The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-12-15
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD.

Food Commissioner Cook sends us
the following circular directed to deal.
ers and consumers:
While We find more or less adulter-
alton in foods at the present, the
groceries now on sale in grocery
stores are almost entirely free from
substances that are commonly regard
ed as deleterious to health. BoraX,
salicylic acid, sulphites and Tornado
hyde, SO common a few years ago, are
o rarely, if ever, found in foods OBJ
tanned at grocery stores.
Il find it necessary, however, to
give to the dealers of the state and
the consuming public a warning with
regard TO these very substances. |
refer 10 the sale and use of the so
called vegetable canning compounds,
under whatever name. There are no
known safe preservatives for canning
vegetables. Vegetables may be read
lily canned as described in Farmers
Bulletin No. 359, entitled Canning
Vegetables in the Home" issued by
the department of agriculture. This
is a small valuable bulletin and may
be obtained free by addressing the
department at Washington, ID. c. In
the factories, nothing is added to veg
etables IN canning except salt II
water and sometimes a little sugar.
Special machinery is employed in or
der to produce the proper temperl
turo t. kill all bacteria which cause
fermentation (spoiling).
IC,lf,n, Io,,+o n,ncnr,.,t;, N
which is commonly held to be harm
less and is allowed in foods in inter-
state commerce an din South Dakota,
can only be used in ucid foods and
Will not preserve such vegetables as
peas and corn.)
These canning compounds com
posed Of such forbidden substances as
are mentioned above, are we'll known
to be deleterious to health and are
prohibited by law to be used in foods
offered for sale to the public. They
are sold under coined names, which
conceal the actual ingredients they
contain, and suggest no thought of
danger lurking within the innocent
appearing packages. No doubt thou
sands of housewives are led to put
them into vegetables for the purpose
of preserving them, with the idea that
they are perfectly harmless and safe.
A notable example. and perhaps the
most prevalent and popular, is Mrs.
Prices Canning Compound, Regis
tered under the food and drugs act
of June 30, 1906, serial No. 1851
1t is composed principally of boraX
will a 1ittln nnrpn1nn Golf II iG nnt
only deceptively labeled as to it's vir-
tue but, in my judgment, its sale is a
fraud, as the simple substances which
compose it may be purchased much
o cheaply at almost any grocery
or drug store.
Il have recently discovered that
some of our most reputable wholesale
houses are handling this substance,
and that it IS offered for sale through
out the state, and the situation de-
mands immediate attention.
From and after the date Of this
circular, all parties found selling, or
offering for sale, contrary to law, Mrs.
Prices Canning Compound, or any
other canning compound for veg
%etables, will be recommended for
prosecution without reserve. All par
ties having on hand such canning
compounds are advised to at once re-
turn them to the company from
whence obtained, or destroy them. Do
not keep them in your stores. The
fact that you have such canning com.
pounds on your shelves is taken as
prima facie evidence before the law
that they are offered for sale"