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face-measurement with the words “Cool stored” followed by a
statement in plain letters and figures of the year, the month and
the day of the month on which such eggs were received at the cool
store.
(b.) No person shall sell any eggs for human consumption which
have been in cool storage for a longer period than ten weeks unless
such eggs are each stamped on the shell in bold-faced sans-serif capital
letters of not less size than six points face-measurement and in in-
delible ink with the word “Chilled.”
(c.) Every person undertaking the cool storage of eggs for sale
shall keep a record of all eggs so stored, indicating the ownership of
the eggs, the dates respectively on which the eggs were received for
storage and withdrawn from storage, and the name of the person so
withdrawing the eggs. Such record shall be accessible to any Officer
during ordinary hours of business.

PULPED EGG, LIQUID EGG, BAKERS’ EGG, OR DRIED EGG.

39. (1.) “Pulped egg,” “liquid egg,” “baker’s egg,” or “dried
    egg” shall be the contents of fresh eggs removed from their shells
    and mixed, or mixed and dried, and shall include preparations com-
    posed of egg-yolk or of egg-white only. No such product shall
    contain any added substance.

Labelling.

(2.) There shall be written on the label attached to every package
containing pulped egg, liquid egg, baker’s egg, or dried egg a state-
ment as follows :—
(i.) Describing the contents in the following form: “Pulped
egg,” “dried egg,” “dried egg (whites only),” “dried
egg (yokes only),” “pulped egg (whites only),” or “pulped
egg (yolks only),” as the case may be, written in bold-
faced sans-serif capital letters of not less size than forty-
eight points face-measurement;
(ii.) Indicating whether the eggs were laid by hens, by ducks, or
by other birds, written in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters
of not less size than thirty-six points face-measurement;
and
(iii.) Indicating whether the eggs were hand-broken or machine-
broken, written in bold-faced sans-serif capital letters of
not less size than twenty-four points face-measurement.

EDIBLE FATS AND OILS, AND SALAD-OILS.

General Standard.

40. (1.) Edible fats and edible oils, or salad-oils, shall be the
    fats and oils commonly recognized as wholesome foodstuffs; they
    shall be free from rancidity and decomposition, and from offensive
    odour and taste. They shall not contain any mineral oil, and not
    more than one part per centum of water.

Olive-oil.

2.) Olive-oil shall be the oil obtained by expression from the
sound mature fruit of the cultivated olive-tree (Olea europea, L.);
it shall have a specific gravity of from 0·913 to 0·919 at a temperature
of 60° Fahr., a saponification value of from 185 to 196, and an iodine
value of from 79 to 90. It shall conform with the general standard
for edible fats and oils.
(3.) “Lucca oil,” “sublime salad-oil,” and “virgin oil” shall be
an oil which conforms with the standard for olive-oil and with the
general standard for edible fats and oils.

Labelling.

(4.) (a.) There shall be written in the label attached to every
package containing any fat or any oil for sale for human consumption,
or a mixture of such fats or (and) oils of diverse origin, a statement
specifically naming each and every fat and (or) oil contained in the
package. This shall not apply to packages containing only lard or
dripping or butter or margarine, labelled as prescribed in these
regulations.
(b.) The word “butter” and expressions which include or resemble
the word “butter” shall not be written on or attached to any package
containing any edible fat or edible oil as defined in these regulations
or any mixture of edible fats or (and) oils.

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