The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-04
FOOD BOARD
CRAWFORD WOMAN HEADS
NEW COMMISSION. g
Asks Federal Authorities to Call an In
ternational Congress to Deal with
Adulteration.

CRAWFORD, Dec. A State Food
Commission, to protect from
infection in meat, milk and other foods
n to enforce the national pure food
laws, was organized at the close of the
afternoon session of the pure food con-
vention in the First Presbyterian
Church yesterday. Miss Alice Lakey,
chairman of the food committee, Ma
ional Consumers League, and Of the
Crawford Food Committee, was elected
chairman of the State Commission.
More than sixty delegates from all sec
tons of the State signed as members.
Resolutions were adopted requesting
the United States Government to call
an international pure food congress to
consider uniform means for dealing
with food and drug adulteration and
~misbranding; pointing out to the Gov
ernor n Legislature of New Jersey
the urgent need for legislation and APP
preparation to provide for the inspection
OF local OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and the in
spection of all animals both before and
after slaughter, and the need of inspec-
ton to prevent the sale of milk from
diseased animals and to eradicate tJ-
%berculosis and other diseases from
dairy animals and to quarantine the
State against the bringing in of cattle
infected with tuberculosis; urging the
Legislature to amend the State pure
food law so as to SO into effect at once;
requesting county medical societies In
the state to appoint milk commissions
for the purpose of furnishing pure milk
supply for infant feeding after the plan
in I 10fTrataI har n- Ga;t - AL4- rk-4-.
indorsing the work of Commissions f..
F. Ladd, of North Dakota, to nave
bleached 1ours labeled, so that the con-
sumers may know when low grades of
flour have been bleaehed u resemble
the better grades, and protesting
against the misuse of the guaranty
clause in the national pure food law.
Another resolution was as follows:
Resolved, That since the Royal English
tuberculosis Commission has concluded
that tuberculosis IS transmitted to man
through cows milk. II becomes the duty Of
every citizen of every State TO foster every
means TO prevent the production and sale
Of infected milk"
The convention opened with an add
dress of welcome by Miss Lakey. after
which greetings were given by Mrs. G.
w. B.. Cushing, president of the New
Jersey Consumers League; Mrs. Fred
eIlCh LNdlldH, DTESlutill Oh lie NEW
York City Consumers League. and Mrs.
Florence Kelley, executive secretary of
the National Consumers League.
The speakers in the afternoon were
Professor Edward B. Voorhees,, director
of the New Jersey Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station. on the Sanitary Pro-
duction of Milk from the Farmers
Standpoint DR.. w. D. Bigelow. chief
of division of foods of the Bureau OF
Chemistry, Washington. y. c., on
Food Adulteration and Method of De-
tection;" DR.. William Frear. State
chemist. Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, on Food Standards" Or.
Louis L, Seaman, late surgeon OF
the United States Volunteers. vice.
president of the Pan-American Conf
gress, on the Danger Incurred from
the Use of Improper Foods" and pr.
George Goler, of Rochester. n. T. on
Impure Milk"
The important address Of the evening
was made by Senator J. S. Freiinghuy-
sen. on Pure Food Legislation i1 New
Jersey" R. NJ. Allan, secretary of
State and National Food and Dairy
Departments and chief of Food Df-
vision. Kentucky, spoke on Cooperation
Between State and National Food Of
f~icers:" Or. A. D. Melvin, of Washing
ton. d. c., an "Tuberculous Meat, and
James B.. REYNOLDS on "Meat Inspec-
ton"