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of all laws of this state relating to the dairy and 

 food, drug and liquor business, weights and meas- 

 ures," and other duties proscribed by law. Among 

 the statutes thus falling to the Food and Drug Com- 

 missioner to enforce are those prohibiting the adul- 

 teration and misbranding of foods, with special pro- 

 visions relating to the adulteration and misbranding 

 of butter, cheese, lard, fruit, jelly or fruit butter, 

 buckwheat flour, vinegar, maple sugar and sirup and 

 sausage, whose purity is protected by law. A series 

 of statutes, under the administration of this depart- 

 ment, is designed to protect the purity and sanitary 

 qualities of milk and milk derivatives, and to es- 

 tablish standards of fat-content. The percentage of 

 milk-fat required for butter is 80, of cream 18, and 

 of milk 3. To put an end to short-weight milk con- 

 tainers used in the retail trade, it was required that 

 bottles or jars should have "clearly blown or other- 

 wise permanently marked in the side of the bottle, 

 the capacity of the bottle and the word 'sealed,' and 

 in the side or bottom of the bottle the name, initials 

 or trademark of the manufacturer and designating 

 number, which designating number shall be differ- 

 ent for each manufacturer and may be used in iden- 

 tifying the bottles." The use of all other containers 

 is prohibited under penalty and forfeiture of bonds 

 to the State, while return shipments of milk con- 

 tainers over a common carrier are required to be 

 received washed and cleansed. The use of the Bab- 

 cock test by licensed testers is subject to regulation 

 designed to secure a fair average sample of the milk 



