Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11

wishes to buy and paying the market value
thereof The dealer, therefore. cannot com
plain Of any uufaiTueSs i'm the taking OF
samples. Should he. knowing the official
character OF the inspector, refuse TO sell, A'
is liable to fine and imprisonment. sample
are properly labeled with q number and
other data sufficient 10 enable Tie inspector
to identify any particular aruc-e ana are
delivered in this mann r u thc chemist
The analyses are made altogether under
the numbers the chemist not knowing the
name of The person from whom The sample
has been taken. Tie inspectors VINO have
collected the samples. having delivered them
to the chemist. turn in 10 the cfief luspet-
ter a report showing the articles collected
and the chemists receipt therefor. Whlch
report enables the chief inspector 10 luen-
tfy the vender Of any pdrttculSr sample.
Once each week the chemist submits d Ee-
port showing the work done IN his labo.a-
terry, with suitable recommendations as 10
the action to be taken with reference to
such samples, if any, as may be below
standard. Upon the approval Of MS rec
concentrations, in cases in which proSecu-
tons are to be instituted. a letter IS ad-
dressed to the corporation counsel with a
request that suitable action be taken TO
bring the offenders before the court. The
inspectors charged with the collection OF
sample work. as do the other food inspec-
tors in assigned districts, changing the
districts from day to day. They are re-
quired, however, to station themselves from
time to time on the roads leading to town
dealers drive so as to obtain samples from
dealers who have NJ local places OF buS!-
ness. At regular intervals they work at
night on Sundays and on legal holidays.
They are required also from time TO time
to visit the railroad depots to collect sam
pies of milk and cream. 1t is the practice
of the department not to analyZe samples
of foods submitted by dealers since TO do
this would probably result in the imposi-
ton on the department of an amount Of
work which would interfere with Its prop
er duties Moreover. the fairness of such
samples would always be open to dispute.
In an instance which occurred some years
ago, a local dealer complained of the char
acter of the milk which he was receiving
from his consgnOr and submitted a sam
pie for analysis. The analysis showed that
the milk had clearly been watered. Upon
hearing the result of the analysis the
consignor submitted a sample, claiming
that the other sample had not fairly rep
resented the milk which he sold. and the
sample submitted by the conSiguOr was
found to be either top milk or to have
had cream added to it by the cQnSignOr.
This instance was the prime factor which
led to the establishment of the present
practice with reference to the analysis Of
samples submitted by dealers. II a dealer
in milk complains that his shippers are
rot sending him milk of Il proper quality,
the health department., through its own
agents, will take samples from the cans
Immediately upon their arrival In the city
and before they have passed into the deal
er's hands and if the milk is not up to
standard will take suitable action to remedy
the trouble.