The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-07-09
SOME TRASH WE EAT.


Old and New Food Authorizations In COM
mon Use Everywhere.
Professor G. L. Mees, in conversation
with Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal
reporter, said Of adulterated foods:
tsIn some respects these matters have
been exaggerated, and again in others
but one-half has been said Few have
any idea to what extent commercial ar
ticles Of food are adulterated ; yet it is
fortunate that many of these are harm
less. It is, Of course, unjust to pay for
articles represented as pure, and have
palmed off mixtures either injurious or
inferior on account of admixtures."
ssWhat are some of the things that are
most adulterated% asked the reporter.
81 will mention few, some of which
have been already referred to in your
paper. Sugar, candies and syrups are
largely mixed with glucose; this IN IT.
self is not hurtful. The unfortunate
circumstance is that in the manufacture
of much Of it sulphuric acid is used,
which is not entirely eliminated, so that
q considerable quantity remains. 1t is
unhealthy, Of course, to take this into
the stomach continually. 1t may be
readily detected by any chemist, and
such an injurious admixture traced.
The purchase Of crystallized sugar, such
as is known as coffee sugar, will insure
the purchaser; glucose can be crystal
lied only with the greatest difficulty.
Powdered and crushed sugar can be
more readily adulterated. Pickles,
chow-chow, ETC., are very generally col
ored with copper, which, with the
vinegar, makes a very dangerous COM
bination. The pickles are usually i'm
mersed il vinegar which has been heat
ed in copper vessels, or are handled
with copper ladies'. or stomeimes have
copper actually added in the form OF its
salts. People are themselves to blame
| for such artificial coloring, as many will
not buy pickle unless it is of the bright
green color impaired by this metal.
. The taking into the system OF such
! poison as copper must be injurious"
"Are not the colors Of candies inju-
rious%
"Many of them are very injurious.
7 Aniline is used very much for such
colors, and much Of it is poisonous. In
: quite number of instances these aniline
> colors have caused really severe poison
= ing where they have been used to colol
= garments, especially stockings, where
y y irritation to the skin has resulted, fol
- lowed by absorption into the blood
y Copying pencils, now much used, cal
y, ~ cause injury by wetting the composition
- with the tongue. The habit Of clos
I, I, yelling by ladies is very injurious on
~ also, coloring matter often vitiating tn
= air thus breathed, aside from the fac
!, that, to some extent, the more or les
- fetid matter Of the breath is retained i
80 the meshes and contaminates the 81
y breathed over and over again. Eve
=, though the skin may become tanned
- little, the robust color attained will IN
- prove rather than detract from th
81 beauty of the fair sex, who | hope WI
10 excuse the allusion, if you see tit
=, mention it. However, we have wande
~ ed from our subject. Flour is ofte
n m1X6u Will alum w WhAVOh VAS SANs-
" and thus renders a medium article sal
~ able. Ground coffee is mixed vii
70 = beans, chicory, ETC.; even bean coffee h
no - been known to be mixed with eli
beans. Spices, ETC., are frequente
,,o adulterated, fortunately most OF the
ne. are harmless"
"What do you think about came
"a, fruits and meats"
W "Many are of inferior quality al
a sometimes very dangerous, very Pc
49, quality Of tins being used, contalnll
mo much lead, which will combine with 7
I'M acids, forming poisonous salts. i
-. meat is of poor quality, as its charact'
,nn istics Of form, color, etc, are lost in T
H., ,Ia canning process tits very unfortunf
~ that here, where we are in the midst
the very best stock region, so much pc
onr meat should come to our markets. Swl
80 fed cattle are brought here, and OF
"a diseased meat is sold, while the b
! 20 ~ meat is shipped to other markets"