The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
HEALTH BOARD
TAKES ACTION
Orders Arrest of Thirty
Three Milk Depot Owners
for AdIlterating Cream
STATE LAW is VIOLATED
Eastern and Local Manufac-
turers Supply So-CalIed
"Thickeners" for Purpose
STATE LAW Is VIOLATED

The Board Of Health met yesterday
and on recommendation of Health Of
ficer Ragan ordered the owners of thir-
ty-three dairy depots, bakeries and
candy stores arrested on the alleged
charge of adulterating cream in viola
ton of the State law. Ragan filed
voluminous report concerning his in
vestigations in that connection, which
was read by Deputy Health Officer
Louis Levy.
The report stated that out of forty
eight samples of cream taken from
dairy depots fifteen were found by
chemical analysis to be unadulterated,
while thirty three contained a sub
stance designated commercially as
cream thickenng.' The dairy depots
which adulterate their cream, accord
ing to chemical analyses made by
Medical Chemist Bottle. are the follow
ing:
J. Schuler, South Park Creamery;
Davis & Co, Burlingame farm; F. Bau-
mann; San Francisco Cream Depot
murphy & Paul dairy; Golden Island
Creamery, j. Brown; Leipsic Bros;
Sunset cream and butter depot. For
syth & Schultz; w. P. A. Brewer, San
Mateo ranch dairy; H. Lichtenstein.
Popular dairy; Riverdale creamery,
Anixter & Sons; ]. F. Julio 209 Eeav
enworth street; S. Remainder, S. Mar
ron, E. Langendorf; ]. M. Furrer,
Mountain View dairy; S. L. Perham.
Boston ranch; Berg & Co, San Mateo
County dairy; c. Evans. Fairfax dairy;
e. p. Walsh. 4S1 Haight street; w.
Somers, Highland dairy; S. Vosti. Phil
adelphia dairy; l.. Anthenien. Green
Mountain dairy; Murphy & Paul cream
depot; Z. Bowen, candy factory; Page
& Falch; Carroll & Hall, candy factory;
L. Phillips, candy factory; George
Haas, candy factory: G. H. Pippy, Co
lumbia dairy; NJ. Martagnola. s24 Lar-
kin street; Standard Company, 476
Turk street; Stone & Co, San Pedro
dairy; j. Sheath. Jersey farm.
PRODUCES EVIDENCE.
Ragan produced in evidence some
samples Of the cream thickeners"
which are manufactured by Eastern
and local concerns. One of the samples
had a distinct odor of formaline. Cir
culars were also submitted containing
directions-"How to make'a gallon of
thick cream out of milk and cream"
and How to make a gallon of thick
cream out of water and cream"
The Health Board ordered the names
of the alleged offenders to be posted
up on bulletin board in the main Of
flee as warning. DR.. Ward, president
Of the board. referred to the wholesale
adulteration of cream as iniquitous, and
said that warrants for the arrest of
those responsible would be sworn out
to-day. Ragans report says;
Some six weeks ago your health officer be-
gan a systematic examination of the cream
exposed for sale in the variops dairy depots in
the city and county of San Francisco a care
full examination conducted in the chemical
laboratory and the results were sensational IN
the degree, but as the policy OF the board Is
against gallery play, a second examination
made of the samples of cream purchased
at forty Eight different depots. The second
examination shows the result more striking
ana giaring than the former. Thirty three
samples out Of the forty-eight submitted have
been shown to be adutersted. The process Of
adulterat.on is this: Pure cream is reduced
by the addition Of water or probably a thin
SKINNED milk and the deficit in the loss Of
solids is made UP by the addition of an arti-
hcial proted substance, which upon analysis
proves to be ge]atiue There is also added a
preservatiye, boraN or boracic acid, ana IN
soroe instances vegetable coloring matter de-
rived from carrots
The ANALYSIS of our laboratory shows that
there has been a violation of the pure food
act which. was approved in March. 1895. by
the legislature of California The penaIizing
sectfon for the violation of the provisions OF
this act visits upon the guilty a fine not ex-
ceeding 500 nor less than $25, OF imprison-
ment in the County Jail not exceeding 100 nor
less than 80 days, or both. In addition to the
provisions of this act the Board of Health has
il within it's jurisdiction to revoke the permit
~ these offenders. Feeling that we have made
cut a good case against these thirty three vio-
.i.----------------
ed that he had not received a copy of