REPORT STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER 459 



IMITATION EVAPORATED MILK 



The Thirty-eighth General Assembly, at the solicitation of 

 this Department, passed a law requiring all evaporated milk, 

 made from skim-milk and cocoanut oil, to be branded "Imita- 

 tion Evaporated Milk." 



Ov^ing to evils w^hich were practiced in selling this product, 

 it was deemed advisable to require some sort of labeling which 

 would enable the consumer to know the nature of the product 

 he was buying. 



It was found that some grocers would sell this product for 

 evaporated milk and were content to let the consumer think 

 that he was getting an evaporated whole milk. By branding 

 this product as required by law, in large prominent type, on the 

 main label we believe the consumer is afforded a means of pro- 

 tection and the producer can be protected against this product 

 by placing a tax upon each package sold. 



CANNED FOODS 



(E. L. Redfern — State Chemist.) 



The ever increasing amount of canned foods consumed 

 makes their inspection of prime importance. While the can- 

 ners are supposed to use every precaution to produce a salable 

 product, as a matter of self preservation, faulty packages often 

 get by and are to be found on the market. Cans often go bad 

 after they have left the cannery due to faulty packing or im- 

 proper handling or storing by the grocer, such as in damp 

 cellars. 



The inspector must judge by the exterior appearance 

 whether samples should be taken and submitted to the labora- 

 tory. If the ends of the can are cupped or concave they should 

 be given a sharp rap on the edge of a table or something solid 

 to see if the lower end comes up even or remains cupped. If 

 the end does not remain concave there is not sufficient vacuum 

 in the can, provided the temperature of the weather is not too 

 high, in which case the can would likely be a "springer" i.e., the 

 ends could be pressed back and forth. From this it will be 

 seen that a can may be normal one week and a springer the 

 next, due to the change of the weather. 



The above conditions, when found, are no cause for alarm 

 as such goods are perfectly good and salable. 



