testing 4 per cent. fat. Result of analysis by State Agricultural Experiment Station shall be deemed competent evidence in prosecutions. Operators of factories shall not use any cream from the milk delivered to them, except with consent of owners. VIRGINIA. MILK.-Adulterated milk.-The sale of adulterated, skimmed, tainted, etc., milk, or its delivery to any creamery or cheese factory, is prohibited. BUTTER.-Butter inspectors shall brand lots of butter offered for inspection according to quality. CHEESE. milk. Skimmed cheese.-Skimmed cheese may be made from pure skimmed IMITATION BUTTER. -The manufacture or sale of any article made wholly or partly from any fat or oil not produced from unadulterated milk or cream, and which is in imitation of pure yellow butter, is prohibited; but oleomargarine, butterine, or kindred compound, made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, and free from color or other ingredient to cause it to look like butter, is permitted. Signs, with the words "Imitation butter used here," shall be displayed in eating places, bakeries, etc., where the articles above named are used. IMITATION CHEESE.-The manufacture or sale or use in public eating places, of any article in imitation of and designed to take the place of pure cheese, and not made wholly from milk or cream, is prohibited. MISCELLANEOUS.-Factory employees shall not use cream without the consent of its owners. DAIRY COMMISSIONER.-Dairy commissioner is appointed by the governor; term of once, four years; salary, $1,200; must give bond for $5,000. He may appoint deputies at $3 per day when necessary; the services of chemists of state institutions are available; other chemists may be employed when necessary. Appropriation, $3,000 per year. A state board of dairy commissioners, ex-officio, is constituted of the secretary of state, president of the agricultural college, and dairy commissioner. Members receive no salary, but are allowed traveling expenses. They report to the governor biennially. MILK.-Milk standard, 3 per cent. fat, 8 per cent. solids not fat. Adulterated milk -Adulterated, skimmed, diseased, impure, etc., milk is defined as any below the standard, or which has been altered in any way, or is from cows diseased, poorly cared for, or fed unwholesome foods, or has been exposed to infection by disease germs, or has borax or salycilic acid added to it to prevent souring, etc. It shall not be sold as pure milk. BUTTER. (No law.) CHEESE. All cheese made by Cheddar process shall be branded with the name and location of factory, and the words "Washington full cream," if made wholly from pure milk and containing at least 30 per cent. fat; "Half skimmed," if containing at least 15 per cent. butter fat and made from milk from which not more than one-half the cream has been extracted; or "Skimmed," if made from pure skimmed milk. All cheese shipped from other states must be branded to indicate its quality, as above. IMITATION BUTTER.-No article which is in imitation of pure yellow butter and is not made wholly from pure milk or cream, with or without harmless coloring matter, shall be manufactured, sold, or used in any public eating house or eleemosynary or penal institution, etc., but oleomargarine, free from color or other ingredient to make it look like butter, and made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, is permitted. IMITATION CHEESE.-Any cheese not made from pure milk or cream or skimmed milk, with salt, rennet, and harmless coloring matter, is prohibited. MISCELLANEOUS.-A record of the operations of every butter and cheese factory and private dairy (of 20 cows or more) where butter or cheese is made shall be kept and always open to the inspection of the dairy commissioner or any patron. WEST VIRGINIA. MILK.-Skimmed milk.-Skimmed milk may be used in the manufacture of cheese. BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Salt, rennet, and harmless coloring matter are permitted in the manufacture of butter and cheese. IMITATION BUTTER AND CHEESE.-Any substance in semblance of butter or cheese, and not made wholly from pure milk or cream, and packages containing such substances, shall be plainly marked; printed statements explaining the character of the substance must be given to consumers. Oleomargarine.—Oeomargarine and artificial and adulterated butter shall be colored pink. MISCELLANEOUS.-(No law.) PURE FOOD. The adulteration of any article of food or drink is a misdemeanor. WISCONSIN. DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER.-Dairy and food commissioner is appointed by the governor; term of office, two years; salary, $2,500 per annum. He may appoint an assistant commissioner at a salary of $1,600, a chemist at $1,800, and a clerk at $900 per annum; also an inspecting agent at $3 per day. Authority extends to all foods and medical drugs. Laboratory for all analytical work is provided. Commissioner shall make biennial reports, issue brands to cheese factories, enforce measures for cleanliness of dairies, factories, etc. MILK.-Milk standard, 3 per cent. fat and pure. Milk for city trade must be produced from healthy cows fed wholesome food. Barns, stables, etc., must be clean. Adulterated milk.-The sale of adulterated, diseased, etc., milk, or its delivery to a factory, is prohibited. Boracic and salicylic acids and injuroius antiseptics are prohibited. Standard tests may be made for prov ing adulteration. BUTTER.-Use of boracic and salicylic acids and injurious antiseptics in the manufacture of butter are prohibited. CHEESE.-Unlawful to use false brands on cheese. Brand, with the words "Wis consin full-cream cheese," is issued to factories upon application to dairy commissioner. Skimmed cheese.-Skimmed cheese must be 10 inches in diameter and 9 inches high, and stamped "Wisconsin skimmed cheese." IMITATION BUTTER.—Any article made partly or wholly out of any fat or oil, etc., not from pure milk or cream, and in imitation of yellow butter, is prohibited; but oleomargarine, free from color or other ingredient to make it look like butter, and made in such form and sold in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, is permitted. It shall not be sold as butter. All packages exposed for sale must be plainly marked "Oleomargarine;" signs must be displayed in selling places and on wagons. Hotels, etc., using it must notify guests. Use not permitted in charitable or penal institutions. IMITATION CHEESE.-Manufacture or sale of cheese made from skimmed milk with the addition of fat foreign to milk is prohibited. MISCELLANEOUS.-Wholesome food shall be fed to cows producing milk for retail Account of daily operations must be posted in butter and cheese facPURE FOOD.-Any article of food or drink shall be deemed adulterated if any injurious or inferior substance has been added to it; if any valuable ingredient has been removed; if it is an imitation of or sold as another article; if it is diseased, infected, decomposed; if it is colored to conceal inferiority, With the exception of certain ordinary foods, which shall be plainly labeled, such articles are prohibited. sale. tories. etc. |