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In Prussia a regulation is in force relating to the amount of flour 

 that may be added to the several varieties of sausage. ' ' Fleisch wurst " 

 shall receive at the most 4 per cent. " Blutwurst " and ' ' Leberwurst " 

 selling for not more than 0.70 marks per half kilogram shall not con- 

 tain more than 5 per cent of flour. "Plockwurst," " Cervelatwurst," 

 " Salamiwurst," "Bratwurst," "Mettwurst," "Blutwurst" and 

 " Leberwurst" which sell for more than 0.70 marks per half kilogram 

 must not receive the addition of flour. Sausages which are treated 

 with flour must be so marked as to indicate that fact (" Wurst mit 

 Mehlzusats"). 



BUTTER AND EDIBLE FATS. 



All packages of butter* substitutes, filled cheese, and compound lards 

 must be branded "Margarine," " Margarinekase," and " Kunstspeise- 

 fett," respectively. Each package must also be marked in a conspicu- 

 ous place with a red stripe at least 2 cm wide for packages 35 cm high 

 or less and 5 cm wide for higher packages. The same articles, when 

 sold at retail, must be in wrappers marked "Margarine," etc., and 

 also with the name of the dealer. All prints must be cubical in form 

 and stamped "Margarine," etc., in sunken letters. 



To facilitate the examination of samples, the Bundesrath has decided 

 that all fats used in the preparation of butterine shall receive an addi- 

 tion of 10 per cent of their weight of sesame oil, and all fats used in 

 the preparation of filled cheese shall receive an addition of 5 per cent 

 of their weight of sesame oil. The sesame oil employed must be such 

 that when a mixture of 0.5 part of sesame oil with 99.5 parts peanut 

 or cotton-seed oil be shaken with an equal volume of hydrochloric acid 

 (specific gravity 1.19) and a few drops of a 2 per cent alcoholic solution 

 of furfurol a marked red color is imparted to the acid layer. 



Patterns of labels to be employed with butter substitutes, etc. , have 

 been adopted by the Bundesrath thus : The space within the line inclos- 

 ing the label must not be more than 7 times as long as high, and must 

 not be less than 30 nor more than 50 cm high, except that with round 

 or oval packages whose greatest diameter does not exceed 15 cm the 

 space may be decreased to 15 cm. Directly above this label a red strip 

 at least 2 cm wide on packages up to 35 cm high, and at least 5 cm 

 wide on higher ones, must extend around the package, but shall not 

 interfere with the mark "Margarine," etc. The name of the manu- 

 facturer and the brand must be near the word "Margarine," but must 

 not be in contact with it nor with the encircling line or red band. The 

 designation, name of manufacturer, and brand must either be burned 

 in or painted on white or bright yellow ground in black letters, and must 

 .be on two opposite sides of package and also on the top, if there be a 

 top, and on both ends of casks. In prints, the pattern described above 

 must be followed, but the limitation of size is removed, and the word 



