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room where any and all persons may see the same when purchasing 

 cream; and Provided further, that the statement on the placard is 

 printed in plain black letters, not less than one inch in size, on a white 

 background. 



Since this article was originally prepared, the Board of Agriculture 

 has changed the fat standard for ice-cream from 14 per cent fat to 

 10 per cent fat, and the corrections have been made as above. 



In the future the law will be strictly enforced. 



CREAM AND ICE-CREAM SUBSTITUTES. 



o .• 



2 S 



•8 3 



12586 

 12587 

 12590 





0.70 

 1.20 



Remarks and Conclusions. 



Not ice-cream, though it was sold as ice-cream; sale illegal. 

 do. 



5.90 Below standard in milk fat; no sign; sale illegal. 



do. 

 Gelatine ice-cream. 



Not ice-cream, though it was sold as ice-cream; no sign; sale illegal. 



do. 

 Custard cream. 



Ice-cream. 



Below standard in milk fat; no sign; sale illegal. 



Although compound lard is made according to different formulas to 

 meet the requirements of different markets, at different times, the 

 product almost invariably contains more cotton-seed oil than all the 

 other ingredients taken together. There is ordinarily very little real 

 lard in a compound lard. 



During the year, 43 samples of lards and compound lards have been 

 examined, 24 of which were adulterated, misbranded, or misrepre- 

 sented, and were sold in violation of the law. Most of them were prop- 

 erly labeled or branded, and the misrepresentation, the violation of the 

 law, was by the retail dealer, who sold the compound lards as lard. 

 In every case the inspector asked for lard, and in 24 of the 43 sam- 

 ples compound lard was furnished as lard. 



The Department does not wish to discriminate against compound 

 lard, for it is a good food product, but it is not lard, and the sale of it 

 as lard is a violation of law. 



