138 MAINE AGRICULTURAI, EXPERIMENT STATION. I909. 



M. F. D. R. 19. 



CARBONATED BEVERAGES. 



The standards for carbonated beverages, roots beers and similar 

 beverages have not yet been determined upon. For the present these 

 goods may be sold in Maine under the following general regulations. 



Goods true to name need no label. Hence 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 matter and 

 sweetened with cane sugar can be lawfully sold in bottles or from foun- 

 tains 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 conspicuously stated upon labels 

 attached to the fountain. 



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

 Decision 76 names the colors which 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. 



Benzoate of soda may be used in fruit sirups if the fact of its pres- 

 ence and amount is stated on the label. No other preservatives or 

 chemicals (except as stated on page i, F. I. D. '/d') can be lawfully used 

 under any circumstances. 



Sirups containing benzoate of soda may be used in soda fountains 



Sirups containing benzoate of soda may be used in soda fountains pro- 

 vided a conspicuous sign is shown stating that fact, including its amount. 



Sirups containing benzoate of soda may be used in bottled sodas, pro- 

 vided the fact and amount is stated on the label. 



Trade marked or proprietary beverages sold under a descriptive name 

 must be true to name. 



For the present root beer, birch beer and ginger ale may be sold with- 

 out a statement on the label that iheyare aitiri'i'.-iiiv colored and flavored. 



If there is more than one label on imitation goods, the secondary label 

 must correspond in fact with the principal label. Goods carrying 

 "imitation flavor and color" on the crown cap, will not permit the use 

 of a side label bearing a name unless it also carries "imitation flavor 

 and color." 



It is imlawful to substitute an imitation or adulterated article of 

 food or drugs without calling attention to the fact of the substitution 

 even if the goods are properly and correctly labeled. For example, if 

 Pineapple soda is asked for, it is unlawful to sell a soda that contains 

 an artificial flavor and color even though it be labeled "Pineapple soda 

 imitation flavor and color," w-ithout calling attention to the fact that 

 it is an imitation. 



