THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 695
CHAPTER 269
(House Bill 69)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
194 and 195 of Article 43) of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1939 Edition and 1947 Supplement), title "Health",
sub-title "Adulteration of Food and Drink", relating gener-
ally to the definition and requirements of "Ice Cream",
"Sherbet", "Water Ice or Fruit Ice", "Milk Products",
"Stabilizer", "Imitation Ice Cream", "Frozen Ice Confec-
tions", and "Frozen Sherbet Confections", and setting stand-
ards for these and similar products, providing for the licens-
ing of manufacturers of such products and providing penal-
ties for violations.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 194 and 195 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition and 1947 Supplement), title
"Health", sub-title "Adulteration of Food and Drink", be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments
so as to read as follows:

194. The standards: for the quality, purity and strength of
drugs under Sections 189 to 200 of this sub-title shall be the
standard set by the United States Pharmacopoeia or the Na-
tional Formulary. In case of foods and drugs not already
standardized by the United States Pharmacopoeia or the Na-
tional Formulary, the standards of quality, purity and strength
prescribed by regulations lawfully adopted from time to time
by the [Secretary of the United States Department of Agri-
culture] Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, Food
and Drug Administration, are hereby declared to be the stand-
ards of quality, purity and strength for such foods and drugs
in the State of Maryland, except in the cases of Ice Cream,
Frozen Custard, [Ice Milk, Milk] Sherbet, Water Ice or [Ice
Sherbet] Fruit Ice, Milk Products, Stabilizer, [and] Imitation
Ice Cream, Frozen Ice Connections, and Sherbet Confections.
in which cases the standards are declared to be as follows:

(a) Ice Cream [is a] means the pure, clean, frozen products
made from a combination of [two or more of the following in-
gredients: ] "Milk Products", [egg, water, and] Sugar,
Dextrose, Corn Syrup in dry or liquid form, Water, with or

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
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