Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendixBattershall, Jesse P. (Jesse Park)
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Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With photomicrographic plates and a bibliographical appendix
Battershall, Jesse P. (Jesse Park)
Food adulteration and inspection; Food adulteration and inspection -- United States
SECTION 1. For the purposes of this Act, pure wine shall be defined
as follows: The juice of grapes fermented, preserved, or fortified
for use as a beverage, or as a medicine, by methods recognised as
legitimate according to the provisions of this Act; unfermented grape
juice, containing no addition of distilled spirits, may be denominated
according to popular custom and demand as wine only when described as
“unfermented wine,” and shall be deemed pure only when preserved for
use as a beverage or medicine, in accordance with the provisions of
this Act. Pure grape must shall be deemed to be the juice of grapes,
only, in its natural condition, whether expressed or mingled with the
pure skins, seeds, or stems of grapes. Pure condensed grape must shall
be deemed to be pure grape must from which water has been extracted
by evaporation for purposes of preservation or increase of saccharine
strength. Dry wine is that produced by complete fermentation of
saccharine contained in must. Sweet wine is that which contains more
or less saccharine appreciable to the taste. Fortified wine is that
wine to which distilled spirits have been added to increase alcoholic
strength, for purposes of preservation only, and shall be held to be
pure, when the spirits so used are the product of the grape only. Pure
champagne or sparkling wine is that which contains carbonic acid gas
or effervescence produced only by natural fermentation of saccharine
matter of musts, or partially fermented wine in bottle.
2. In the fermentation, preservation, and fortification of pure
wine, it shall be specifically understood that no materials shall
be used intended as substitutes for grapes, or any part of grapes;
no colouring matters shall be added which are not the pure products
of grapes during fermentation, or by extraction from grapes with the
aid of pure grape spirits; no foreign fruit juices, and no spirits
imported from foreign countries, whether pure or compounded with fruit
juices, or other material not the pure product of grapes, shall be
used for any purpose; no aniline dyes, salicylic acid, glycerine,
alum, or other chemical antiseptics, or ingredients recognised as
deleterious to the health of consumers, or as injurious to the
reputation of wine as pure, shall be permitted; and no distilled
spirits shall be added except for the sole purpose of preservation,
and without the intention of enabling trade to lengthen the volume of
fortified dry wine by the addition of water, or other wine weaker in
alcoholic strength.
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