308 RURAL NEW YORK 



Commission merchants are required by law to secure 

 a license, for which $10 is paid and also to give a 

 fidelity bond to the amount ol" $;3()()0, which is filed 

 with the Division to guarantee a correct report and 

 the prompt payment to the farmer or shipper of all 

 moneys due him. The milk dealer obtains a license 

 at a cost of $10 and files a surety company bond or 

 otber security satisfactory to tbe Commissioner of 

 Foods and Markets. Tlie Bureau also has in charge 

 the licensing of operators of public cold storage ware- 

 houses and issues such license only after inspection 

 indicates that the warehouse is properly equipped 

 and kept in a sanitary condition. 



The Bureau of Food Products has supervision over 

 the enforcement of the articles and sections of the 

 Agricultural Law relating to adulterated vinegar, 

 food and food products, honey, and maple sugar and 

 sirup. Its agents are at work throughout the State 

 collecting samples for chemical examination and for 

 the determination of mislabeling. In close associa- 

 tion with the Bureau of Food Products is the Bureau 

 of Food Standardization which has in charge the 

 chemical analysis of samples taken by the former 

 and the formulating of definitions and standards for 

 such food products as baking-powder, chocolate, 

 cocoa, olive and table oils, peanut-butter, coffee, jams 

 and jellies. Other cooperative activities on the part 

 of the two bureaus include the following: investiga- 

 tion of the manufacture and sale of egg substitutes, 

 inspection of bakeries and testing of samples of jams, 

 jellies, shortenings, icings and fillings, with the idea 



