The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-07
PURE FOOD BILLS.
Proposed Legislation to Cover All varie.
ties Of Food and Drinks.
ONE ACT AIMED AT ROTTEN EGGS.

al claSSlncatl0n OF pure f0od
legislatlon," have been prepared
by State Dairy and Food Com
missioner James Foust for intro
duction in the approaching Legis
lature.
Among the bills Is one which
grows out of the sickening dis
closures resulting from the re-
cent rotten egg Investigations in
Philadelphia. 1t prohibits the
sale of such eggs entirely. Fol
lowing are the other bills a:
A general pure iood bill to take
the place of the tional
Tustln act of 1907; an alcoholic
liquor bill; q Notwithstanding Ii
quor bill; lard bill; milk and
cream bill; an ice cream bill; a
cold storage food bill.
In discussing the rotten egg
legislation which the division will
endeavor to have placed upon the
statute hooks, Com mmlssloner
Foust said:
"This act is one to protect the
public health by prohibiting the
sale of eggs that are either Who'll
ly or partly decayed or decompos.
ed, and prohibiting the use Of
such eggs IN the preparation of
food commodities. The need of
this bill was made evident by the
recent investlg alton IN Phlladel-
phia. BY that investigation 1t
appeared that decayed and de-.
composed eggs, or eggs that were
partly decayed or decomposed,
were being sold to bakeries aud
noodle factories for use IN the
preparation of their food pro-
ducts. These eggs are such as
have been 'candled out, or reject
ed upon inspection, after having
been IN storage for long periods
of time. They are utterly unfit
for food and their use for food,
or as ingredients of food, cannot
be too severely condemned. This
particular bill prohibits the use
of what have been called 'r0ts and
spots has severe penalty at
tached thereto, it being the inten-
ton to utterly destroy the busi-
ness that has grown up in the
traffic In these decayed or decom-
posed eggs. I"
According to Foust, the gener-
al bill intended to replace the
Tustin act bas been drafted with
the utmost care. A striking
point in it is that the retailer is
protected from prosecution for
selling food stuffs which are, un
known to him, not up to the stand
ard. He is to be prosecuted only
In the event of wanton violation OF
the law. Discussing this point,
the commissioner says;
"An act such as we desire to
have enacted to prevent the sale
of impure intoxicants," said Mr..
Foust, "is imperatively necessary
by reason of the fact that we now
have IN Pennsylvania no law on
this subject, and by reason of the
further fact that because there
is no law regulating the subject
matter, Pennsylvania has become
the dumping ground of the entire
country for mlsbranded, fraudu
lent and adulterated alcoholic
drinks. The proposed bill will
operate to protect the Legitimate
business interests of Pennsylvan
ia dealers against the ruinous
competition of unscrupulous mar
ufacturers and dealers of other
states. !"
observation-disclosures Foust says
that has attention has many times
been called to the necessity O
controlling by law the tratfic II
Notwithstanding drinks, such Al
''orangeade, " slemonade," SO
called 'root-beer," and othel
drinks usually sold on public oc
casions by street fakirs and pro
prietors Of temporary stands ant
booths. Many Of these 80 calle'
Notwithstanding beverages con
tam poisonous acids and other In
jurIous ingledlents, and thel
uno has III "a uontIy caused sorlOu