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Eighteen samples of. honey and substitutes for same were examined, 

 seven of which were adulterated and misbranded. They were branded 

 "Corn Sirup and Honey," but contained practically no honey, certainly 

 not enough to justify the name, corn sirup and honey. They were 

 misbranded, and their sale was illegal. 



Realizing that the standard per cent of milk fat is high, and that 

 many dealers would desire to sell and many consumers desire to obtain 

 cheaper products than a standard ice-cream, the Board of Agriculture 

 made a regulation under which any product, not deleterious to health, 

 can be legally sold in the State. The regulation merely provides that if 

 the dealer will make known by placard or label the kind of product 

 offered for sale by him, the Department will not contest the sale. 



REGULATION SALE OF ICE-CREAM SUBSTITUTES. 



The sale of a product as ice-cream, containing gelatine, eggs, gum 

 tragacanth or other vegetable gums, or the sale of a product as ice- 

 cream which contains less than the required per cent of milk fat will 

 not be contested : Provided, the same is labeled and sold as imitation 



