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SEC.

209. Waffles.

210. Whisky.

SEC.

211. Wine.

§ 127. Ale.

To substitute fermented beer for cream ale in part is to adulterate the latter.1

§ 128. Almond Extract.

Almond extract, or flavor, as recognized by reliable manufacturers and dealers, is the flavoring extract as prepared from oil of bitter almonds, free from hydrocyanic acid, and contains not less than one percent by volume of oil of bitter almonds. Hydrocyanic acid, therefore, used in it is an adulterant.1

§ 129. Annatto.

Annatto used in milk to give it color is an offense.1

§ 130. Apples, Evaporated.

To sell moldy and rotten portions of apples, worms, seeds, and general apple waste product for "choice evaporated apples" is a violation of the statute.1 To soak evaporated apples in water is to adulterate them.2

§ 131. Apple Jelly.

Glucose used for sugar in apple jelly adulterates it.1 So apple jelly containing free sulphuric acid is adulterated."

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§ 132. Banana Extract.

Selling an imitation of banana extract as pure banana extract is an offense.1

§ 133. Berry Preserves.

Logan berry preserves substituted for blackberry preserves is an adulterant.1

§ 133a. Blackberry Cordial.

To use glucose, saccharin, benzoic acid, and artificial coloring matter in the form of a coal tar dye, in the making of blackberry cordial is to produce an adulterated article.1

§ 134. Bone Grits.

Imitation of bone grits that does not contain any bone is. an adulterated product.1

§ 135. Boric Acid.

Boric acid used in biscuits is a violation of the statute, being an adulterant. So boric acid and its salts used in ice cream cones and ice cream clams is an adulterant, subjecting it and them to forfeiture. Boric acid used in

eggs is an adulterant.3

§ 136. Brandy.

Imitation brandy put into cognac is an adulterant.1

§ 137. Buckwheat Flour.

To mix rye and wheat flours with buckwheat flour is to

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adulterate the latter,1 and so to mix corn meal with the buckwheat flour.2

§ 138. Butter.

The coloring of butter is not unlawful, that course being distinctly allowed by the Act of August 2, 1886.1 Butter containing filthy, decomposed and putrid animal and vegetable substances is adulterated. So is butter that contains

an excessive amount of water.3

§ 139. Calcium Acid Phosphate.

Corn starch used in calcium acid phosphate does not render the mixture deleterious or in any way dangerous to the health of the person eating the mixture.1

§ 140. Cane Syrup.

To mix corn syrup or glucose with cane syrup is to adulterate the latter.1

§ 141. Canned Corn.

Canned corn that consists in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substances is denounced by the statute.1

§ 142. Cereal.

Cereal made out of oats is adulterated if wheat flour is mixed with it.1

1 N. J. 481; N. J. 317; N. J. 60; N. J. 118; N. J. 129.

2 N. J. 31; N. J. 60; N. J. 124. See Wiley, Food Adulterations 221. Composition, Leach on Food Analysis 271.

124 U. S. Stat. at Large 209. See Wiley, Food Adulteration 185. 2 N. J. 812.

3 N. J. 836.

1 N. J. 300; N. J. 656.

1 N. J. 324; N. J. 106. Composition, Wiley, Food Adulteration 476, Leach on Food Analysis 566. 1 N. J. 471. See Wiley, Food Adulteration 228. Antiseptics in, Leach on Food Analysis 903.

1 N. J. 105; N. J. 96.

§ 143. Cheese.

cheese is to adulterate it.1 Neufchatel skimmed milk is adulterated.2 Under cheese may be colored with a harmless To use boric acid or borate in cheese is

To use starch in cheese made out of Act of June 6, 1896, coloring matter. to adulterate it.5

§ 144. Cherry Syrup.

Cherry syrup so colored as to hide its adulteration and inferiority may not be so sold.1

§ 145. Cider.

To mix saccharin, benzoic acid, dye and water with cider is to adulterate it.1

§ 145a. Chocolate Cremolin.

A product purporting to contain "powdered cocoa and a little harmless coloring" is adulterated if it contains 5.96 percent of ferric oxide and twelve parts of arsenic per million.1

§ 146. Cloves.

To abstract oil from cloves and then to color, coat or stain them so as to deceive the purchaser as to their true condition is condemned by the statute.1

§ 147. Coffee.

Coffee coated with lead chromate is forbidden by the Food

1 N. J. 344.

2 N. J. 291.

8 29 U. S. Stat. at Large 253.

See Appendix.

4 F. I. D. 51.

5 N. J. 790. See Wiley on Food Adulteration 190, and Leach on Food Analysis 201, for dissertation on cheese and its adulteration.

1 N. J. 549; N. J. 372.

1 N. J. 615. Adulteration, Leach, Food Inspection 682.

1 N. J. 989. Adulteration, Leach, Food Inspection 402.

1 N. J. 529; N. J. 888. Adulteration, Leach, Food Inspection 418.

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