The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-11-24
WHAT We
EAT UNSEEN
Adulteration Of Many
Foods.
|FREELY WkTfRED MILK
Food Commissioner Shorey's Inter
esting Report For
October.
= ooD Commissioner Edmund T

rOOD Commissioner Edmund c.
~ Shorey's report of work done In
i the laboratory during last month
contains much that is Of great in |
terest to the public at large.
| The usual daily testing of milk SAM
pies has been carried on by the COM
missioner, and the analysis Of some Of
the samples are as follows:
One sample from Dairy No. and
two samples from Dairy No. 10, with
solids, $50 per cent, 7.S0 per cent, and
177o per cent. respectively. were wa
tered about 25 per cent but 1t so hap
lpened that a sale could not be proved
of any Of the three.
This has happened so often says
Commissioner Shorey in his report,
that think it is plain that thorough
supervision of the sale of milk will not
be possible until the law is so changed
that the presence Of milk in licensed
milk dealers wagon Is proof Of offering
for sale.
A prominent citizen, discussing the
watered milk problem with an Adver-
tiser reporter last night, said: 1t
really seems to me sometimes that the
law is so worded that 1t might just as
well have never been made. as far as
doing away with any wrong is con-
eerned. Why. the Idea Of making IL
necessary to prove the adulteratsd
milk actually sold before legal pro-
eeedings can sbeataken is absurd. It is
sufficient in all reason that II adu ter
ated milk is contained in the cans that
are being carried by a. licensed milk
dealers wagon, that the law has been
broken. There should be law against
milk dealers adulterating milk a. all
that would cover the matter thorough
: ly.''
Articles of food other than milk
which were examined by the comm.s-
sioner last month, were as follows:
Nine samples of extract of lemon;
three contained no oil Of lemon what
ever Two others contained only very
small amounts of oil Of lemon. but
since there is no accepted standard
here they can hardy be classed. as
adulterated. The three samples which
contained no oil of lemon are: I'D
Pure Concentrated Extract of Lem
'on," Honolulu Drug Company, Homo
lulu. H. T.: CD "concentrated l,,e Extrae' ,,ssa
Jersey; (3) Washington Extract o.
Lemon" The Washington Mercantile
Company Honolulu, H T.,
One sample of pepper examined wa
adulterated. containing large noun
of starch in the shape Of flour, cracke
dust and 80 forth. This was the "Cres
cent Pepper" Leege & Haskins, Sa
ooi Francisco.
ave Three samples of mustard were adul
terated, containing a large amount {
ler- -four. These were the Garden Mus
she tard," j. A. Folger & Co.. San Frar
tile cisco; Pure Mustard Compound" CHI
was cago Mills, and the Crescent Mus
tard," Leege & Mills. San Francisco.
~. The sample Of pure mustard CON
and pound bears the word &C amoound
dr. and so far complies with the law. b
Len the intention to defraud is eviden
"a says the commissioner. in that IL
word pure" is conspicuous. and Il
,rae word COMPOUND" very much in II
II background.
, It Ten samples of coffee were exami
the ed, and four of them were found
With contain chickory.. and two OF them
was contain cereal starch. while the r
All naming four were. pure. One Of 4
/ at samples containing chiccry was g.
rn." as coffee compound, the rest W r. sc
as pure coffeey and were not label
g., in any way.
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