The Bulletin 



13 



On account of the way cheese is sold at retail, it is an easy matter for 

 a dealer to buy skim-milk clieese and sell same to his customers as 

 cheese, and it seems to he quite the practice to do so — at least, they often 

 sell skim-milk cheese as cheese. 



A product made as above described, that contains less than 50 per 

 cent milk fat in the water-free substance, cannot be legally sold as cheese, 

 but must be sold as skim-milk cheese or part skim-milk cheese, as the 



case may be. 



The retail dealers of the State are cautioned that the sale of skim-milk 

 cheese as cheese is a violation of the law, and will be prosecuted if de- 

 tected. 



CHEESE AND SKIM-MILK CHEESE. 



Remarks and Conclusions 



Cheese, 

 do. 



Part skim-milk cheese, sold as cheese; misrepresented; sale was illegal. 

 Cheese. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 



the fact must be stated on the label, and the product must be sold as a 

 compound or an imitation cider ; otherwise it will be classed as adulter- 

 ated or misbranded, and the sale prohibited. 



The samples reported in the table below were sent to the Department 



for analysis. 



The Department has no authority of law or funds for work under the 

 prohibition law, but as the State makes no provision for the determina- 

 tion of alcohol in beverages, and as it is necessary to know the amount 

 of alcohol present in many cases to enforce the law, the Department of 

 Agriculture does this work when it can be done without interfering with 

 the duties of the Department. Such examinations, however, cannot be 

 made for dealers. 



