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rials,, must bear a label stating the exact facts. It will 

 be lawful to sell without labeliiig and under the name "com- 

 pressed yeast" yeast to which nothing has been added. All 

 other yeasts which imitate compressed yeast, as above defined, 

 must be correctly labeled when they are given to the consumer. 



M. F. D. R. 24. 

 Dressed Poultry. 



Under Section 3 of the Maine Food and Drug Law a food is 

 adulterated "if it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decom- 

 posed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion 

 of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not." 

 This, of course, prohibits the sale of undrawn poultry. Quite 

 extended investigations have shown, however, that poultry killed, 

 while fasting, by bleeding through the mouth and without being 

 drawn, keeps as well or perhaps even better in cold storage, than 

 thoroughly drawn poultry. There is, however, no question but 

 that partly drawn poultry is a menace to public health and 

 should not be tolerated. 



The so-called "wire-drawn" is probably the least objection- 

 able of the many ways in which poultry is partly drawn. Even 

 this, however, is dangerous, as it frequently happens that only 

 part of the intestine is removed and more or less of the intes- 

 tinal contents get into the body cavity. Even at the best, the 

 opening into the gizzard remains open and portions oi the giz- 

 zard contents charged with bacteria may find their way into the 

 body cavity with the result that fermentation and decay speedily 

 set in. 



Until further notice the following regulation will govern the 

 executive in the enforcement of the Maine Food and Prug Law 

 in regard to' the sale of poultry after January i, 191 1. , 



No prosecution will be made for the sale of undrawn poultry, 

 provided (a) the bird was killed while fasting as indicated by 

 the absence of food from the crop; (b) was properly bled; (c) 

 the head is left upon the carcass ; and (d) there are no openings 

 into the body other than the natural ones. 



Dra!wn poultry shall have all inedible organs removed, includ- 

 ing the gall sac, all of the intestines, the windpipe, and the con- 

 tents of the gizzard. 



Partially drawn poultry cannot be lawfully sold. 



