i88 Maine: agriculturai, expe;rime;nt station. 1912. 



statement of fact, and such goods may be called Ice Cream provided 

 the required per cent of milk fat is maintained. If imitation flavoring 

 materials are used, the label must state that fact, as in the case of imi- 

 tation extracts." 



"Fruit ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, sugar, and 

 sound, clean, mature fruits, and contains not less than twelve (12) per 

 cent of milk fat." 



"Nut ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, sugar, and 

 sound, nonrancid nuts, and contains not less than twelve (12) per cent 

 of milk fat." 



"Imitation ice cream. Frozen products which contain less milk fat 

 than the standards require, cannot be lawfully sold as ice cream and 

 the word cream cannot be lawfully used upon the labels or in any way 

 in connection with such goods, unless it is qualified by some such words 

 as 'imitation' or 'substitute'. Thus a frozen product similar to ice 

 cream or fruit or nut ice cream, except that it carries less milk fat than 

 the standards, may be lawfulty ' labeled 'Imitation ice cream', or 'Ice 

 cream substitute'. If an imitation ice cream contains imitation flavoring 

 matter, this fact must be plainly stated on the label." 



"At soda fountains, ice cream rooms, etc., if it is desired to sell frozen 

 products that do not conform to the standards for ice cream, conspicu- 

 ous signs showing exactly what is being served must be displayed and 

 orders for ice cream can not be lawfully filled by serving substitutes 

 without explaining what they are." 



"The regulation relative to ice cream and ice cream substitutes applies 

 equally to hotels and restaurants. All statements upon bills of fare, etc., 

 must be in accord with the above." 



As in previous years it was found that in some cases low 

 grade ice cream was caused by using low grade cream in its 

 manufacture. People who make ice cream for sale should be 

 careful to obtain a written guaranty from the person from 

 whom they buy their cream certifying that such will be accord- 

 ing to a certain strength, for in this way only can the manufac- 

 turer be sure of getting a uniform material. 



Samples Reported Upon. 



It will be noted upon an examination of the following table 

 that in a number of instances cases have been settled by means 

 of the payment of a fine. In other cases where the faults could 

 be traced directly to the cream used and the manufacturer could 

 fully satisfy the executive that all precautions had been observed 

 the case was passed. In many cases second samples were ob- 

 tained from the same dealer, and in such cases the dealer had 

 no warning or knowledge that the second sample was to be 



