QA Pi fie V4 MONTHLY BULLETIN OF The Georgia Department of Agriculture FOODS AND DRUGS Vol IV No 2 March 1917 Edited and Compiled by R E STALLINGS State Chemist Published by Direction of J J BROWN Commissioner of Agriculture Entered in Atlanta Ga as SecondClass Matter June 17 1914mHHHHHHBH This Bulletin will be sent regularly to all citizens of Georgia who apply for itGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD STANDARDS The following standards of purity of food products have been adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and State Chemist in accordance with Section 21 of the food and drugs Act of Georgia CACAO PRODUCTS 1 Cacao Beans Cocoa Beans are the seeds of the cacao tree Theobroma cacao L 2 Cacao Nibs Cocoa Nibs Cracked Cacao is the roast ed broken cacao bean freed from its shell or husk 3 Chocolate plain Chocolate Bitter Chocolate Choco late Liquor Chocolate Paste Bitter Chocolate Coatings is the solid or plastic mass obtained by grinding cacao nibs without the removal of fat or other constituents except the germ Chocolate Plain Chocolate Bitter Chocolate Chocolate Liq uor Chocolate Paste Bitter Chocolate Coatings contains not more than three per cent 3 of ash insoluble in water three and fifty hundredths per cent 350 of crude fiber nine per cent 9 of cacao starch and not less than fortyfive per cent 45 of cacao fat 4 Sweet Chocolate Sweet Chocolate Coatings is choc olate mixed with sugar sucrose with or without the addition of cocoa butter spices or other flavoring materials Sweet Chocolate Sweet Chocolate Coatings contains in the sugar and fatfree residue no higher percentage of ash fiber or starch than is found in the sugar and fatfree residue of chocolate4 MONTHLY REPORT 5 Cocoa Powdered Cocoa is cacao nibs with or without the germ deprived of a portion of its fat and finely pulverized Cocoa Powdered Cpcoa contains percentages of ash crude fiber and starch corresponding to those in chocolate after correction for fat removed 6 Sweet Cocoa Sweetened Cocoa is cocoa mixed with not more than sixty per cent 60 of sugar sucrose Sweet Cocoa Sweetened Cocoa contains in the sugar and fatfree residue no higher percentage of ash crude fiber or starch than is found in the sugar and fatfree residue of choc olate 7 Milk Chocolate Milk Cocoa Sweet Milk Chocolate or Sweet Milk Cocoa respectively is chocolate cocoa sweet chocolate or sweet cocoa which contains not less than twelve per cent 12 of whole milk solids in the finished product GLUTEN PRODUCTS AND DIABETIC FOOD Ground Gluten is the clean sound product made from wheat flour by the almost complete removal of starch and contains not more than ten per cent 10 of moisture and calculated on the waterfree basis not less than fourteen and two tenths per cent 142 of nitrogen not more than fifteen per cent 15 of nitrogenfree extract using the protein factor 57 and not more than five and fivetenths per cent 55 of starch as determined by the diastase method Gluten Flour is the clean sound product made from wheat flour by the removal of a large part of the starch and contains not more than ten per cent 10 of moisture and calculated on the waterfree basis not less than seven and one tenth per cent 71 of nitrogen not more than fiftysix per cent 56 of nitrogenfree extract using the protein factor 57 and not more than fortyfour per cent 44 of starch as determined by the diastase method Gluten Flour Self Rising is a gluten flour containingGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 5 not more than ten per cent 10 of moisture and leavening agents with or without salt Diabetic Pood Although most foods may be suitable under certain conditions for the use of persons suffering from diabetes the term diabetic as applied to food indicates a considerable lessening of the carbohydrates found in ordinary products of the same class and this belief is fostered by many manufacturers on their labels and in their advertising litera ture A diabetic food contains not more than half as much glycogenic carbohydrates as the normal food of the same class Any statement on the label which gives theimpression that any single food in unlimited quantity is suitable for the diabetic patient is false and misleading MACARONI SPAGHETTI VERMICELLI AND SIMILAR ALIMENTARY PASTES Macaroni Spaghetti Vermicelli and Similar Alimentary Pastes are dried alimentary pastes made from the semolina of hard wheat Products made in the shape of macaroni spaghetti vermi celli and similar alimentary pastes from material other than the semolina of hard wheat are imitations A standard for moisture in these products is under con sideration EGG NODDLES AND PLAIN NOODLES Noodles Egg Noodles are dried alimentary pastes made from wheat flour and egg They contain not less than five per cent 5 by weight of the solids of whole sound egg exclusive of the shell6 MONTHLY REPORT Plain Noodles Water Noodles are dried alimentary pastes made from wheat flour without egg or with less than five per cent 5 by weight of the solids of whole sound egg exclusive of the shell Standards for moisture in these products are under con sideration CONDENSED MILK STANDARD Condensed milk evaporated milk concentrated milk is the product resulting from the evaporation of a considerable portion of the water from the whole fresh clean lacteal secre tion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows properly fed and kept excluding that obtained within fifteen days before and ten days after calving and contains all tolerances being allowed for not less than twentyfive and fivetenths per cent 255 of total solids and not less than seven and eighttenths per cent 78 of milk fat MAPLE PRODUCTS Maple Sugar Maple Concrete is the solid product resulting from the evaporation of maple sap or maple sirup Maple Sirup is sirup made by the evaporation of maple sap or by the solution of maple concrete and contains not more than thirtyfive per cent 35 of water and weighs not less than eleven 11 pounds to the gallon 231 cu inGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LABORATORY REPORT In the following pages will be found the results of analysis of a large number of samples of foods and drugs of miscella neous character which the inspectors have secured throughout the State This bulletin also contains the analyses of a number of samples of milk and cream ORANGES Lab No 5412Oranges Pound L N Ry Yards Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5427Oranges Dealer S D Jones 124 Whitehall St At lanta Ga Adulterated in that it consists of partly decomposed vegetable substance 5414Otanges Speedwell Submarine and Torpedo Shipped by Fla Citrus Exchange Atlanta Ga Dealer A Fugazzi Green Milan Conley Ennis Atlanta Ga Adulterated in that they consist of putrid and partly decomposed vegetable matter EVAPORATED APPLES 5418Evaporated Apples Dealer Atlantic Pacific Tea Co Whitehall St Atlanta Ga Bleached with sul phur dioxide 5421Evaporated Apples Marion Croncher Packard Medina N Y Dealer Brittingham Gro Co Edge wood Ave Atlanta Ga Misbranded in that they are bleached with sulphur dioxide same not being declared on label IBHH m MONTHLY REPORT BUTTER Lab No 5315Home Aid Creamery Butter J M High Co Atlanta Ga Moisture 1051 No adulteration found 5426Butter Moultrie Creamery Co Moultrie Ga Deal er S D Jones 124 Whitehall St Atlanta Ga Moisture 1550 No adulteration found 5419Creamery Butter Dealer Atlantic Pacific Tea Co Whitehall St Atlanta Ga Moisture 1420 No adulteration found SYRUP 5396Georgia Cane Syrup Southland H C Davis Son Meigs Ga Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga No adulteration found 5397Syrup Mary Jane Corn Products Refining Co New York Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga Labeled Contains Sulphur Dioxide Sulphur Diox ide present S398Syrup Blend of Corn and Cane Peacock Southern Syrup Co Montgomery Ala Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga No adulteration found 5399AlaGa Cane Corn Syrup AlaGa Syrup Co Montgomery Ala Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga No adulteration found 5400Golden Syrup Domino American Sugar Refining Co New York Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga No adulteration foundGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 9 PEAS Lab No 5401June Peas Peerless Torsch Packing Co Balti more Md Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga No adulteration found 5402Early June Peas Unitus Bibb Grocery Co Ma con Ga Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga No adulteration found VINEGAR 5318Distilled Colored Vinegar L W Rogers Co Atlanta Ga Dealer Capital City Market Co 122 Whitehall St Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5321Pure Apple Vinegar 4 acid strength Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga Dealer J M Brittingham Edgewood Avenue Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5324Sunny South Distilled Colored Vinegar Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5325Apple VinegarReduced to 4 acid strength Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5326Colored Distilled Vinegar Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5392Pure Apple Vinegar Capitol Gibson Vinegar Works Macon Ga Dealer G W Mann Co Ma con Ga Labeled Contains 26 or 28 oz unable to be read except by aid of magnifying glass Adultera ted and misbranded in that water has been substituted in part for cider vinegar and further misbranded in that the quantity is not declared in a conspicuous place Jf HHH 10 MONTHLY REPORT TOMATOES Lab No 5404Tomatoes R Roberts Bros Baltimore Md Deal er G W Mann Co Macon Ga Adulterated in that water has been substituted in part for tomatoes 5405Tomatoes Hartlove Hartlove Packing Co Balti more Md Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga Adulterated in that water has been substituted in part for tomatoes JELLY 5395APple Jelly Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga Dealer G W Mann Co Macon Ga Misbranded in that the quantity is less than that declared on label 5408Dawson Pure Apply Jelly Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga Dealer S D Jones 124 Whitehall St Atlanta Ga Misbranded in that the quantity is less than that declared on label 5410Pure Apple Jelly Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga No adulteration found CHEESE 5390DD Cheese Blue Valley Butter Co Atlanta Ga Dealer Mina Grocery Co Mina Station Ga No adulteration found 5391DD Cheese Blue Valley Butter Co Atlanta Ga Dealer Mina Grocery Co Mina Station Ga No adulteration found MISCELLANEOUS S3J7Sweet Pickles Dawson Bros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga Dealer L W Rogers Co 3 Masons Avenue Edge wood Ga Contains 110 of 1 Benzoate of SodaGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 11 Lab No 5394Apple Butter Dawson Biros Mfg Co Atlanta Ga Dealer G W Mann Co Miacon Ga Contains iio of i Benzoate of Soda Misbranded in that the quan tity is less than that declared on label 5406Supreme Cooked Brains Morris Company Chicago 111 Dealer C J Griggs Marietta Ga No adulter ation found 5407Macaroni Luxury Sou Macaroni Mfg Co New Orleans La Dealer L W Rogers Co Whitehall Street Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 5411Shell Eggs J W Hipps Son Blue Ridge Ga Dealer Smith Ward Marietta Ga Adulter ated in that it consists of a putrid and decomposed animal substance 5413Honey Georgia Clover Jacobs Pharmacy Atlanta Ga Adulterated and Misbranded in that Honeydue honey has been substituted for Clover honey Fur ther misbranded in that the quantity is not declared OLIVE OIL A fixed oil obtained from the ripe fruit Olea Europoea Linne Fam Oleaceae It should be preserved in well closed containers in a cool place 4589Olive Oil Dealer C F Hernden Elberton Ga No adulteration found 4592Olive Oil Nicolina Austin Nichols Co New York Dealer Moore Bros Washington Ga No adulteration foundwmmmmm ma 12 MONTHLY REPORT Lab No 4593Olive Oil Virgin French R T French Co Roch ester N Y Dealer B B Callaway Penfield Ga No adulteration found 4595Virgin Olive Oil Lockwood Brackett Co Bos ton Mass Dealer Kings Pharmacy Augusta Ga No adulteration found 4597Olive Oil Rudelco The Mentoni Co New York Dealer Norcross Drug Co Norcross Ga No adul teration found 4598Olive Oil Harvey Drug Co Saratoga Springs N Y Dealer Dr E F Chaffin Martin Ga No adul teration found 4599Olive Oil Callaway Grocery Co Athens Ga Deal er Gardman Drug Co Colbert Ga No adulteration found 4600Olive Oil Piquet Calif Fruit Growers Asso Los Angeles Calif Dealer Citizens Pharmacy Athens Ga No adulteration found 5420Olive Oil Atlantic Pacific Tea Co Jersey City N J Dealer Atlantic Pacific Tea Co Atlanta Ga No adulteration found TR IODINE An alcoholic solution of iodine and potassium iodide One hundred milliliters contains not less than 65 grams nor more than 75 grams of iodine and not less than 45 grams nor more than 55 grams of iodide of potassium 4590Dr R J Westbrook Ha Ga 4591Corry Bros Craw fordsville Ga Grams of Iodine per 100 cc 225 47 Grams of Potassium Iodid per 100 cc 000 000GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 13 TINCTURE OF FERRIC CHLORIDE A hydroalcoholic solution containing ferric chloride cor responding to not less than 448 per cent of iron Protect Tincture of Ferric Chloride from light Per Cent Metallic Iron Lab No 4594G C Raymond Augusta Ga 483 SPIRITS OF NilTRE An alcoholic solution of ethyl nitrite containing not less than 35 per cent nor more than 45 per cent of ethyl nitrite This preparation loses strength rapidly and should be kept with much care Per Cent Ethyl Nitrite 4475National Drug Co Philadelphia Pa Dealer Hogansville Drug Co Hogansville Ga 374 4483Pierce Drug Co Atlanta Ga 330 4513Western Heights Phar Atlanta Ga 303 4541Jacob Spiehler Atlanta Ga 558 SYRUP OF IODIDE OF IRON A syrupy liquid containing not less than 475 per cent nor 1 14 MONTHLY REPORT more than 525 per cent of ferrous iodide Preserve it in completely filled tightly stoppered bottles Per Cent Ferrous Iodide Lab No 4512Jno B Daniel Atlanta Ga Deal er Sunset Phar Atlanta Ga 525 4488Pacobs Pharmacy Atlanta Ga 40 4567Trion Company Trion Ga 36 4482Hoods Pharmacy Atlanta Ga Dealer Piedmont Pharmacy At lanta Ga 37 4497Eli Lilly Co Indianapolis Ind Dealer Boulevards Pharmacy Atlanta Ga 52 4543Eli Lilly Co Indianapolis Ind Dealer AnsleyGoss Co Deca tur Ga 49 4564Cooper Drug Co Dalton Ga 55 TINCTURE OE GINGER This tincture is prepared by an official type process and must conform to assay results as laid down in the Purity Ru bric of the Pharmacopoeia 45 T9Carnegie Drug Store Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 4526Highland Ave Pharmacy Atlanta Ga No adultera tion foundGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 15 Lab No 4531Christians Pharmacy East Point Ga No adulteration found 4532Hapeville Drug Co Hapeville Ga No adulteration found 4536Jacobs Pharmacy Atlanta Ga No adulteration found 4537West End Pharmacy Atlanta Ga No adulteration found MISCELLANEOUS 4588Rat Rid American Sanitary Corporation Memphis Tenn Dealer J H Baggott Dearing Ga Analysis indicates a mixture of ground corn and arsenic trioxide Preparation contains Arsenic as its source of poisonmmumm H iiiNiiiifillYiiaFii9iaiALiBfARiEs 3 51Dfl Qsbfi3 105Q