The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-27
GIVES A LIST OF
CONDEMNED FOODS
SOUTH DAKOTA COMMISSIONER
ISSUES HIS REPORT
Inspection of State Chemist Reveals an
Interesting Condition -Many Articles
Declared Illegal in Analysis Covering
315 Samples of all Kinds of Goods
Boys Sent to Reform School.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 27.-The annual
report of Che food and dairy com
missioner, E. w. Small, will be issued
today. This report gives some inter-
estlng information in connection with
the analysis of food samples, as re-
CURED by the state pure food law
The total number Of analyses made
by the state chemist was 3l5 and that
official calls especial attention to the
analysis of coloring matter. He says:
cit is almost impossible to realize
to what extent artificial coloring mat
ter has been employed in our foods.
Butter, cheese, fruit products, vinegar,
catsups, candies, ice cream, jellies,
jams, pops, lemonade extracts, meats
and meat products, are all subject to
the use of artificial dyes, and still the
list is not complete. This color craze
is one Of the most senseless fads of
the present century.
Many Goods Illegal.
Following is the result Of the state
chemist s analyses:
Canned vegetables and fruits-Twenty-
nine samples analysed; sixteen were legal
and thirteen illegal.
Jams and preserves samples; four
condemned.
Dried fruits-Five samples; four found
with too much sulphur dioxide. Will be
excluded after this season.
Meat products-Fifteen samples anal
yzed; six illegal, four of which were cod
fish, literally embalmed in borax. Two
samples of sausage were condemned for
the same reason.
Candy-Forty-five samples analysed,
and eighteen were condemned for carry
ing coal tar dyes. Candies now manu-
featured in South Dakota are practi-
cally free from Injurious ingredients.
Coloring matter-This is prohibited en-
ttrely from some articles of food, and
coal tar colors are illegal in all goods.
Forty-four samples were analysed and
thirteen were found illegal.
"a Extracts-Thirty- five samples analysed;
twenty-five found illegal. More ingenu-
ity is exercised in making illegal ex-
tracts than in any one other product.
Catsup-Seventeen samples; five lille
gal.
Spices, peppers, etc.-Thirteen sam
pies; all legal. .-.- :
Vinegar-Ten samples; two illegal.
Sugars, syrups etc.-Four samples of
maple sugar were found illegal, being
adulterated with cane syrup. Sixteen
samples of maple syrup furnished seven
otuulISIdIcu specimens. InrGG samples
of sugar sand found illegal, being col
oredr with coal tar dye. One sample Of
beet sugar and two of strained honey
were found legal. i
r. Butter, cheese. etc.-Eleven samples
examined. Four of cheese were con-
demned for being low in fat.
Soft drinks - Twenty-one samples ::
eight condemned, of which three were
wild cherry phosphates, some artificial
elders and one pop. Coal tar dyes and
benzoic acid caused their downfall
Cider and malt preparations-Seve
| samples analysed and all legal
Wines, liquors, etc.-Fourteen samples;
seven unsatisfactory on account of low
alcoholic contents and misbranding. No
poisonous drugs found in any of the
samples.
Miscellaneous = Two samples mara
schino cherries colored with coal tar dye,
one each of baking powder, olive oil,
Worcestershire sauce, bull flour, freez-
! UNI, feline, and two of preservatives
were condemned Some peroxides were
not