The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-11
Extracts in Bad Condition.

Breakfast foods sold in Utah at present
are IN excellent condition and very few
stocks carry foods below standard, ac-
cording TO Commissioner Peterson. The
same is true of the stocks Of catsup in
the state. With fiaVOring extracts. how
ever, the situation is different The COM
missioner declares that the merchants Of
the state are handling thousands of bot
ties of lemon and vanilla extract that are
highly adulterated. and in most cases are
entirely artificial There Is at least
sl5.t00 worth of such stock that J. could
condemn today" he said yesterday
On every soda water fountain
stand in the state are displayed
syrups and extracts labelled Grasp
berry flavor" strawberry flavor"
"eherry flavor" etc. ait is absolute
iy impossible 10 make extracts of
these fruits and berries, and the
preparations being sold under such
names are absolutely artificial" de-
clared Commissioner Peterson.
The new law makes it a crime for pro-
prietors of soda water fountains TO sell
preparations of this sort under the name
of strawberry. raspberry. cherry. banana
or other extracts. Every dealer NEST
label his syrups with the word 'in1ita-
tion,'' or artificial" before the word
strawberry. raspberry. etc. before he can
sell them legally.
Great harm is being done throughout
the state among the poorer classes of
people by the sale of the artificial and
adulterated extracts. according to Com
missioner Peterson. These people must
have extracts of some kind and they buy
the cheapest the market affords. usually.
Fairly good laws have existed in this
state relative to supervision and inspec-
ton of dairies, and the milk handled Is
-, ~
new laws will not greatly affect the milk
dealers.
New Butter" Laws Good.
The men back of the introduction of
the pure food laws in the last legislature
had several provisions inserted I'm their
bill relative to the inspection and regula-
tion of butter factories throughout the
state The majority of these provisions
were stricken from the bill before ii
passed the legislature, and Utah is today
and will be for at least two more years
without adequate laws for the protection
of Its citizens against the manufacture
and sale of impure and aduiterafed butter,
It is asserted by the commissioner. Why
these provisions were struck from the bill
is something of a mystery.
The butter manufactured and sold in
the state is of very poor grade as
general thing" declares Commissioner Pc
terson. This condition is due to the fact
that the cream from which it is made is
usually away below standard. IL it is not
actually spoiled before 1t is made. We
didn't get many butter laws through. but
one OF the important provisions we did get
through compels all dealers TO stamp
on every package of butter the name of
the manufactures and the number of
ounces it contains. During the winter 41.-
0o0 pounds of butter is imported into
Utah"
Must Not Re-Iabei.
II will he a danperous nrooasdin, For
merchants 60 change labels on old shelf
worn goods after next Tuesday, as the
new laws provide heavy penalty for
such acts. Formerly merchants could
take down old stock and relabei Il with
fresh wrappers with iapunity, practically.
Whisky that Is blended must hereafter
be marked so plainly on the bottles or
TASKS from which It is served. Com
pounded whisky must be marked
Cheese stocks throughout the state are
in fairly good condition. and the new laws
will not affect them to a great extent
Fruits and Vegetables.
Dealers in fresh vegetables Will have a
recko ning with the state food officials af-
ter next Tuesday. for some of these DEAL
ers have got rid In the past of large GUAM
titles of spoiled vegetables and fruit to
consumers and because OF the fact that II
had TO be proved that they knowingly
have gone unpublished. This rendition
will be thing of the past under the new
laws
Baking powders that are impure
---and there are large stocks IN the
state at prsssnt-must Be labelled