Warren sheaf., 1905-05-18
BULLETIN NO. 6
Issued by the Minnesota Dairy
and Food Commission.

and Food Commission.
The sale of jellies, jams and pre-
serves in this state is regulated by
a law which compels the proper
labelling of all the different grades.
In the first place 1t must be remem-
bered that these articles may be
adulterated and still be sold legally
within the state. Jelly is deemed
adu]terated:
l. If any substance or substances
or any other jelly, shall have been
mixed with it so as to lower or de-
preciate it's quality strength or
purity.
2. If any inferior or cheaper sub
stance or substances have been sub
stituted wholly or in part for it.
3. If any valuable or necessary
constituent or ingredient has been
wholly or in part abstracted from
it.
4. If it is an imitation of or sold
or represented for sale under the
name of any other substance or
article.
5. If it is treated in any manner
whereby damage or inferiority
is concealed, or if by any means
it is ruade to appear better or Of
greater value than it really is. 81
6. If it contains any added SUBJ
stance or ingredient which is poi
sonous or injurious to health. 4
Any Jelly which is not adulterat-
ed within the meaning of the above
definitions may be sold as pure. All
jellies which are adulterated must
bear upon the label the words
mixture and 'Adulterated. -
This however does not permit the
sale of any jelly containing ingredi-
ents injurious to health, as the gen.
eral law prohibits such ingredients
in all food products.
Everyone is undoubtedly familiar
with the cheap jelly which is on
sale in every grocery in the state.
This article consists largely of glu-
cose or corn syrup and is not an
Objectionable article of food. The
law simply provides that its pres
ence in the jelly must be made
known by the label referred to.
Fruit jams and preserves in order
to be sold as pure must consist
wholly of pure fruit and granulated
sugar. If other ingredients (glu-
cose being the popular adulterant)
are contained in the article it must
be labelled mixed and adulterant.
Very seldom do we find anything
of an injurious nature in these
adulterated jellies, jams and pre-
serves, and when we doprosecution
piOIupIly lOlllOWS.
The person who purchases this
cheap jelly is securing a wholesome
article and gets what he pays for.
The effort Of some manufactures
to coin some high sounding names
for their cheap goods can be we'll
illustrated by calling attention to
those reported from our chemists.
Below are reports of those receiv-
ed from our chemists in the past
two weeks which are the most glar-
ing:
Lab. | No. 265. Cane Drips,
Shields Sorghum Co., St. Paul,
Illegal, sample consists chiefly of
commercial glucose.
Lab. No. 248. Maple Cane, G. w.
Goyer & Co., Memphis. Tenn. Ille-
gal, Sample is a glucose mixture.
Lab. No. 45. Strained Honey,
Purity" brand. E. G.. Daley Co.,
Detroit, Mich. Illegal. Sample
consists largely of commercial
glucose.
Lab. No. LOS. Strawberry pre-
serves. Let's, Spencer, Smith Co.,
Mason City, la. Sample is a glu-
cose mixture colored with coal tar
dye.
Lab. No. 269. Sorghum Pure
Mennesse" brand. D. B. Scully
Syrup Co., Chicago. Illegal. Sam
pie contains commercial glucose.
EDWARD K. SLATER,
Commissioner.