742 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 439
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.
Approved April 29, 1966.
CHAPTER 439
(House Bill 211)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 192(c-1)
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Health," subtitle "Adulteration of Food and
Drink," subheading "Food and Drug Law," to decrease the mini-
mum percentage by weight of milk fat required in "ICE MILK."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 192 (c-1) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle "Adul-
teration of Food and Drink," subheading "Food and Drug Law,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:
192.
(c-1) (i) Ice milk 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" and emulsifier composed of whole-
some edible material. It shall contain not more than one half of one
per centum by weight of "stabilizer," not more than one fifth of one
per centum by weight of emulsifier, not less than [four] two
per centum, nor more than seven per centum by weight of milk fat,
and not less than eleven per centum by weight of total milk solids.
In no case shall any ice milk weigh less than four and one-half
pounds per gallon and contain less than one and three-tenths (1.3)
pounds of total food solids per gallon. Ice milk as herein defined may
be manufactured for sale, stored, or dispensed in any size packages
or containers not to exceed half-gallon packages or containers and
said packages or containers shall be plainly and distinctively labeled
"Ice Milk" in letters as large as the largest letters on said package
or container. Ice milk may be drawn from a freezer and each
freezer must be plainly marked "Ice Milk," in a manner conspicuous
to the public, in letters at least three inches (3") in height. Ice
milk shall not be dispensed or sold from packages or containers for
any use whatsoever. "Dispensed" shall mean dipping, scooping, or
breaking of packages or containers.
(ii) Artificially sweetened ice milk means the pure, clean, frozen
products made from a combination of milk products, sorbitol cycla-
mate calcium, saccharin, non-nutritive artificial sweeteners, for use
only by persons who must restrict their intake of ordinary sweets
with or without harmless coloring, and with or without added
stabilizer or emulsifier composed of wholesome edible material. It
shall contain not more than one half of one per centum by weight of
stabilizer and not more than one fifth of one per centum by weight
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