FERMENTED VINEGAR. All vinegar made by fermentation and oxidation, without the intervention of distillation, (cider vinegar excepted) must contain not less than 1.5 per cent of solids determined by evaporation at the temperature of boiling water, and obtained exclusively from the fruit or grain from which said vinegar purports to be made; not less than 0.25 per cent of ash or mineral matter naturally occurring in said solids, not less than 4 per cent of acetic acid (absolute) by weight, and must be entirely the product of the fruit or grain whose name it bears. DISTILLED VINEGARS. All vinegar made wholly or in part of distilled liquors, must be free from coloring matter of all kinds, added before, during or after distillation and from all color other than that produced by the distillation itself. No article can be sold or offered for sale, or stored or exposed for sale in Porto Rico, nor can it be transported in or into said island with the purpose of selling it or of storing, exposing or offering it for sale therein, as or under the name of vinegar, if it contains any product of the destructive distillation of wood, other than water and acetic acid, or that contains any foreign matter whatsoever. WAY IN WHICH VESSELS CONTAINING VINEGAR ARE TO BE MARKED. On every vessel that contains vinegar for the purpose of storage, transportation or sale, there must be marked, stamped, printed or otherwise attached so as to be easily visible and readily legible, the following (1) the word (in Spanish) "Vinegar," immediately preceded by an appropriate word indicating its class, such as, "cider," "malt," wine, etc., (2) a word or words that shall describe the process used in its manufacture e. g. “fermented," "distilled," etc. (3) the name and place of business of the manufacturer. All of these words except those expressing the name and address of the manufacturer, must be formed of letters at least half an inch in height, and must be so placed as to be readily visible and easily legible throughout the time the said vessel contains any of the vinegar. RELATIVE TO MISBRANDED VINEGARS. Every article sold or stored, exposed or offered for sale in Porto Rico or transported in or into said island with the purpose of selling, storing, exposing or offering it for sale therein, as or under the name of "vinegar" alone, without a word or words that describe its kind and the general mode of manufacture, will be considered to be misbranded. ARTICLES OF FOOD NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THE FOREGOING REGULATIONS. All articles of food and drink not specifically provided for in the foregoing regulations must conform in all respects to the general regulations applicable to adulteration and misbranding, and these will be considered to be adulterated or misbranded as the case may be, if they depart in any respect from these regulations. ORDERS OF THE SUPERIOR BOARD OF HEALTH. Translated by W. N. Berkeley, a Title: Prohibiting the sale of certain kinds of fish in Porto Rico. Article 1. The sale of the following kinds of fish, considered prejudicial to public health, is prohibited from this date. Such fish are: Agujón, Guania, Piojo, Macabí, and Candil. a Acknowledgment is due to Mr. Berkeley, chemist of the Porto Rico superior board of health, not only for this translation, but for other contributions to the compilation of the Porto Rico laws. Article 2. Any infraction of this order will be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 767 of the Revised Statutes of Porto Rico. Article 3. This order will be effective from. July 9, 1902. ORDER NO. 8. Title: Regulating the transportation of bread and other articles of food. Article 1. The transportation of bread either in baskets or on horseback is prohibited. The owners of bakeries will have to provide themselves within a reasonable time with covered carts provided with doors, and this will be the only way of transporting bread from one point to another that will be permitted. Article 2. Pies and sweatmeats of all kinds that are sold in the streets must be carried in covered cases, lined with oilcloth or glass. Article 3. In all retail establishments in which are sold sugar, cheese, lard, butter, ham, bacon, bread, etc., such articles must be protected from flies by means of metallic covers. Article 4. The above provisions of article 3 are extended also to meat stalls, milk shops, confectionery stores, cafés, lunch counters, restaurants and other establishments in which the articles of food mentioned are offered for sale. Article 5. All unnecessary handling of articles of food should be avoided as much as possible. Article 6. The placing of tables in the streets, roads, walks, and other public places for the sale of articles mentioned above is positively prohibited unless the foregoing requirements are complied with. Article 7. In all establishments in which coal oil, charcoal, and similar materials are sold these must be entirely separated from any articles of food sold in the same place. Charcoal must be kept well covered. Article 8. This order will be effective from September 2, 1902. ORDER NO. 9. Title: Amending Section 1, Regulation 6 [Bul. 69, p. 375], which specifies the conditions under which local authorities may grant permits for the sale of milk. Article 1. These permits may be given only under the following conditions (restrictions): (1) To any person who has a store or depot for that purpose possessing the sanitary conditions as approved by the health officer; (2) to any cattle owner who supplies milk directly to consumers in their residences, provided that the milk is carried in suitable vessels approved by this board; (3) to everyone selling milk directly to consumers, the milking being immediately before it delivery to the con sumers. Article 2. See Article 2, Order No. 1. Article 3. This order will be effective from September 25, 1902. ORDER NO. 11. Title: Regulating the sale of meat in Porto Rico. Article 1. Every person engaged in the sale of meat in Porto Rico must secure a permit issued by the director of health, in order to keep a meat store or depot. Article 2. This order embraces every establishment for the sale of meat in Porto Rico. Article 3. The blanks for applying for these permits may be secured from the health officers, who will furnish them gratis to those interested. Article 4. After such applications are filled out, they must be sent to the director of health, who will issue the permit. Article 5. Every butcher shop or milk depot that is not provided with such permits by March 1, 1903, will be closed. Article 6. See Article 2, Order 1. Article 7. This order will be effective from January 26, 1903. ORDER No. 29. Title: Referring to jerked beef, etc. Article 1. All ham, or jerked or smoked meat that is imported into Porto Rico for the purposes of sale must be accompanied by a certificate issued by a competent inspector at the point of exportation, stating the origin (locality where prepared) and its condition at the time of embarkation. Article 2. See Article 2, Order No. 1. Article 3. This order will be effective from January 1, 1904. The following orders are more or less related to the question of food inspection: Order No. 10. Referring to the slaughter of cattle affected with contagious diseases. Order No. 16. Referring to the manner of cleaning and keeping meat offered for sale. Order No. 21. Referring to the prohibition of the entrance of horses, etc., in establishments where food is sold; the wearing of improper apparel and the failure to keep articles of food properly covered. Also prohibiting animals from sleeping in estab lishments where food is sold. RHODE ISLAND. VINEGAR. SEC. 1. Adulterated vinegar prohibited.-No person shall by himself, his servant, or agent, or as the servant or agent of any other person, sell, exchange, or have in his custody or possession, with intent to sell or exchange, or expose or offer for sale or exchange, any adulterated vinegar, or label, brand, or sell as cidar" vinegar any vinegar not made exclusively from apple cider. (Amending sec. 1, ch. 148, General Laws, 1896 [Bul. 69, p. 385].) SEC. 6. Adulteration defined.-All vinegars shall be without any metallic salts of arsenic, lead, copper, tin, or zinc, or any sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric, or other mineral acid injurious to health; and if any vinegar contains any metallic salts of arsenic, lead, copper, tin, or zinc, or any sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric, or other mineral acid injurious to health, it shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this chapter. (Added to ch. 148, General Laws, 1896 [Bul. 69, p. 385].) SEC. 3. Repeal and effect.-All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect upon its passage. (Passed April 17, Laws of 1903, ch. 1107, p. 42.). 1903. a So in Statutes. 125 SOUTH DAKOTA. GENERAL FOOD LAWS. SEC. 1. Unlawful use or sale of containers bearing names or marks; penalty.-Persons engaged in the manufacture, bottling or selling soda water, mineral or aerated waters, cider, milk, cream or other lawful beverages in bottles, boxes, casks, kegs or barrels, with their name or other marks of ownership stamped or marked thereon, may file in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such articles are manufactured, bottled or sold, a description of the name or marks so used by them and cause a notice thereof to be given by three consecutive publications in a weekly newspaper in said county. It shall thereupon be unlawful for any person, without the written consent of the owner, to fill such bottles, casks, kegs or barrels so marked or stamped, for the purpose of sale or to sell, dispose of, buy or traffic in, or wantonly to destroy the same, whether filled or not; and any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The using by any other person than the rightful owner, without written permission of any such casks, barrels, kegs or bottles or boxes as prohibited in this section, or the possession of by any junk dealers or dealer in such casks, barrels, kegs, bottles or boxes, the same being marked or stamped and registered as herein required, shall be prima facie evidence that such use, sale or possession is unlawful, and search may be procured for the discovery and seizure of such bottles, casks, kegs or barrels as in other criminal cases. SEC. 2. Repeal.-All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Date of effect.-An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. (Approved March Session Laws 1903, ch. 83, p. 92.) 11, 1903. Powers and duties of state board of health. 5. To remove, or cause to be removed, any dead, decaying or putrid body, or any decayed, putrid or other substance that may endanger the health of persons or domestic animals. 6. To condemn and cause to be destroyed any impure or diseased article of food that may be offered for sale. (Session Laws 1903, ch. 217, p. 291.) 2868. Duties of food and dairy commissioner.-It shall be the duty of the said commissioner to enforce all laws that now exist, or that hereafter may be enacted in this state relative to the several articles which are foods, or necessary constituents of foods, which are manufactured, or sold, or exposed or offered for sale in this state, and may in a lawful manner procure samples of the same for analysis, and direct the |