1918.] Ac;i<icuLTUR.\r. laws. 143 



CHAPTER 2G0. 



An Act Concerning the Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream. 



Section 1. No person shall sell, expose for sale or have in posses- 

 sion with intent to Sell, any ice cream misbranded or adulterated as 

 hereinafter defined. 



Sec. 2. Ice cream, within the monninff of this act, is the frozen 

 product made from cream with the addition of milk or milk products 

 and sugar, with or without natural flavoring, manufactured, stored, 

 distributed and dispensed in a sanitary manner, and contains not less 

 than eight per centum of milk fat. Fruit ice cream is the frozen 

 product made from cream with the addition of milk or milk products 

 and sugar, and sound, clean, matured fruits, and contains not less than 

 six per centum of milk fat. Nut ice cream is the frozen product made 

 from cream with the addition of milk or milk products and sugar and 

 sound, non-rancid nuts, and contains not less than six per centum of 

 milk fat. 



Sec. 3. Ice cream shall be deemed adulterated within the meaning 

 of this act if in substance and quality it fails to meet the provisions 

 and standards required for standard ice cream, or, if it shall contain 

 ■boric acid, salicylic acid, formaldehyde, saccharin or any substance 

 deleterious to health, or if it shall contain salts of copper, iron oxide, 

 ochres or any coloring substance or compound or flavoring matter 

 deleterious to health, provided nothing in this section shall be con- 

 strued to prohibit the use of harmless colors permitted to be used in 

 foods or of harmless imitation flavors, if the presence of the same shall 

 be made known to the purchaser thereof. 



Sec. 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit, in the 

 manufacture of ice cream, the use of fresh eggs, pure gelatin or harm- 

 less vegetable gums; and nothing in this act shall be construed to 

 prohibit the manufacture and sale of ice cream containing less than 

 the amounts of milk fat required by section two of this act, provided 

 the true fat content of such ice cream be plainly and conspicuously 

 stated on the container in which it is sold, or, in the case of ice cream 

 sold in bulk, that the true fat content be made known to purchasers 

 thereof by means of a suitable sign displayed at the time and place 

 of sale. 



Sec. 5. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this 

 act shall be fined not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars 

 for the first offense, and for any subsequent offense a like fine and 

 imprisonment of thirty days, but no dealer shall be prosecuted under 

 the provisions of this act if he shall present a statement in writing 

 from the manufacturer, wholesaler or jobber from whom such ice cream 

 was purchased, containing a guarantee as to the quality of such ice 

 cream. 



Sec. 6. The dairy and food commissioner shall enforce the pro- 

 visions of this act. 



CHAPTER 295. 

 An Act Concerning the Grading of Apples. 



Section 1. The standard barrel for apples shall be of the follow- 

 ing dimensions when measured without distention of its parts: Length 

 of stave twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head seven- 

 teen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads twenty-six inches; 



