The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-06

er grade made. BY. the same company
which manufactures the Eagle; and
Rose is a cheaper grade made by the
same company as Milkmaid. These are
made either from partially skinned OF
an inferior grade of milk Rose, MIX
maid and Sunnyside are warranted to be
made from unskimmed milk the others
from pure milk
One sample of butter sold at 35 cents
per pound was found to be genuine One
sample Of oleomargarine was found to
have been sold properly labelled, as re-
quired by law.
One sample of timed butter" was
found to be genuine butter; but the can
in which the butter was contained was
found to have false or raised bottom;
the bottom being raised half an inch
above the lower edge of the can; so
that while the can appeared to hold a
pound in reality it held only eleven and
a half ounces. = t first glance it might
appear that the term adulteration could
hardly be applied TO the container: but
since the law says that food shall be
considered adulterated IF by any means
it is made to appear better or of greater
value than il really is {Act "a. Sessfoa
Laws, 1888, section 3. p. 81 i think the
term can be rightly applied in the case
of container with a raised or false
bottom.
The butter in question was labelled
Cold Brook Creamery Preserved Butter,
c. E. Whitney, Sole Agents, S F. This
butter was found in the Triangle and
Makiki stores
Two samples OF Japanese fever medi-
cine were examined. One contained thai
line sulphate, already reported the
other obtained in Honolulu contained
benzanilide, a harmless synthetic
My attention has recently been called
to the matter of face lotions containing
corrosive subfimate; but so far / have
been able 10 examine only one of the
many prepare tons of this kind on the
market
Mrs Harrison Face Bleach, prepared
by Mrs. Nettie Harrison, San Francisco,
was found to contain nine grains of cor
rosive sublimate per fluid ounce. The
sale of such Preparations without a
poison label is matter 1 think de-
manding some attention.
have had many inquiries relative TO
the possible injury resulting from feed
ing dairy cows with brewery grain i
am at present investigating the matter
and can only say that my opinion is that
when such grain is fed under proper con-
ditions no injurious results need be ex-
pected.
Many complaints have been made dur
ing the month of "ropy" or ..yiscous'
milk. This is really a milk disease and
not the result of adulteration. The
cause of this disease has been thorough
" studied in Europe by Lister, Duclaux
hueppe, Loeffler and other baeteriologists
and has been found to be caused by d
number of closely related species OF
bacteria, which find their way into the
milk in various ways, preventing the orii-
nary souring of the milk and rendering
bit viscous. so that in some cases it can
be drawn out into long threads. 1t is
generally difficult to determine the orig
in of this disease in any given case, but
generally its presence may be taken rs
an indication of a lack of cleanliness on
the part of the dairyman. Milk of this
kind has SO far been traced to but two
dairies. l know of case where milk
of this kind has been found to be acta-
ally injurious.
During the month | have visited five
poi shops other than those visited last
month and found similar conditions To
those reported then. While, no doubt,
the sanitary condition of the Chinese poi
shops is better than was the rule in the
past, j think the greatest fault to be
found with the poi made in these places
is the result of the uncleanly conditions
under which it is made. In some cases
diseased taro was found and the proprie-
tors were warned to be more careful in
the future.
/ have at various times heard COM
plants that Chinese poi-makers were in
the habit of adding something to the
poi to increase its volume, but ! have
examined many poi shops and many
samples of poi without securing any evil
dence OF this being the case.
/ have during the month spent six
days in court and in consequence all OF
the work planned for the month has no,
been completed. there being a large
! number of samples on hand of which a
partial examination only has beer
made