l86 MAINE AGRICUIvTURAL EXPB^RIM^NT STATION. I9I2. 



The attention of the trade is called in particular to the sani- 

 tary feature of the bottling business. Every bottler in the State 

 is on the mailing list to receive the publications of this Station. 

 Practically all of the bottling establishments in the State have 

 been visited by the deputies, and practically all of the bottlers 

 of the State have received letters and communications of vari- 

 ous kinds from this office. The Maine Food Law states that a 

 food is misbranded "if in the manufacture, sale, distribution, 

 transportation, or in the offering or exposing for sale, distribu- 

 tion or transportation, it is not at all times securely protected 

 from filth, flies, dust and other contamination, or other unclean, 

 unhealthful or unsanitary conditions." This paragraph applies 

 as much to the manufacturer of bottled sodas as it does to the 

 baker of bread, and sanitary conditions must be maintained in 

 all establishments in the State where foods are manufactured, 

 stored, displayed or offered for sale. Bottling establishments 

 should be well lighted ; well ventilated ; they should be kept 

 clean and free from dust and cobwebs ; flies should be excluded ; 

 only the cleanest and best of materials should be used, includ- 

 ing the water, carbon dioxide, the syrups and flavors and colors ; 

 empty bottles should be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized before 

 being refilled; the caps should be kept protected from dust and 

 dirt; the labels and caps upon the bottles should tell the exact 

 truth about the goods inside the bottles. 



Samples Reported Upon. 



The samples of cart)onated beverages reported in the follow- 

 ing table have been examined for saccharin and none has been 

 found. All have been examined at to the nature of the color 

 present with the results noted above. Some have been examined 

 for alcohol, some for arsenic and some for various preserva- 

 tives and none have been found. All have been found to be in 

 accord with the requirements of the Maine Food Law so far as 

 our examination extends except the cases noted in the table. 



