The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-25
MAY MILK
BLACK LIST
Ancient Canned Goods,
Drugs and Ptomaine
Poisoning.

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In his report to the Board of Health
of work done in his department during
the month of May, E. c. Shorey, food
commissioner, gives the analyses of los
| samples of milk up to or above stand
ard. The black list of dealers selling
milk below standard contains mostly
| familiar names with one or two new
acquaintance in this category The
case of A. Ludloff has the trimming
of ''boric acid present" on which the
commissioner has something to say.
This is the list of those selling
INFERIOR MILK.
NJ. Abreu, A Ludloff, S. Nobriga, V.
Souza, j. Freitas. H. b. Saylor, Fash
ion Restaurant. The commissioner
makes comment thus:
These samples with one exception
were all obtained during the first part
of the month, when owing to the pend
ing reorganization of the Board. 1 did
not feel sure that I had any authority
to prosecute. Since the present Board
of Health was appointed and the mat
ter of a new food law was given some
publicity in the papers, the average
of samples examined has been high.
Milk supplied from the other side
of this Island and retailed by A. Lud-
loft has, previous to the passage of the
present food law, contained preserv-
alive, boric acid. The attention of
those interested was drawn to the
clause in the new law prohibiting pre-
servatives of any kind in milk and af-
ter some talk of testing the matter in
court the use of personalities in this
milk has been discontinued
Mr. Shorey reports a sample of sar-
dimes in good condition, one of pear
jam with no adulteration and two sam
pies of water from the boys industrial
school at Waialee too small for COM
plete analysis. He proceeds to a Sc
rious matter as follows:
PTOMAINE POISONING.
"a number of cases of ptomaine
poisoning have been reported includ-
ing salmon, cheese and shrimpS, but
1 have had the opportunity of exam
lining only one sample of the suspected
articles, viz: cheese. This was ordin- |
airy California cream cheese containing
over 80 per cent butter fat and with |
nothing IL taste, smell or appearance |
to excite suspicion. From about L Id. |
of this very small portion of a crys- |
talline body was obtained, giving the !
chemical reactions of tyotoxicon, a |
ptomaine sometimes found in cheese,
milk and ice cream. Eating a small
piece of the cheese produces severe
headache and nausea.
STALE CANNED GOODS.
with regard to a lot of canned
goods reported condemned last month
1 have been asked why did not give
the names of the brands and in reply
would say that in this lot were many
brands which are first class goods
when in good condition, but those were
to a certain extent in a state of de-
owing to age and careless
Any canned salmon, oysters,
condensed milk, etc, no matter how
good will become unfit for food in time
if moved several times and
stored in a warm place as these were,
and the publication of the brands of
goods which has become unfit for food
in this way would be no guide to the
public and would be unfair to those
handling the same brands in good con-
dition."
DEFECTIVE IODINE.
The commissioner found samples of
tincture of iodine below the L. 3
standard of grams
iodine per 100 &C., coming one each
from Sturtevant Drug Co, HOLSTER
Drug Co. Benson, Smith & Co. and
Drug Co. and one sample above
and one near enough to be co al lered
standard from Honolulu Drug co.
with regard to the first sample
rom Honolulu Drug Co." Mr.. Shorey
says. cit was so much above standard
hat 1 obtained a second one through
another agent with result noted. 1t
nay be we'll for druggists to note that
Il is not only when a drug is below
standard that it is classed as adulter-
ated but if it differs from the stand
ard With many drugs a great excess
over the standard would be more dan
yerous than below"
LIVER, NOT LINED.
The report concludes with the fol-
owing paragraphs:
cit has been reported to me several
lines that Chinese are in the habit OF
reating liver in some way with Lima TO
improve it's appearance. Three sam
lies of liver. the appearance of which {
ed me to suspect something OF the
Kind. were examined but no evidence
# such treatment was found.
During the month the flashing poin: !
f twenty samples of crude petroleum 1
vas determined for the Department of 5
public Works. l
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