The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-26
Adulterated and Bogus Foods.

To the Editor of the India ms polls journal:
DIR. Elder is mistaken when he says there was
no State law on the subject Of bogus butter
until 1883, He has overlooked sections 1G0, 161,
1872 163, 164 and 165 Tor sections 2O69 and follow
ineOf r. S., 1881 of an act concerning public of
fenses and their punishments, approved April
IA, 1881 Few things of this kind escape his at
tention, and the fact that he does not know of
their existence certainly justifes my calling at
tention to them
Section 16O (2O69, R. s., 1891 covers not only
the subject of bogus butter but all other bo
gus articles intended to be eaten OF drunk 1t
is as follows:
Whoever knowingly sells or has in his possession with
intent to sell exposes for sale any Kind of diseased
or corrupted unwholesome provision. whether for
meat or drink, or whoever knowingly sells or exposes
for sale any article substance intended to be eaten
or drunk, and shall by label in any other way.
represent it to be other than what it Isl kills for
the purpose of sale any calf less than four weeks old
OF sells or has i'll his possession with intent to sell
the meat of any calf which he knows to have been
killed when less than four weeks old shall be fined
not than five hundred dollars nor less then ten
dollars to which may be added Imprisonment in the
county Jail not more than six months nor less than
ten days.
Section l61 (2O7O R. s., 1891 covers every
thing of any value contained in the ordinance
providing for meat inspector, now under con
sderation by the Common Council and Board of
Aldermen. 1t is as as follows:
Whoever kills for the purpose of sale, any sick
diseased injured ANIMAL who sells or has in his
possession with intent to SELL the of any such
sick diseased injured animal, shall be fined not
than five hundred dollars nor less than fifty dol
lars to which may be added imprisonment in the
county Jail not more than six months
Section 1872 (sec. 207l r. S., 1881 was taken
from the law of Michigan, and will be of interest
to our dairymen we'll as to the general public,
and Is as follows:
Whoever shall knowingly sell to any person or per
sons, sell deliver or bring to he manufactured
to any cheese butter manufactory in this State any
milk diluted with water in any way adulteratti or
milk from which any cream has been taken, milk
commonly known SKINNED milk, shall keep
back any part of the milk known 'strippings with
intent TO defraud; or shall knowingly sell milk the
product of sick diseased injured animal or ami
mails any milk produced from any fed upon
the refuse of any distillery brewery upon any
substance deleterous to the quality of the milk;
shall knowingly use any poisonous or deleterous ma
teria in the manufacture of Eny cheese butter
shaI knowingly sen OF oiier 70 sen any cheese or but
ter in the manufacture OF which any poisonous or
deleterous substance has been used shall be fined not
more than $500 nor less than $50.
These sections are certainly sufficiently com
prehensive. The only difficulty is to their
enforcement 1t is to be hoped that the city govern
ment will properly consider the matter, and if
possible assist i'll making these sections effective.
The enforcement of such laws is not by any
means free from difficulty, and am not pre-
pared to say what is the best plan to adopt The
public should be first made thoroughly CONVEX
sent with the provisions of the law, and | sug-
gest that ordinance be passed requiring these
sections of the statute to be printed in large and
conspicuous type, and kept constantly posted up
in conspicuous place in the store, or place Of
business, or by the stand Of every person en-
gagged in the sale or manufacture or anything
intended to be eaten drunk
Any such ordinance should also include sec
tons 1863 164 and 165 tsections 2072, 2O73 and
2074 r. s., 1881 which read as follows
Sec 1913. Whoever adulterates any wine made or
juice expressed from grapes by mixing Herewith any
drugs chemicals cider whisky OF other liquors. and
whoever sells offers to sell any such atulte1ated
wine grapejuice, knowing the to he aduterat-
ed, shall be fined in any sum, not more than 300
less than SO.
Sec l61. Whoever aduterates any spurious, malt
leterious substance therewth knowingly sells