North Park union., 1900-11-23
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A naa must b iaAssl AsDssvsd tAat
viii, 70 aaks . living for hinssaf. ssal
psasnaoas drag 10 b ussA in milk
that psopls are 70 dStnk. Yst ve And
sssA rugnss trsvsliAg through the Fu-
raj oo0aunifiss and Inducing tie
produesrs of mix for human conoa0p-
tioa to pureAass large Quantities oe
the stu4 In . recent report the Dairy
and Food Commissionsr ol AiehisAn
savs:
During August the DubIiaAsd and
uAdisputed statements fro0 the local
authorities in the city of Detroit show
that ArEe Per cent Of Detroit dealers
were using formaldehyde in the milk
distributed to the homes Of that city.
Following this statement samples Of
milk were received At this depart
mSnt's Detroit once. and which on a.
animation almost invariably were
found to contain formaldahyds. II was
urged - iacumbsnt upoa the etAts
Dairy and Food department to expsad
. fair shars Of its resources In De-
troit, - we'll - throughout the state.
and although large sum Of money u
expended every year for the detection
and prosecution Of violations Of the
food and dairy laws In Detroit. 1t vas
finally thought bsst TO make at least
. partial Inspection Of Detroit's milk
supply. Accordingly the inspection
vas undertaken about the middle Of
the month. and disclosed the fact that
over rs per cent Of the samplss pro-
cured were found to contain formalds-
hyde ~ . preservative. It u possible.
Of eourss. that the departments In
spsctoss happened to strike in their
inspsctioa Just thoes dealers who were
using formaldehyde and that the per
cent shown BY this inspection IL not
true one when applied to the whole
city. But these samples were secured
In portions Of the city psopIed BY the
best ciasses. where one would natural
~ expect pure milk would be obtained
II anywhere.
Complaint was Immediately lodged
against every dealer whose milk con-
tained formaldehyde. or thirty-avs
separate and distinct dealers. The de-
dealers through Advertisements In the
Detroit dailiss. denying the charge.
The assailants attributed various mo-
lives. political and otherwise. for the.
to them. unhsard Of action, and invited
the public to attend the police court
on the day Of examination and witness
the vindication Of the accused. The
day set for examination was Sept. 2sth,
and after consultation. the attorneys
for the defendants stated to the court
that they wished to submit certain
legal technical objections in these
casss. and did not think it advisable
to 90 into the facts upon examination,
and that they requested further time
In which to prepare their arguments
upon the legal technicalities. The court
accordingly set Friday. Oct. 9Th, for
the hearing Of arguments upon the
alleged questions Of law raised by de-
fsndants.
In the meantime 1t il reported tha.
the Detroit board Of health. at the
nrst meeting after the complaints were
nled against the thirty-hve dealers. In
structed their health omcer to allow
the accused milk dealers access to the
boards records In order to prove their
innocence OF the charges preferred
against them by this department.
After looking the ground all over,
It 10 plain that . strong sfFort has been
made during the present summer to
introduce and push In Michigan the
sale Of formaldehyde and bosacic acid
for use In preserving milk. The de-
partment is advised by tho best au-
thority in the state that the use of
such preservatives In milk IL abso-
lutely Injurious. Prosecutions of milk
dealers brought by this department are
for tho purpose OF killing this practice
as soon ~ possible. Believing that
NO more despicable proof Of the love OF
gain can be had than Is furnished by
the Introduction into the milk supply
OF our homes OF poisonous acid pre-
servative. prosecution will be iusti-
tuted wherever and whenever the ne
cessary proofs can be secured. the
sole object being to protect the one
and destroy the other.