132 Condensed Miu and Milk Powder 



factory, sixteen pounds of cane sugar per one hundred pounds of 

 fresh milk is entirely sufficient. He should bear in mind that sweet- 

 ened condensed milk is used and accepted by the consumer as a 

 substitute for market milk, and it is the manufacturer's moral duty 

 to retain in this substitute the normal properties and composition 

 of the product which it is supposed to replace, as nearly as is con- 

 sistent with the production of a wholesome and marketable product. 



CHAPTER XXI 

 CONDENSED MILK STANDARDS AND LAWS 



The Federal Food and Drugs Act, passed June, 1906, and which 

 went in force January 1, 1907, has raised the standard of excellence 

 of condensed milk to no small degree. It has served as a purifier 

 of the entire industry, putting a premium on the product of the 

 honest manufacturer and insuring the public against condensed milk 

 of inferior food value. 



Prior to< the enforcement of this act, three states only had 

 definite standards and laws regulating the composition of condensed 

 'milk. In the absence of a federal law, car loads of condensed skim 

 milk were unloaded and sold as condensed milk in states and cities 

 which had no laws or ordinances prohibiting the sale of condensed 

 skim milk, labeled condensed milk. The Federal Food and Drugs 

 Act, executed through the offices of the Interstate Commerce De- 

 partment, put a stop to this fraud, protecting the public from these 

 inferior goods, eliminating the manufacture, traffic and competition 

 of an unlawful product, enhancing the business of legitimate manu- 

 facture and raising the standard and integrity of the industry. 



Federal Standards. 1 — The Federal Standards for sweetened 

 condensed milk and evaporated milk which went into force January 

 1, 1907, are as follows: 



"Sweetened Condensed Milk is milk from which a consider- 

 able portion of water has been evaporated and to which sugar 

 (sucrose) has been added and contains not less than 28 (twenty- 

 eight) per cent, of milk solids, of which not less than 27.5 (twenty- 

 seven and five-tenths) per cent, is milk fat." 



1 United States Department oi Agriculture, Circular No. 19; also Indiana Aeriraltnral 

 Experiment Station Bulletin No. 143 ^ericunurai 



