OFFICIAL IXSPECTIOX 7. 7 



lary shall conform to the standard of strength, quality and 

 purity named in the food standards adopted at the time for the 

 .State of ]\Iaine. 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SALE OF 

 CARBONATED BEVERAGES FOR 1909. 



Goods true to name need no label. lience sirups made from 

 ■cane sugar and flavored with extracts made from pure fruit oils 

 or with pure fruit juices, without added coloring matter can 

 .be lawfully sold without label of any kind. 



Carbonated water flavored with extract made from pure fruit 

 oils or with pure fruit juices, without any added coloring mat- 

 ter and sweetened with cane sugar can be lawfully sold in bot- 

 tles or from fountains as "soda water" or "soda" without label 

 ■of any kind. 



Sirups or soda waters flavored with imitation flavors must be 

 .so labeled. 



Sirups flavored with imitation flavors cannot be lawfully 

 'drawn from soda water fountains unless the fact is conspicu- 

 •ously stated upon labels attached to the fountain. 



If coloring matter is used, that fact must be stated. Food 

 Inspection Decision 76 names the colors wdiich may be lawfully 

 used. 



The words "imitation and colored" when used must be the 

 same size and plainness of type as the name of the flavor, except 

 that, for the present, in the case of bottled soda water where the 

 label is. upon the crown cap. the words "imitation flavor and 

 color" may be in smaller letters than the flavor but they must 

 be sufficiently large and plain as to be readily noted. This 

 exception may not be allowed in interstate trade. 



Saccharine cannot be lawfully used in any goods even though 

 the fact of its presence is stated upon the label. 



Benzoate of soda (see F. I. D. 89 and lor') in amounts not 

 exceeding one-tenth of one per cent may be used in fruit sirups 

 if the fact of its presence is stated on the label. No other preser- 

 vatives or chemicals (except as stated on page i, F. I. D. 76) 

 can be lawfully used under any circumstances. 



Sirups containing lienzoatc of soda may be used in soda foun- 

 tains provided a conspicuous sign is shown stating that fact. 



