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year and the fee shall be the same although the license is for a fractional part instead of a full year. Licenses in Class one (1) shall be one dollar ($1) for the year or fraction of a year; in Class two (II) it shall be five dollars ($5) for the year or fraction of a year.

Applications for license shall be upon forms prescribed by the Department of Agriculture of Illinois and licenses issued by it shall be under its rules and regulations. It shall be a provision of each and every license issued under this Act that the same be revoked and canceled for a violation of this Act or the rules and regulations of the said Department of Agriculture, and a renewal of license may be refused for violations of this Act and the rules and regulations of the said Department of Agriculture.

§ 4. That there shall be placed by all licenses [licensees] on the top layer under the top flat of every case of eggs, a candling certificate. as shall be required by the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture showing that all the eggs in the case in which is placed said certificate have been candled in compliance with the provisions of this Act and rules and regulations adopted for the enforcement of this Act by the said Department of Agriculture.

The term "candling" as used herein shall be construed to mean the careful examination, in a partially dark room or place, of the whole egg by means of a strong light, the apparatus and method employed to be such as shall be approved by the said Department of Agriculture. Every licensee under this Act shall in accordance with the rules and regulations of said Department of Agriculture provide and maintain an adequate place for the accurate candling of eggs and a suitable place for the proper handling of eggs which are intended to be used for human food.

§ 5. That the Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this Act and shall make suitable rules and regulations for the same and tolerances on account of weather, labor and transportation conditions for carrying out its provisions, and shall determine the conditions under which eggs previously candled shall be recandled for resale or sale, in order to safeguard the purchaser against buying as a lot, or a part of a lot, eggs unfit for human food.

§ 6. All eggs coming into this State from other states which do not have an egg candling law or from a state that does not have an egg candling law as rigid as this Act, must be candled by the first receiver in this State according to the provisions of this Act. Eggs coming into this State from states that do candle and which are not provided with egg candling certificates, shall be candled by the first receiver in this State and the candling certificates shall be placed in the case and all other provisions of this Act complied with from then on.

§ 7. That no person, firm or corporation shall engage in the State of Illinois, in the business of removing eggs from their shells. in the manufacture or preparation of frozen, liquid, desiccated or any other forms of whole eggs, yolks, whites or any mixture of yolks and whites for food purposes, with or without the addition of any other wholesome ingredients, without first obtaining a license from the Department of Agriculture. Before such license shall be granted the De

partment of Agriculture shall inspect the establishment and the equipment to be used in said egg breaking establishment, and shall also ascertain if the said establishment complies in method and equipment with the sanitary law and the rules and regulations in regard to sanitation which shall from time to time be established by the Department of Agriculture to govern these establishments. If, after such inspection, it shall appear that such establishment complies with the provisions of the sanitary law and the rules and regulations in regard to sanitation governing egg breaking establishments, then the Department of Agriculture shall issue an annual license to said establishment upon payment annually of a fee of $300.00.

That every egg breaking establishment shall include its license number as a part of the proper labeling of all cans or other receptacles in which frozen or desiccated egg products are sold or offered for sale for human food. The form and manner of placing or affixing said license number on containers shall be in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Agriculture.

$ 8. That any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with the requirements of, or violating any of the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations for the enforcement of this Act made by the Department of Agriculture, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction for the first offense be fined not less than $15.00 nor more than $50.00. For the second offense he shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00, and for the third or any subsequent offense, he shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00, and in addition to such fines, in the discretion of the court, for the first offense his license may be suspended for not more than thirty days; for the second offense not more than sixty days, and for the third or any subsequent offense his license may be revoked.

§ 9. That the words used in this Act shall be construed to import the plural or singular, as the case demands.

§ 10. Section 39a1 of an Act entitled, "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imitation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture and sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded food, liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of a State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their powers and duties and to repeal all Acts relating to the production, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products and liquors in conflict therewith," approved May 14, 1907, and in force July 1, 1907, as subsequently amended is hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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AN ACT to amend section 39 of an Act entitled, "An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imitation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture and sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded foods, liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of a State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their powers and duties and to repeal all Acts relating to the production, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products and liquors in conflict herewith", approved May 14, 1907, in force July 1, 1907, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 39 of an Act entitled, "An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their imitation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture and sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded foods, liquors or dairy products, to provide for the appointment of a State Food Commissioner and his assistants, to define their powers and duties and to repeal all Acts relating to the production, manufacture and sale of dairy and food products and liquors in conflict herewith," approved May 14, 1907, in force July 1, 1907, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

$ 39. (a) In the enforcement of this Act, and in the construction thereof, the following named articles of foodstuffs, when offered for sale or exposed for sale, or sold, shall conform to the analytical requirements set opposite each respectively:

Milk shall contain not less than three (3) per cent of milk fat and not less than eight and one-half (82) per cent of solids, not fat. Cream shall contain not less than eighteen (18) per cent of milk

fat.

Maple sugar shall contain not less than sixty-five one hundredths. (0.65) per cent of maple ash in the water-free substance.

Honey is a leavo-rotatory, contains not more than twenty-five (0.25) per cent of water, not more than twenty-five hundredths (0.25) per cent of ash, and not more than eight (8) per cent of sucrose.

Cloves shall contain not more than five (5) per cent of clove stems, not less than ten (10) per cent of volatile ether extract, not less than twelve (12) per cent of quercitannic acid, not more than eight (8) per cent of total ash, not more than five-tenths (0.5) per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, and not more than ten (10) per cent of crude fiber.

Black pepper shall contain not less than six (6) per cent of nonvolatile ether extract, not less than twenty-give [five] (25) per cent of pepper starch, nor more than seven (7) per cent of total ash, not more than two (2) per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, and not more than fifteen (15) per cent of crude fiber.

Lemon extract shall contain not less than five (5) per cent of oil of lemon by volume.

Orange extract shall contain not less than five (5) per cent of oil of orange by volume.

Vanilla extract shall contain in one hundred (100) cubic centimeters the soluble matters from not less than ten (10) grams of vanilla bean.

Olive oil has a refractive index (25°C) not less than one and forty-six hundred and sixty ten-thousandths (1.4660) and not exceeding one and forty-six hundred and eighty ten-thousandths (1.4680), and an iodin number not less than seventy-nine (79) and not exceeding ninety (90).

All vinegars shall contain four (4) grams of acetic acid in one hundred (100) cubic centimeters (20°C.)

Cider vinegar shall contain not less than one and six-tenths (1.6) grams of apple solids, and not less than twenty-five hundredths (0.25) grams of apple ash in one hundred (100) cubic centimeters (20°C.).

Malt vinegar shall contain in one hundred (100) cubic centimeters (20°C.) not less than two (2) grams of solids and not less than twotenths (0.2) grams of ash.

Wine vinegar shall contain not less than one (1) gram of grape solids and not less than thirteen-hundredths (0.13) gram of grape ash in one hundred cubic centimeters (20°C.).

(b) Ice cream is a frozen substance, made from cream, or milk and cream, and sugar, with or without the additions of such other wholesome substances as have customarily been used in making ice cream, and contains not less than eight per cent (8%) milk fat, and manufactured, stored, distributed and dispensed in a sanitary manner. The following other substances have customarily been used in making ice cream: Eggs, flours, starches, butter, gelatin, flavoring, harmless colors, nuts, fruits, partries, [pastries] and condensed milks.

In the enforcement of this Act and in the construction thereof all articles of food not defined in this Act, when offered for sale, or exposed for sale, or sold, shall conform to the definition and analytical requirements of the standard adopted and promulgated from time to time by the Food Standards Commission: Provided, that standards of quality, purity or strength, for food products, adopted from time to time by the Food Standards Commission and the regulations concerning the labeling of food products, adopted from time to time by the State Food Commissioner, shall constitute prima facie evidence in the trial of all cases in court of the proper standard or of the proper labeling: Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the sale of any wholesome food product which is below such standard, if such article of food be labeled so as to clearly indicate such variation: Provided, further, that in all places where foods below such standards are sold in bulk or have been removed from its original package, there shall be placed in a prominent position a placard in large letters of not less than one inch in length which shall clearly indicate such variation so as to be easily read by customers.

(c) All persons, firms or corporations in the State of Illinois. now engaged in the manufacture of ice cream, water ices, frozen pud

dings or any other food products made in part from milk or cream and frozen, for sale shall, before the first day of September, 1919, make application to the Department of Agriculture for a license; and all persons, firms or corporations that hereafter engage in the manufacture of ice cream, water ices, frozen puddings or any other food products made in part from milk or cream and frozen, for sale, except churches, charitable institutions, picnics, chautauquas or other social gatherings which are not regularly engaged in such business, shall before engaging in such business apply to the Department of Agriculture for a license. Thereupon the Director of the Department of Agriculture, or his agents, shall inspect the establishment, equipment and utensils, and shall also ascertain if the building and equipment comply with the sanitary law and the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture that shall be made from time to time governing these establishments.

After the inspectors of the Department of Agriculture have examined the premises and have been satisfied that the places now in existence or about to be established comply with the sanitary law of the State, the Department of Agriculture shall notify the applicant that his place does comply, and the applicant shall then mail a check to the State Treasurer covering the amount of license fee. Upon receipt of same the State Treasurer shall notify the Director of the Department of Agriculture of the receipt of said license fee and thereupon the Director of the Department of Agriculture shall issue a license to such applicant.

The license fee for persons, firms or corporations who manufacture ice cream, water ices, frozen puddings or any other food products made in part from milk or cream and frozen, for their own retail purposes, except churches, charitable institutions, picnics, chautauquas or other social gatherings which are not regularly engaged in such business shall be one dollar annually, which shall be paid into the State treasury before the first of September of each year.

All persons, firms or corporations who manufacture ice cream, water ices, frozen puddings or any other food products made in part from milk or cream, and frozen, in a wholesale manner, for sale to persons, firms or corporations who re-sell the same, shall pay a license fee of ten dollars annually.

(d) Whosoever shall violate any of the provisions of Paragraph (c) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 41 of this Act; and in addition thereto, the Director of the Department of Agriculture may, after three days' notice in writing, revoke such offender's license, or he may suspend it for such time as may be necessary for such offender to put his place in order to comply with the law. Upon request, the Director of Agriculture shall re-inspect, and if the legal requirements are found fulfilled, he shall be reinstated.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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