Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-16
PERIOD OF GRACE TO
SOME MANUFACTURERS
SHOWING THAT 1T WOULD BE
RulNOUs TO MANY WITH
YEARS STOCK OF GOODS ON
HAND CAUSE FoR DELAY
Washington Bureau OF
The Ottumwa Courier.
washington July 15.


Washington, July 15.
No more embalmed foods.
No more complexion lotions In the
sauces.
No more cosmetics in the canned
goods.
No more oxidised butter
No more sulphur fumes in the dried
fruits.
In fact, no more unWholesome color.
ing matters or presentations In the
| food products that enter interstate
commerce. That is the dictum Of the
board Of food and drug inspection,
charged with enforcement Of the pure
| food law.
| The ruling Is by far the most gen.
orally. important that has yet been
made under this act, and 1t is certainly
to be followed by an avalanche Of
protests. petitions and "pulls," .eman.
ating from the food manufacturers,
But there is small chance that the fuss
will avail anything.
1 4, Rsturn to Grandn,a's ReoeIpt,
The decision means that long list
Of substances that have been found to
be deleterious and dangerous to the
human organism but that have been
regularly used in putting up. foods,
must not be used. Some OF them must
be dropped at once; others are given
4 q period Of grace because OF the great
hardship that would be involved by en-.
forcing, in the midst Of the canning
and preserving season, a revolutionary
set Of regulations. It would be ruin.
GUS to. many food manufacturers. But
after the pack Of the present year ID
completed conditions will be radically
4 changed. Foods will have to be put
i UP after the innocent methods that
4 grandmother wrote down in her fam.
GUS receipt book which was q
j. stranger to modern commercial meth
dds Of embalming products In order to
arrest decay.
/! 1t is determined that no drug, chem
!. ical or harmful or oeleterious dye Of
j, preservative may be used Common
salt, sugar, wood smoke. potable dis
j titled liquors vinegar and condiments
may be used. Pending further inves
tigation the use of saltpeter is al
4 lowed"
4 Colorlng Matter Tabooed.
4 That is the substance of the decis
ion. 1t means that, with certain con
4 ceptions temporarily permitted as haf
been explained, bensoate of soda IL
, outlawed; that most of the numerous
4 dyes and coloring matters of which
coal tar Is the basis, must not be used
that not exceeding fixed and restrict
ed amount of sulphur fumes may be
used tn drying fruits. Mineral ryes
may not be used. Imported vegetables
greened with copper salts may be ad
mitted if the amount is moderate anc
the presence of the salts Is indicated
on the LABEL
The various prohibited substances
Z are used to an extent that is no
J, dreamed by most people. The fine
i green tint Of canned peas, the rici vel
low or brown or red or green or wha
{ not Of other vegetables the fresh, liv,
| tint Of fruits that grow out west IL
/. cans" the appetizing color and fresh
ness of myriad Of food articles, ar,
J due to the use Of various coloring AMI
Z preserving matters. Methods Of put
ting up these articles will have to b,
changed to meet the new conditions.
saItpeter to be Probed.
! Saltpeter Is very extensively used II
) connection with the packing and pre-
: serving Of all sorts of meat products
and its prohibition would be especial,
l a serious blow to that industry. Th
3 food board has determined not to pre-
hibit it until further investigation fa
been made to set at rest all uncertain
ties; but the strong impression is tha
b the final decision will be against 1t, O
g at least will vigorously limit tn
!. amount which may be used to a muc
less proportion than is now generall
employed Likewise, the use Of SUI
phur fumes Is to be investigated befor
1t is finally prohibited; but meanwhil
the total of sulphuric dioxide residu
in the finished product-evaporate
i and dried fruits--must not exceed 35
milligrammes per liter in wines or SO
, milligram per kilogram in other foo
products. This reduced to plain Ems
lish means that a large reduction
Y the proportion is here enjoined,
= = The Label Must Tell.
n Pansoeate of soda is used to pre
It serve ketchups, GAUGES of variou