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ROTTMANTA. 



GENEEAL PROVISIONS. 



It is forbidden to adulterate food by the addition of foreign mate- 

 rials, by removing characteristic ingredients, or by any change of 

 composition or character whereby the product is made less nutritious, 

 less wholesome, or cheaper. The sale of unripe or decayed fruits or 

 cereals, or of unwholesome food of any kind, is prohibited. The 

 addition of all poisonous substances to food is prohibited, even when 

 such poisonous substance is added in so small an amount as to be ordi- 

 narily innocuous. The addition of drugs to food is prohibited, except 

 that materials ordinarily used as foods may be used by druggists for 

 the purpose of preparing medicines in their ordinary forms. The use 

 of injurious coloring materials is prohibited, both as a mixture with 

 foods and in coloring wrappers. The use of poisonous metals, such 

 as lead, zinc, tin containing more than 1 per cent of lead, and tin or 

 copper containing more than 1 per cent of antimony is prohibited. 



Tinned receptacles must not be coated with an alloy containing 

 more than 1 per cent of lead or more than 0.01 per cent of arsenic. 

 Glazed earthenware which is intended as a receptacle for food must 

 not contain lead so combined as to be extracted by vinegar. Water 

 used in the preparation of brandy and other alcoholic beverages must 

 be pure, clear, and free from unwholesome ingredients. The use of 

 injurious colors and aromatic essences in the manufacture of brandy 

 is prohibited. 



ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 



The alcohol used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages must con- 

 tain none of the first or last distillates, must be free from acetic ether, 

 fusel oil, and furfurol. It must contain at least 95 per cent of ethyl 

 alcohol and must answer to the following tests: 10 grams when treated 

 with an equal weight of strong sulphuric acid remains colorless; 10 

 grams when treated with an equal weight of a solution of potassium 

 hydroxid (specific gravity 1.3) must remain colorless: one volume 

 when thoroughly mixed with five volumes of water must not be turbid 

 or opalescent; from 20 to 25 cc when treated in a porcelain capsule 

 with ten drops of colorless aniline or three drops of concentrated 

 hydrochloric acid must remain colorless. The percentage of fusel oil 

 present must not exceed 0.2 per cent of the absolute alcohol present; 

 that of acetic ether must not exceed 0.02 per cent; that of furfurol 

 must not exceed 0.01 per cent. 



Alcoholic beverages must not contain an excessive amount of alde- 

 hydes, furfurol, methyl alcohol, or fusel oil. The addition of aniline 

 "derivatives and alkaloids of nitrobenzene, piperine, capsicin, cocaine, 

 ethyl nitrite, ethyl nitrate, ethyl ether, methyl ether, amyl ether, and 

 the ethers of the various capronic and caprilic acids is prohibited. 



