The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-16
FOOD ApuLTERArloNS.
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The Senate Committee on Public Health,
which has been investigating authorizations
In food, have submitted their report
They say they have discovered Wholesale
alarming authorizations, dangerous to the
consumer and depreciating property in ru.
raj districts. Adulteration in butter by tai.
low oil, cove oil, and lard oil is found in
almost every town and city in the State,
and in amount to half the production OF
natural butter, the imitation being so dis.
guised that it is often only discovered by
chemical analysis. Out of thirty samples
OF butter purchased by the committee in
New York, there were only ten genuine.
There are no labels to distinguish pure
from bogus butter displayed as required
by existing laws. Bogus butter Is
largely purchased by saloons, boarding
houses, and second class hotels. The
poorer qualities Of bogus butter sell for
twenty to thirty cents to laboring men;
better grades forty or forty-six cents
The cost Of manufacture ranges from
twelve to eighteen cents; average fourteen
cents. Several New York and Brooklyn
concerns manufacture over 8,0OO, 900 pounds
each out of the fats brought from the West,
from France and Italy. The bulk Of the
bogus butter is manufactured in the West
and sold in New York to the detriment Of
the States dairy interests. Many dairy
farmers have been driven out Of the busi-
ness. The consequent loss to the State is
estimated at FIVE to ten millions yearly.
The committee estimate forty million
pounds Of the product are sold annually in
the State, and the illegitimate business Is
breaking our export butter trade, and the
effect Of the deception In trade Is deleteri.
GUS to business morals. Butterine can be
sold eighteen cents less than natural but.
ter. The committee quotes extensively
from evidence to show the evil moral, com.
mercial and sanitary effects OF adultera-
tions. The use OF nitric and sulphurio acid
in deodorizing the adulterated butter is
particularly condemned. The committee
recommends total prohibition after a given
time Of the manufacture and sale of all
butter authorizations. The living cow, as.
sert the committee, can not compete
with the dead hog. The committee
also find 100000 out 100000 quarts of milk
furnished New York daily in 1882 were
water or skim milk. They recommend the
appointment OF State milk inspector, and
that the official chosen to enforce the anti.
adulteration laws be selected from and rep.
resent the dairy interests.
Accompanying the report was bill pro-
hibiting, under penalty Of 1900 or six
months Imprisonment, the sale OF adul.
terated milk, the keeping of cows for the
production OF milk in an uuhe althy con-
dition, and the diluting Of milk with water.
1t provides that every manufacturer Of but
ter shall brand his name and the weight Of
the butter on the package. Cans for the
sale OF milk shall be stamped with the
name Of the county where the milk is pro-
duced unless sold exclusively in the county.
The penalty Of $500 to s., 900 and imprison.
ment for one year is imposed on the sale
or manufacture Of bogus butter or cheese.
The State Dairymen's Association will en-.
force the provisions of the bill and have
appropriated $4,000 for the purpose.