LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, Washington, D. C., August 21, 1902. SIR: I have the honor to submit for your inspection and approval a manuscript containing a compilation of the Federal food laws, together with the food laws of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Idaho, with the recommendation that it be published as Part I of Bulletin No. 69 of the Bureau of Chemistry. Respectfully, Hon. JAMES WILSON, W. D. BIGELOW, Secretary of Agriculture. III CONTENTS Federal laws. Filled-cheese law. Mixed-flour law. Oleomargarine law Process butter.. Misbranding of foods Investigation of foods. Pure-food bill.... Alabama..... General food law Alcoholic beverages Bread Butter.... Confectionery. Meat Alaska General food laws.. Arizona General food law. Butter.... Arkansas... General food law. Butter..... Candy... Wine.. California... General food laws. Dairy products. Honey. Sirups. Wine.. Colorado.... General food law Alcoholic beverages Connecticut... General food laws. Drugs Fish.. Meat Molasses. Vinegar Water 5 5 5 5 % % FOODS AND FOOD CONTROL-I. FEDERAL LAWS. With the exception of the law of July 1, 1902 (p. 19), and certain sections of the act of June 3, 1902, making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (p. 19), all laws relating to food that have been enacted by Congress (except legislative enactments for the District of Columbia), were intended primarily as revenue measures. This class of legislation began July 4, 1861, on which date Congress met in its first (extraordinary) session after the commencement of the civil war, at which session was commenced the legislation which has since produced the system of internal taxation. The internalrevenue laws enacted prior to 1898 include all alcoholic beverages except cider and no other food except oleomargarine, whose manufacture and sale was regulated by the law of August 2, 1886. While intended primarily as revenue measures, they have a direct effect upon the purity of the alcoholic beverages manufactured, since they prohibit the adulteration of the liquors whose manufacture they regulate. These laws are so voluminous, and the sections in them relating to the purity of alcoholic beverages so infrequent, that it is not deemed advisable to include them in this publication. The regulations relating to the internal-revenue laws are quite voluminous and are published by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In 1898 internal-revenue laws were passed regulating the manufacture and sale of filled cheese and mixed flour. In 1902 the oleomargarine law was amended and extended so as to include process butter within its provisions. The acts of Congress relating to this subject are as follows: FILLED CHEESE LAW. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of this Act, the word "cheese" shall be understood to mean the food product known as cheese, and which is made from milk or cream and without the addition of butter, or any animal, vegetable, or other oils or fats foreign to such milk or cream, with or without additional coloring matter. SEC. 2. That for the purposes of this Act certain substances and compounds shall be known and designated as filled cheese," namely: All substances made of milk |