The Acting Secretary of State to the Italian Chargé.

No. 351.]

Sir: In further reply to your note of the 23d ultimo, protesting against the decision of the dairy and food commissioner of the State of Ohio, prohibiting the sale in that State of paste colored with saffron, I have the honor to say that the department has received a letter from that officer, to whom your note was referred by the governor of Ohio, in which he points out that the domestic manufacturers [Page 967] of egg noodles and similar products in that State have complied with the statutes, using no coloring whatever, except such as is imparted by the eggs themselves, and adds that he sees no hardship in requiring a similar compliance with the law on the part of foreign manufacturers.

Accept, etc.,

Robert Bacon.