Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-18
NEW FOOD LAW.
Results in Good Butter and
Other Foods.

"There is not a pound of
oleomargarine or process butter
in the state" said State Food
and Dairy Commissioner J. W..
Bailey today. "The reason is
that under the new law the regu-
lations are SO stringent that deal
ers will not handle the product.
Under the new law each dealer
in imitation or process butter is
required to keep a book showing
to whom he sells, and every pub
lie eating house using o1eomar-
|garine or process butter must
print the same on their bills of
fare or post the fact conspicuous
ly in their places of business.
Under thhse restrictions the imi-
tation and renovated buffers have
been driven out of the Oregon
markets. This is probably the
only state in the Union where
such products are not to be
found"
But there are other kinds and
qualities of impure foods in
abundance. There are unlaw-
fully colored jams, jellies and
fruit sausages galore. Mr..
Bailey's testing laboratory looks
almost like a section of grocery
store. During the last 80 days
the commissioner and his assist
ant and chemist, H. V. Tartar,
have put in much time testing
these foods. Many have been
found to contain coal tar dye or
glucose or both. There is no
objection to glucose, providing
the foods are labeled as contain
ing glucose, which is not done,
but there is strong objection to
the use of coal tar coloring mat
ter. This contains deleterious
substances and is on the tabooed
list in Mr.. Bailey's office.
The Objectionable coloring
was found in the highest-priced
goods in the jam and jelly line.
It has always been suspected as
confined to the cheaper varieties,
but later examination has shown
that the supposed best qualities
contain it. All these have been
ordered removed from stock, and
many local houses have under
gone cleaning out. The coal
tar dye is used to preserve a rich,
dark color in the jams and can
ned fruits. Bv its use rotten
fruits are concealzd, whereas
#Ithev would stand out plainly if
ordinary vegetable coloring were
used. Almost all the goods con-
demued were shipped here from
!, California, and Mr.. Bailey OBJ.
serves that he has been giver
more trouble looking alter Cali,
fornia goods than any other
largely il not wholly, because
there are no pure food laws III The
Golden State.
Violators of the pure food law.
are legion, says Mr.. Bailey. Dur.
ing the last thirty days the fine.
. collected amount to $I5o. Thes,
have been paid largely by short
weight butter and milkmen
Most OF these are milk watering
ofenses. The offenders wher
! caught, pay their fines, and ge
hence, glad to escape. For th,
second ofense their fine doubles
!. and for the third quadruples
. with years suspension, durin,
which they are allowed to sell n,
milk.
Commissioner Bailey says tn
butcher shops are complyin!
with the law, SO far as he is abl
to ascertain, and the manufactur
ers of ice cream are selling
!, much better article than former
: ly, before the last pure food Law
J was passed. This requires th
: use of cream carrying I3 pc
cent butter fat. Most OF th
: manufacturers use cream testin,
: from S to 20 per eest. t. be O
: the safe side. Mr.. Bailey say
that because of this new regu
lation there was probably NOR
: genuine cream sold Sunday b
: ice cream dealers than was sol
: in whole year before.
Fl One effect of the new law rs
lating to butter has been to &C
vance its price. Where butte
now sells in Portland for 27H t
le 80 cents wholesale, the whole
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