184 Condensed Milk Standards and Laws 



cent (25%) of total solids and not less than seven and eight- 

 tenths per cent (7.8%) of milk fat. 



Condensed Skim Milk. — The original standard for condensed 

 skim milk^ which went in effect January 1, 1907, was as follows : 



"Condensed skim milk is skim milk from which a consider- 

 able portion of water has been evaporated." 



Subsequently this standard was superseded to more ade- 

 quately control the manufacture and sale of condensed skim 

 milk by the following standard^ which became efifective March 

 31, 1917. 



Condensed skimmed milk, evaporated skimmed milk, con- 

 centrated skimmed milk, is the product resulting from the evapo- 

 ration of a considerable portion of the water from skimmed milk, 

 and contains, all tolerances being allowed for, not less than 

 twenty per cent (20.0%) of milk solids. 



Sweetened condensed skimmed milk, sweetened evaporated 

 skimmed milk, sweetened concentrated skimmed milk, is the 

 product resulting from the evaporation of a considerable portion 

 of the water from skimmed milk to which sugar (sucrose) has 

 been added. It contains, all tolerances being allowed for, not 

 less than twenty-eight per cent (28.0%) of milk solids. 



Explanatory Notes Concerning the Federal Food and Drugs Act ; 



Its Relation to the Interstate Commerce Law, and to 



the Federal Standards of Purity for Food Products.^ 



Any article of food entering into interstate commerce should 

 conform to the requirements of the Federal Law (Pure Food 

 and Drugs Act). 



If sold other than in the original package in the state re- 

 ceived, it should conform with the laws of that state. 



The term "Original Packages" used in the act generally 

 means the package in which articles are transported in interstate 

 commerce, as distinguished from the unit packages usually dis- 

 played on the shelves of retailers. 



1 United States Department of Agriculture, Circular No. 19, 1907. 

 " United States Department of Agriculture, Food Inspection Decision 170, 

 Marcli 31, 1917. 



' Hunziker, Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 143, 1910. 



