Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-12
Eesooasfls.d's Conh,tio.
Tho AaGlGarn.ian Of Hons,, and
steps to Prevent 1t.

From many analytical investi.
cations made by prominent chem.
lists and physicians in the United
States it has been discovered that
the adulteration Of food is practiced
to an alarming extent and to the
great injury of public health. Facts
show that nearly every article of
food that is purchased at the gro
Gerry stores is adulterated to a great.
er or less extent. For the past
three OR four years the people In
tina East have been petitioning
Congress to protect the public
health against adu!terated food
by the passage of strin-
gent law to prevent this diabolical
practice of unscrupulous men. The
people will rejoice to know that
Congress is now acting in the mat
ter, aud ere long the strong hand of
the law will throttle the invidious
monster. There il no other way hy
which this practice can ne wiped
out and the health and lives OF the
people protected. The bee keepers
nf .i,- L.. "io deserving of much
credit for bringing this matter be.
fore the public and before Congress
The Bookkeeping interest has suf.
iered very materially from the
adulteration OF honey by unprin-
cipled dealers who aduiterate ex.
tracted honey with glucose. 1t has
been thought that honey in the
comb could not be adulterated, and
that was the only pure sweet left
us. But some inventive "Yankn
has annihilated that hope by the
invention of honey comb, which is
filled with glucose and sealed over
with a hot iron. The fraud may he
easily detected by an experienced
observer. Unfortunately, however,
but few of the consumers would de-
tect the fraud and they would be
apt to receive 1t as the work of the
honest little bee, who knows no
adulteration. The subject of adul-
teration was brought before the
Northeastern Bee Keepers Associa-
ton, for discussion, ct its cession In
Utica, New York, not long ago
and called up the following resoIu.
tiOp and its unanimous adoption:
WHEREAS, The production and
sale of honey In liquid form thrown
from the comb by centrifugal force
called extracting, free from alfim-
puritles, is of the greatest interest
both to bee keepers, dealers and con.
sumers, therefore.
Resolved, That we fix as q stand
ard of purity that all liquid honey
will granulate, candy or become
hard at the approach of cold wealth.
er, and that this quality is q sure
indication Of its purity, and we de.
sire to inform the public that all
that Is necessary to restore this hon.
ey to liquid condition, as when
gathered from the flowers, is to
subject 1t to gentle heat, by plac.
ing the vessel containing the
honey In warm water, not heating
to above 1909 Fab renheit.
The Association also appointed a
committee to lay the matter of
honey sdulterat!on before the New
York Legislature, asking that hon
ey be included with sugars, syrups
and other products that are to be
protected from adulteratiOn. It
has been q prevalent opinion
among consumers generally that
the granulation of honey was an
evidence of Its adulteration; hence,
1T brings less in our market than
In the liquid state, which (iquid
honey is not unfrequently adulter-
ated. Honey in California is not
adulterated in the hands of the pro-
ducer, as the meagre price he gets
for'it will not justify the impose
tion, but after 1t passes into the
hands of the dealer, who realizes
an enormous profit from his nefarI-
Gus practice. BEE.