1406                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 602

192 (B) (II), 192 (C-1) (II), 192 (e), 192 (f), 192 (G) (II), 192
(h) and 193 (a) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Health,"
subtitle "Adulteration of Food and Drink," be and are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

192.

(B) (II) ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED ICE CREAM MEANS
THE PURE, CLEAN, FROZEN PRODUCTS MADE FROM A
COMBINATION OF MILK PRODUCTS, SORBITOL, A NON-
NUTRITIVE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER FOR USE ONLY BY
PERSONS WHO MUST RESTRICT THEIR INTAKE OF ORDI-
NARY SWEETS, WITH OR WITHOUT EGG OR EGG PROD-
UCTS, WITH HARMLESS FLAVORING AND WITH OR WITH-
OUT 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 OF EMULSIFIER, NOT LESS
THAN TEN PER CENTUM BY WEIGHT OF MILK FAT, AND
NOT LESS 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, SAID FLAVOR-
ING SHALL BE SWEETENED ONLY WITH AN ARTIFICIAL
SWEETENER, 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 SIXTEEN PER
CENTUM BY WEIGHT OF TOTAL MILK SOLIDS. IN NO CASE
SHALL ANY ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED ICE CREAM
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.

192.

(b) (iiii) "Mellorine" means the pure, clean mix and frozen
products made from a combination of food fat, non-fat milk solids,
optional sweetening ingredients as regulated by the State Depart-
ment of Health with or without egg or egg products, with harmless
flavoring and with or without harmless coloring, and with or with-
out stabilizer or emulsifier as regulated by the State Department of
Health. 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 of emulsifier and not less than ten per centum by weight
of food fat and not less than twenty per centum by weight of food
fat and non-fat milk solids; except when fruit, nuts, coca, chocolate,
maple syrup, cakes or confection are used for the purpose of flavor-
ing, then such reduction in food fat and in non-fat 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 food
fat nor less than sixteen per centum by weight of food fat and milk
solids. In no case shall any Mellorine weigh less than four and one-
half pounds per gal