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such other information concerning articles of food as he may 

 deem to be of public benefit." 



Therefore, the following standards regulating the sale of shell 

 fish have been made and will be enforced : 



OPENED SHELL FISH, to be legally sold, must be from 

 unpolluted beds, opened, packed and shipped under sanitary con- 

 ditions, in sanitary containers, without the addition of water or 

 direct contact with ice. 



IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD that OPENED SHELL 

 FISH shall include clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, etc. 

 • OPENED CLAMS must be sold drained, without any sur- 

 plus liquid. 



CLAMS THAT ARE OPENED RAW must be drained and, 

 if washing is necessary, the clams should not be allowed to 

 stand in water for more than five minutes. 



IF IT IS DESIRABLE TO HEAT THE CLAMS before 

 opening, emersion in hot water is permitted ; then they may 

 immediately be put into cold water, but not allowed to stand for 

 any length of time. Clams should then be opened, drained and 

 handled exactly the same as raw opened clams. 



NATURAL CLAM LIQUID or juice must be sold as such, 

 but cannot be mixed with opened clams and the mixture sold 

 as clams. 



A. M. G. Soule, 



Chief, Bureau of Inspection. 



With the possibilities for adulteration, the regulation of the 

 sale of this commodity — even though a small item of our food 

 supply — seems a subject worthy of consideration in order that 

 the public may be safe-guarded. It is earnestly hoped that the 

 conditions which have been brought to our attention by this 

 investigation during the past season may be permanently reme- 

 died. 



