Pennsylvania Statutes Title 31 P.S. Food § 417-1. Declaration of policy; definitions

(a) It is hereby declared that the dairy industry is a paramount industry of the Commonwealth and the production, processing, packaging, distribution and sale of frozen desserts is an important segment of the dairy industry and is of vast economic importance to the Commonwealth and of vital importance to the consuming public of the Commonwealth, and which should be encouraged and promoted in the public interest. It is further declared to be in the interest of the dairy industry and of the consuming public that there be uniformity of standards for frozen desserts as between the various states and the Federal government to the end that there may be free movement of frozen desserts between the states and to the end that the inefficiency, needless expense, and confusion caused by differences in products sold under the same name, and differences in labeling of identical products may be eliminated.

It is further declared to be the purpose of this act to promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, to insure fair competition as between the manufacturers and distributors of the different products and to prevent confusion and deception in the sale of all such products by establishing definitions and standards of identity for such products, and by providing for rules and regulations which will effect their orderly marketing and insure uniform and proper sanitary standards.