The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-11-10
WHAT YOU EAT
Minnesota Pure Food Department
Gives Interesting Facts.

Jain pdiS II lOL pure IOOOotuuS WuiCiI
has been waged in this state is the in
terest which has been aroused among
the consumers and ;the retail grocers
of the. state. Purchasers of food pro-
ducts which come under supervision
Of the pure food laws are evincing I'M
usual interest in the question, and
grocers are besieging the department
for information whicllWill aid them
in keeping their stocks clean.
The interest has been aroused
through. the plan of publicity which
has been carried out. and the news
papers of the state are entitled to all
the credit. They have published the
bulletins issued by the department
free of charge and the work has been
greatly augmented by them.
Retail grocers and others interested
in pure food law enforcement are con-
tinually decrying the encroachment
Of the mail order houses, and the
question is serious one. The best
medium through which to combat the
tactics of these big catalogue houses
is the home newspaper and time will
demonstrate this to be fact.
This department. is powerless to
stop these outside mail order houses
from shipping in illegal goods. but we
are going to ask the aid of the local
newspaper to show up the true charac-
ter of the goods shipped into the
state. We are going to analyze samples
of groceries shipped in by mail order
houses and give the results publicity
through our regular bulletins. We
appreciate the assistance which the
papers have already lent the work of
this department, and believe their re-
ward is sure to come through the APP
probation of those interested in es-
tablishing still higher standard for
our pure food products.
Two samples of strawberry jam
recently secured from a shipment Of
groceries from Sears, Roebuck & Com
pany, Chicago analyzed as follows:
Lab. No. Strawberry Jam, Gar
land Brand, Seroco Mfg. Co., Chicago,
illegal, sample is colored with coal
tar dye,
Lab. No. 353-Strawberry jam, Gar
land Brand, Seroco Mfg. Co., Chicago,
| illegal, sample is colored with coal
tar dye.
This jam was sold as pure, and
could not be sold as pure, and could
not be sold under any circumstances
by local dealer.
Since the publication of our last
bulletin the most glaring violations
of our pure food laws, besides the two
cases above mentioned are.
Lab. No. 213-Pure Apple Cider.
Barrett & Barrett, Minneapolis, il.
legal, sample is not genuine apple
cider.
Lab. No. 235-Cherry Cider. Red
Cross Vinegar Co., st. Louis, Illegal,
sample is colored with coal-tar dye
and preserved with salIcylic acid.
Lab. No. 234-Wild Cherry, Cider,
Burgsted Bros. Co., st. Paul, Illegal,
sample is preserved with salicylic acid,
Lab. No, 236-Lime Juice, L. Rose
& Co. Ltd. London, Eng, contains
sulphite.
Lab. No. $780, Maple Syrup, Canad-
ian Brand, Beance Maple Syrup Co.,
Canada, Illegal, sample contains only
very little maple syrup. The chief
constituent is cane syrup.
Lab. No. 684-EYaporated Cream,
Highland Brand, Helvetia Milk Cond.
Co., Highland, ILL.,, Illegal, fat 10 per
cent, sample is condensed milk.
Lab. 572-Pepper, J. D. Skavey &
Co., Superior, illegal, sample contains
foreign starchY matter and foreign
fibre.
Lab. No. 259 strawberry Preserves,
Ohio, Valley Preserving Co., Wheel
ing, w. Va. illegal, sample is glu-
cose compound.
Lab. No. 26--Olive Oil, Pure Food
Picking Co., Minneapolis, sample
contains cotton seed oil.
Lab. No. 20--Olive Oil, Gowan-Pey-
ton-Twohy Co., Duluth, illegal, sam
| pie is cotton seed oil.
Lab. No. 223-Grape Juice, Naboth
Vineyards, Brocton. N. Y, illegal,
preserved with salicylic acid.
Lab. No. 728-French Beans, Al
phonse Pinarl, France, Illegal, COZ
ored with iron salts.
Lab. No. 251-Raspberry Preserves,
Long, Syrup Refining Co., San Fran
cisco, Cal. illegal, sample contains
commercialglucose and colored with
coal-tar dye.
Lab. No, 248- Raspberry Jam. Ben
ton Harbor Pres. Co., Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, illegal, sample contains
commercial glucose.
Lab, No. 248 Sweet Apple Cider,
Barrett & Barrett. st, Paul, illegal,