764 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Food inspection decision (U. S. Bept. Agr., Food Insp. Decision 131, pp. 2). — 

 This decision has to do with the amended requirements for evaporated milk. 

 Henceforth the fat percentage must not be less than 7.8 and the sum of the per- 

 centages of fat and total solids not less than 34.3. 



Notices of judgment ( U. 8. Bept. Agr., Notices of Judgment IJfl, pp. 2; 7^2, 

 pp. 3; 743-7U, p. 1 eacli; 745, pp. 2; 746-747, p. 1 each; 750, pp. 14; 751, p. 1; 

 754, pp. 2; 760-762, p. 1 each; 763-764, pp. 2 each; 765-767, p. 1 eacfe).— These 

 notices of judgment have to do with the adulteration of tomato pulp, desiccated 

 egg product, tomato paste, tomato catsup, catsup, mince-meat, and belladonna 

 root, powdered henbane, powdered gentian root, and powdered cloves-amboyna ; 

 the misbranding of drug products, liqueur " curacao," olive oil, and extract of 

 wintergreen ; and the adulteration and misbranding of soft drinks and tomato 

 paste. 



[Examination of food and drug's], R. E. Rose {Fla. Quart. Bui. Bept. Agr., 

 21 (1911), No. 1, pp. 103-138). — Data are given regarding the examination of a 

 large number of samples of beverages, confectionery, sweet potato flour, cassava 

 flour, dairy products, drugs, and other materials under the provisions of the 

 state pure-food law. 



[Examination of foods, and other food topics], E. F. Ladd and Alma K. 

 Johnson (North Bakota Sta. Spec. Bui. 30, pp. 287-296, 298-302).— This in- 

 cludes analyses of 34 samples of canned tomatoes, a considerable number of 

 water analyses, a list of beverages registered for 1911, some data regarding the 

 labeling of sardines as to weight, a discussion of cold storage food products, 

 and other data. 



Biennial report of the state chemist, 1909—10, H. Harms (Bien. Rpts. 

 State Bainj and Food Comr., State Chcni., and State Bairy and Food Bur. 

 Utah, 1909-10, pp. 73-156). — This report contains data regarding the examina- 

 tion of samples of evaporated milk, cream, and other dairy products, oleomar- 

 garine, baking powder, canned goods, olive and salad oils, and miscellaneous 

 food materials. 



Food customs and diet in American homes, C. F. Langworthy ( U. S. Bept. 

 Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Circ. 110, pp. 32). — This circular is a revision and ex- 

 tension of an article published in the Yearbook of the Department for 1907 

 (E. S. R., 20, p. 264). It discusses popular ideas regarding diet, food habits 

 and their origin, and methods of making and recording food investigations, 

 studies of the kind of food eaten in American homes, the adequacy of the aver- 

 age American diet, and other topics which have to do with the use in the 

 home of agricultural food products, and presents a summary of the results of 

 dietary studies and digestion experiments. 



The information summarized is very largely drawn from the results of experi- 

 ments carried on and data collected as part of the nutrition investigations of 

 this Office. 



[Report of subsistence officer in charg'e of the subsistence department, 

 Isthmian Canal Commission], E. T. Wilson (Ann. Rpt. Istlunian Canal Com., 

 1910, pp. 323-325). — This report contains data regarding the kind and cost of 

 food supplied at the Isthmian Canal Commission hotels and messes. 



The total number of hotels in operation on June 30, 1910, was 19; European 

 laborers' messes, 19; and common laborers' kitchens, 20. The total revenue for 

 the year from the line hotels, messes, and kitchens was $1,350,658.05, and the 

 total expenses were $248,313.71. The total number of meals served at Isthmian 

 Canal Commission hotels was 2,176,451 ; the cost for supplies was 24.87 cts. per 

 meal, and the expense involved was 6.23 cts. per meal. The total number of 

 rations furnished in European laborers' messes was 1,092,487, which cost 30.18 

 cts. per ration for food including ice, and 6.66 cts. per ration for expense. The 



