1550                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 848

192. Standards for drugs and food generally; standards for ice
cream, sherbets, etc., enumerated.

(a)   The standards for the quality, purity and strength of drugs
under Sections 187 to 197 of this sub-title shall be the standard set
by the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary. In
case of foods and drugs not already standardized by the United States
Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary, the standards of quality,
purity and strength prescribed by regulations lawfully adopted from
time to time by the 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,
sherbet, water ice or fruit ice, milk products, stabilizer, imitation ice
cream, frozen ice confections, [and] sherbet confections, and ice milk,
in which cases the standards are declared to be as follows:

(b)  [(a)] Ice cream means the pure, clean, frozen products made
from a combination of "milk products", sugar, dextrose, corn syrup
in dry or liquid form, water, with or without egg or egg products,
with harmless flavoring and with or without harmless coloring, and
with or without added "stabilizer" composed of wholesome edible
material. It shall contain not more than one half of one per centum
by weight of "stabilizer", not less than twelve per centum by weight
of milk fat, and not legs than twenty per centum by weight of total
milk solids; except when fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, maple syrup,
cakes or confection are used for the purpose of flavoring, then such
reduction in milk fat and in total milk solids as is due to the addition
of such flavors shall be permitted, but in no such case shall it contain
less than eight per centum by weight of milk fat nor less than fifteen
per centum by weight of total milk solids. In no case shall any ice
cream weigh less than four and one-half pounds per gallon and con-
tain less than one and six-tenths (1.6) pounds of total food solids per
gallon.

(c)   [(b)] Frozen custard includes French ice cream, French
custard ice cream, ice custard, parfaits and similar frozen products.
Frozen custard is a clean, wholesome product made from a com-
bination of two or more of the following ingredients: "milk pro-
ducts," sugar, dextrose, corn syrup in dry or liquid form, water, with
egg or egg products, with harmless flavoring and with or without
harmless coloring and with or without added "stabilizer" composed
of wholesome, edible material. It shall contain not more than one
half of one per centum by weight of "stabilizer", not less than twelve
per centum by weight of milk fat, not less than twenty per centum by
weight of total milk solids, not less than 1.4% by weight of egg yolk
solids, except when it shall contain fruits or nuts, cocoa, chocolate,
maple syrup, cakes and confection used for the purpose of flavoring,
then such reduction in milk fat, total milk solids and egg yolk solids
as is due to the addition of such fruits and nuts shall be permitted,
but in no case shall it contain less than eight per centum by weight
of milk fat nor less than fifteen per centum by weight of total milk
solids and one per centum by weight of egg yolk solids. In no case
shall any frozen custard weigh less than four and one-half pounds
per gallon and contain less than one and six-tenths (1.6) pounds of
total food solids per gallon.

(D) ICE MILK MEANS THE PURE, CLEAN FROZEN PROD-
UCTS MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF "MILK PRODUCTS",