TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 551 



CHANGES IN THE SANITARY LAW 



The duty of enforcing the sanitarj' law in so far as it affects hotel 

 kitchens was transferred from this department to the office of hotel in- 

 spector. The hotel inspector enforces the hotel law relating to hotel 

 rooms, toilets, wash-rooms, fire escapes, etc., and it was decided that, in- 

 asmuch as the hotel inspector called at the hotels for such inspection 

 work, he could, at the same time, make the inspection of sanitary condi- 

 tions affecting the preparation and serving of food. 



CHANGES IN THE DAIRY LAW 



The old sections of the dairy law defining milk, cream and skimmed 

 milk and stating what constitutes adulteration and misbranding of them 

 was stricken from the law and a new section, covering these subjects, en- 

 acted. There has been no change in the standards for these products, the 

 new section being but a revision of the obsolete wording of the original 

 section. In a new section the phraseology is modern and the meaning 

 clear, making it possible to properly word informations to cover violations 

 of any provision of the section. 



A new section of the law, effective October 1, 1919, defines imitation 

 evaporated milk and imitation ice cream and regulates . the sale of such 

 imitations. During the past few years several articles of food have ap- 

 peared upon the market designed to take the place of evaporated milk. In 

 general these are nothing more or less than evaporated skimmed milk to 

 which some vegetable oil, usually cocoanut oil, has been added. These 

 products were sold under coined names and extensively advertised, in many 

 cases as evaporated milk. These imitations do not possess the food value 

 or properties of evaporated milk, altho the advertising pi'opaganda con- 

 ducted by the manufacturers and salesmen led many consumers, and 

 grocers as well to believe that they were. 



The law now covering this class of products requires that they be 

 labeled with the words "Imitation Evaporated Milk" in such a manner 

 as to acquaint the dealer with the true nature of the product he is 

 buying and the purchaser with what he is consuming. 



A new section of the dairy law provides for the registration of state 

 marks or brands to be placed on containers used for the purpose of 

 shipping or delivering dairy products. The objects which it is hoped this 

 provisions will accomplish are: 



1. To prevent the misuse of containers. 



2. To promote sanitary handling of containers and contents. 



3. To clearly establish the ownership of containers. 



4. To aid in assorting, billing and shipping containers and their 

 contents. 



5. To promote the more rapid movement of containers and their 

 contents. 



This section makes it an offense to misuse any container bearing a 

 state brand or holding any branded container for more than three days 

 without the consent of the owner of the container. 



