1950_ADULTERATED_FOOD_AND_DRUGS_REGULATIONS — Page 6

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G.N. 2/36.

G.N.A. 262/48.

G.N. 111/39.

G.N. 111/39.

G.N. 111/39.

Adulterated Food and Drugs.

(25) Unsweetened Condensed or Evaporated Milk is milk which has been condensed by the evaporation of a portion of its water content, and sterilized by heat. It shall contain not less than 25.5% of total milk solids and not less than 7.8% of milk fat. It shall contain no foreign substance;

(26) Unsweetened Condensed or Evaporated Skim or Separated Milk is skimmed or separated milk which has been condensed by the evaporation of a portion of its water content and sterilized by heat. It shall contain not less than 26.0% of milk solids not fat;

(27) Mustard is the ground seed of the sinapis (or brassica) alba, sinapis (or brassica) nigra, or brassica juncea. It shall yield not more than 8.0% of total ash. It shall contain not more than 3.0% of foreign starch nor any other foreign substance. The sale of any substance other than a mixture of ground black and white mustard seeds under the unqualified name of mustard is prohibited;

(28) Black Pepper is the dried immature berry of the piper nigrum. L. It shall contain not less than 6.0% of extract soluble in ether, not more than 7.0% of total ash, and not less than 8.0% of extract soluble in absolute alcohol;

(29) White Pepper is the dried mature berry of the piper nigrum. L. from which the outer coating has been removed. It shall contain not less than 6.0% of extract soluble in ether, not more than 3.5% of total ash, and not less than 7.0% of extract soluble in absolute alcohol;

(30) Ground Mixed Pepper is ground white and black pepper. The proportion of the ground black pepper shall not exceed 50.0% by weight of the whole.

The addition of starch, or colouring matter or any other foreign substance to black pepper or white pepper or ground mixed pepper is hereby prohibited;

(31) Tea is the dried and prepared leaves or leaf-buds of the thea sinensis and other species of thea. It shall contain no exhausted or partially exhausted leaves nor any foreign matter. When examined by Tatlock and Thomson's method, it shall yield not less than 30.0% of hot water extract. It shall yield not more than 8.0% of ash;

(32) Vinegar is a liquid derived wholly from alcoholic and acetous fermentations without any intermediate distillation. It shall contain not less than 4.0 grammes of acetic acid in 100 cubic centimetres of the vinegar. It shall not contain arsenic in a proportion of more than one hundredth of a grain per gallon. It shall be free from any other foreign substance, except caramel. It shall contain no sulphuric or other mineral acid;

(33) Malt Vinegar shall be vinegar as defined above derived wholly from malted barley, with or without the addition of cereals, the starch of which has been saccharified by the diatase of malt.

Nothing in the definitions of "Vinegar" or "Malt Vinegar" shall apply to Chinese native vinegar sold as such under the names of Pak Ts'o (白醋) and Hak Ts'o (黑醋) provided it is not supplied, sold or exposed for sale under any title or description containing the word "pure" or its equivalent, or as implying that it is "Vinegar" or "Malt Vinegar" as hereinbefore defined;