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56. That the designation " ice cream " be reserved solely for the 

 frozen product composed of pure, fresh cream, sugar, and a flavor; 

 that it represent a definite percentage of butter fat corresponding 

 to the established standards, namely, 12 per cent for ice cream fla- 

 vored with fruits, and 14 per cent for the vanilla type of ice cream ; 

 and that it be required to be manufactured in cleanly, sanitary sur- 

 roundings and disposed of within a reasonable length of time after 

 manufacture; furthermore, that the use of thickeners, if permitted, 

 be restricted to materials which are wholesome and unobjectionable, 

 and the fact that they have been employed be required to be plainly 

 stated on the label of the package or other receptacle in which ice 

 cream is sold. 



57. That in order to bring the public to a proper appreciation of the 

 importance of clean, wholesome milk, and the necessity for intelligent 

 care in its treatment in the household, a brief circular be prepared 

 and distributed by the health department containing suggestions for 

 the proper care of milk in the home, along the lines indicated in the 

 committee's recommendations on this subject. 



58. That this report, if approved by the chamber, be transmitted 

 to the Senate and House of Representatives with a request that it 

 be printed and that its recommendations, so far as applicable to the 

 District of Columbia and likewise so far as pertinent to the Federal 

 powers over food commodities entering into interstate commerce, be 

 embodied in suitable legislation; that a copy of the report be for- 

 warded to the District Commissioners ; and that the publishers of the 

 Washington newspapers be appealed to to promote as fully as prac- 

 ticable the dissemination among the local public of information con- 

 cerning sanitary milk production and its preponderant advantages 

 to the community. 



59. That a special committee be appointed by the chamber to urge 

 before the Commissioners of the District and before the committees 

 of Congress the expediency of the proposed legislation. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. Louis WILLIGE, Chairman. 



GEO. W. WHITE. 



BENJ. W. GUY. 



T. C. DULIN. 



WM. D. HOOVER. 

 JANUARY 30, 1911. 



