The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-06

| Chaneage lemon eNtIaOet
Manufacturing company. Lemon OIL
los per cent; alcohol, 69.oo per
cent.
Shillines best lemon extract; n
Sehillings / Co. Lemon oil, H.
per cent; alcohol. 65. 80 per cent.
DR. Prices lemon extract; DIR.
Price Extract company. Lemon OH
per cent; alcohol, "a. 90 per cent
Hamburg steak; f. Fisher, Pre-
served with borie acid.
Headlight coal oil; Standard on
company. Fire test 100.
Tea Garden preserved strawberries
Pacific Coast Syrup company. Passed
Tea Garden strawberry jelly; Paclnc
Coast Syrup company. Passed.
Grifin's extra Loganberry pre-
serves; California Fruit Canning
association. Passed.
Wild Rose absolutely pure honey.
San Diego Honey company. APPar-
emily genuine; passed.
California home gerkins; California
Packing company. Contains no
copper.
White Cloud cheese. Passed.
Hills California pure food pro
duct gerkins; James Hill Il Sons.
No copper present.
Hills California pure food pro
duet-mixed pickles. James Hill 4
Sons; no copper present.
Hills sweet pickleship; sweet mix
ed picklse; James Hill & Sons. No
copper present.
GOODS QUESTIONABLE.
Red Rock Baking Powder; Winter
Spice & Extract company. Alum
baking powder, insoluble matter and
starch, 6O.42 per cent.
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
In commenting upon the aualyse.
the inspector says:
1T will be seen by the ioregoiul
that the larger proportion Of good
that were analysed. cannot be legal.
sold in the state. Some Of them ar,
illegal simply because they are arti
ticially colored or falsely branded o
fraudulent. One baking powder
Of a questionable character, as /
principally consists of starch aud ha
very little If any value A grea
number Of other goods not mentions
in the above list have been sufficient
ly tested to indicate that they To,
could not be legally sold in the stat,
which are not given in this report,
the chemist has not officially reporte
on them.
In view Of the fact that oftei
times no standard exists for iudgir
food products, the commission
desires to present for the approval
the poard some Of those hs uses
interpreting the intent Of the la
They are as follows.
I'm the case Of tomato catsup, &
commissioner rules that 1t must
labelled to show its true eharact
and composition. II tomato, I
body must be tomato, or IL any 9th
substance it must be so stated on /
! label, and ii must be without {
addition Of artificial coloring matt,
. Jams and jellies must consist
pure fruit or their juices, with ca
or beet sugar and water, aud the nal
on the label must conform to the XII
of fruit used, or, If they conta
other substances, the name and ..
=. centage Of each shall be stated on I
y label.
with all cases Of extracts 1
standards given in the United sta
pharmacopeia will be considered
standards in the state of Idaho. I
instance, lemon extract must cont,
at least ) per cent lemon oil dissoly
in alcohol. Any extract below "a
standard shall be considered frat
b. uleut unless the name and per cent
each ingredient be stated on the lab
Vanilla must be true to name a
made from the vanilla bean, macerat
in alcohol, and be without artific
coloring matter. When tonka or a
other substance is mixed with
vanilla /. must be so stated on
label.
Neither copper or zinc, or col
ing matter will be permitted In a
foods unless the coloring matter its
Is food, and then the name and
cent must be stated on the label.
The following preservatives
borax, boric acid, saltpeter and q
in meats and benzoate of soda
fruit and vegetable products
minimum quantities-will be perm
ted until further notice, or until
harmful nature Of any Of these =,
stances Is demonstrated. But in
i cases the name and per cent of
preservative used must be pIail
stated on the package.
"All spices containing foreign Al
stances must have the name and