The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-22

the adoption of an ordinance prohibiting
the sale of skim milk: L. A. Hayward, J.
a. vermell, }. johnson, @. l.. Perham, p.
Cauban. A. i. Stone, J. Sanders, E. A
Green, J. Sarthon. The Board of Health
members present were: Drs. Fitzgibbon,
Williamson, Morse, Hart and Lovelace.
l.. A. Hayward as spokesman for the
visitors said that the ASSOCIATION desired
some immediate action in the matter OF
skim milk. AS body they were in favor
OF doing away with it altogether, though
he questioned if it could be done. He then
read the following letter from Charles E.
Wilson, attorney for the Milkmen's Asso-
citation:
Guadalupe Dairy Company, 1O16 Valencia
street, Citg-GRNTLEMEE: In answer to your
question, lis the sale of SKINNED milk in this
state prohibited by statute?'' beg to say:
The act TO provide against the adulteration
of food and drugs now in force may be found
on page II, statutes OF 1895, 1t provides:
Section 1. No person SHALL within this State,
drug or article OF food which is aduterated within
the meaning of this act.
Sec. g. Any article shall be deemed adulterated
within the meaning of his act:
OBJ In the case Of food: "a II any substance or
substances have been mixed with 1t 80 as TO lower
or depreeiate or iniuriousy AFFECT its quality.
strength or purity. (2) If any inferior cheaper
substance or substances have been substituted
wholly or in part for it. (3) II any valuable or
necessary constituent ingredient has been
wholly or in part abstracted from It, az If it is
imitation Of or is sold under the name Of an
other article. (5) If it consists wholly in part
OF a diseased, decomposed putrid, infected,
tainted or rotten animal vegetable substance or
article, whether manufactured or not: or, in the
case OF milk, If 1t Is the produce OF diseased ami
mai. (6l If 1t Is colored, coated polished pow
oered, whereby damage or inferority IL concealed,
or If by any means it is made to appear better OF
greater value than it really is. ~ II 1t contains
any added substance ingredient which is poison
GUS or Injurious TO health.
I hot sfcI al 10 hot
remains OF the natural product OF the cow-or
as 1t is sometimes termed, "whole milk"-after
valuable constituent, TO wit the cream, has
been distracted therefrom. This being correct
1t follows that selling, or Offering for sale,
SKINNED milk" as ''whole milk" is pro-
hlbited by the statute above mentioned. 1t is
also true, think, that Skinned milk Is q
recognized article of food and of commerce, in
common use and is not injurious to health if
not the product of a diseased animal and no
foreign substance is introduced; therefore
am OF opinion that If no substance is mixed
WIN 1t lowering, depreciating, or 1njuriously
anecung It's quality, strength or purity, the
sale of what is termed SKINNED milk" as such
is not in violation of the statute.
The Health officers did not agree with
Attorney Wilson in his construction of the
law as regards the sale of skim milk. They
held that 1t was not recognized ar
tlcle OF food and consequently was direct
violation of the law. DR.. Morse, as chair
man of the meeting, assured the associa-
ton representatives that If they desired to
withdraw skim milk from sale entirely
they would in day or two make
such rules as would authorize the sale of
only pure milk. A formal notice would
be mailed them relative to the rules estab-
lished, and the skim milk vendors allowed
few days in which to make arrangements
with their regular customers to take only
pure milk.
The warrant against Supervisor Joseph
King, which was sworn to by Inspector
Dockery in Judge Lows court on Satur-
day morning, has not yet been served upon
him, and no explanation of the delay can
be obtained.
dairy, on Berlin street, denies the state
ment of Inspector Dockery that his cows
are fed on the marshes. He says that in
stead OF pasturing his cows on the marshes
they are fed in the barn, and that any
statement TO the contrary does him great
iniustica