The San Francisco call., 1897-03-21
EAST TERN REFUSE
MAOE into JELLY
A Local Manufacturer Who
Uses Quantities
of 1t.
The Pure. Food Conference Adopts
a Very Strong Reso-
luton.
Sellers and Manufacturers of Adul
terated Products to Be Vigorously
Prosecuted.

A startling statement relative to the
manner in which so-called California pre-
served fruit is put up in this City was
made at the rooms OF the Board of Health
yesterday.
Hugo Keil and Mr.. Kelly of the Mer-
chants Association, J. w. Kerr OF the
Manufacturers Association. Drs. Morse
and Williamson of the board, j. B. Rein
stein and Assistant District Attorney
Dunn were in conference on pure food
subjects. when J. w. Kerr stated that the
matter should be acted upon at once, but
with caution, to prevent running the busi-
ness of those engaged in manufacturing
jellies and preserves.
He said that since the or usade of the
Board OF Health had begun he had been
called on by a manufacturer, who claimed
that he was doing business of $25o,0C0
per year in making jellfes, and that much
OF it was made from the leavings of East
ern canneries boiled down and shipped to
this City.
1t also developed that large quantities
of fruit of brands found to be adulterated
had been shipped to interior po.nts to
escapa condemnation and is being sold at
forced SALE Mr.. Kelly Of the Merchants
Association offered the following plan for
preventing the sale or manufacture of
foods injurious to health or offered under
false labels:
1. For the information and protection of
dealers in and manufacturers of articles of
food the Board of Heath shall be freely per-
mitted, through its inspectors, to examine
and inspect all goods offered for sale, and sam
pies of the same shall be furnished by dealers
and manufacturers voluntarily for analyses
by the official chemist OF the Board OF Health
2. The findings of the official chemist of the
Board OF Health, regarding injurious or fraud
ulent articles of food, should be publicly an
nounced, so that all dealers and manufactur-
ers may take cognizance thereof.
g. Dealers or manufacturers in whose pos
session articles of food are found that are in
furious to health, or sold under false labels,
should be notified Of that fact by the Board
of Health. The articles so declared injurious
a. Any dealer or manufacturer who, after
official notice from the Board of Health or
public declaration by the Board of Health i,
that certain articles OF food are injurious to
health or sold under false labels, continues to
sell or manufacture such articles of food,
should be punished as provided IN section 363
of the Penal Code.
s. Increase the chemists al present mployed
by the Board of Health, in consequence OF the
additional services required by this plan.
Shou d it be unable 10 comply with its pro-
visions the City authorities should provide
such additional funds as may be necessary to
secure needed additional chemists
g. In c isa the City authorities are unable or
unwilling to provide additional funds for any
additional chemists required by the Board OF
Health to carry out the provisions of this
plan. the Merchants Association and the
Manufacturers and Producers Association
hereby agree to contribute equally such funds
as may be necessary for such purpose until
such time as the City authorities shall do so.
Objection was made to some of the
sections of the plan and it was not acted
on.
J. w. Kerr of the Merchants Associa.
ton then offered the following resolution !:
Rlsolved. That this conference recommends
and supg .sts to the Board Of Health the adj
visibility of proceeding vigorously against
sellers OF all adultera,ed articles OF food
which may be injurious or deleterious to
heath. and such articles as may be absolutely
limitations of and sold for another article, and
other adulterated articles Of food, due notice
be given OF such adulteration before proceed
ings begin.
Attorney Reinstein made a desperate eff
fort to have long substitute for the leso-
luton adopted, but it was voted down, the
members OF the Health Board refusing to
countenance 1t.
The original resolution was then
adopted. =