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to have the standards as high as practicable, in order to avoid 

 evasion and quibbling it was deemed wiser to change the Maine 

 standards for sirup to a uniform water content of 35 per cent. 

 Maine producers of maple and allied goods must bear in mind 

 that the standards for interstate trade remain unchanged and as 

 fixed by the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture. The corrected 

 definitions and standards for maple and allied products are as 

 follows : 



Sugar is the product chemically known as sucrose (saccha- 

 rose) chiefly obtained from sugar cane, sugar beets, surgum, 

 maple, and palm. 



Maple sugar is the solid product resulting from the evapora- 

 tion of maple sap, and contains, in the water-free substance, not 

 less than sixty-five one-hundredths (0.65) per cent of maple 

 sugar ash. 



Massecuite, melada, mush sugar, and concrete are products 

 made by evaporating the purified juice of a sugar-producing 

 plant, or a solution of sugar, to a solid or semisolid consistence, 

 and in which the sugar chiefly exists in a crystalline state. 



Sirup is the sound product made by purifying and evaporating 

 the juice of a sugar-producing plant without removing any of 

 the sugar. 



Maple sirup is sirup made by the evaporation of maple sap or 

 by the solution of maple concrete, and contains not more than 

 thirty-five (35) per cent of water and not less than forty-five 

 hundredths (0.45) per cent of maple sirup ash. 



Sugar sirup is the product made by dissolving sugar to the 

 consistence of a sirup and contains not more than thirty-five 

 (35) P er cen t of water. 



BRANDING MAPLE PRODUCTS. 



Every statement, printed or otherwise, on food and drugs 

 must be in strict accord with fact. The chief rulings bearing 

 upon the correct branding of maple goods are as follows: 

 Regulations 17 to 24 inclusive, Circular 21, Office of the 

 Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, and -Food 

 Inspection Decisions 46, 52, 68, 70, 72, and 75 of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture.* 



* These will be sent free on application to the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, or to Director Chas. D. Woods, Orono, Maine. 



