The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-13
BAN ON IMITATION
LEMON AND VANILLA
State Food Commissioners Tells
Manufacturers Where to
Head In.
VIOLATIONS or THE LAW
NOT TO BE PERMITTED
Inspector Hansen Says He Will
Rid City of Impure
Extracts.

Imitation lemon and vanilla extracts
VIII no longer be palmed off upon the
public OF this city as tho genuine articles
If an cdict made "Wednesday afternoon
by The state food commission is car
rled out 81 a meeting held in the Of
llcn OF State Food and Dairy Inspector
NlIafd Hansen and attended by promi-
mont manufacturers aud iobhcrs OF this
city "wednesday. The matter WAS thor
ouEhly discussed and the law made pla in
10 the extract manufacturers. Inspector
Hansen and the members of tho state
pure 1000 commission save the msnufac-
lurcrS 10 understand that no deception
would be tolerated and that any persons
found guilty OF misbrandiug or in any
other way violating The state or federal
laws governing extracts would be prose-
cutcd.
According 10 the ruling made Wednes-
day. lemon extract must contain at least
per cent of the oil of lemon. whethe;
said extract be labeled "esscncc'
United states law holds that . per cont
OF the oil OF lemon ls the minimum and
also holds that tho different terms men
TONED above are synonymous.
Provisions Of the Law.
The law does not prohibit the manu-
facture or sale of limitations but II stat
clearly that any alleged extract which
docs not contain the Stipula ted per cent
Of lemon oil must be conspicuously labeled
Imitation. compound "a rtificiaI' or
substitute" The same ruling applies 10
vanilla extract where the alleged extract
does not contain the amount of vanilla
required by law
Inspector Hansen notified the manufac-
turers that he would Immediately begin
to clean UP the city of The illegal prepard
tions and instructed the manufacturers
aud to relahel all limitations SO as to
make them conform To the law.
An important question that was de
cided during the conference "Wednesday
afternoon was the amount OF oil Of lemon
that double and triple extracts must con-
tam. After considerable discussion it was
decided that inaSmuch as the law holds
that per cent is necessary in a single
extract. 10 per cent would bc required
in a bottle labeled double extract" and
15 PEI. cent in bottle labeled triple ex
tract
Not Well Taken.
One Of the manufacturers was inclined
to the belief that IT. was the process and
not the amount of oil of lemon contained
In the extract that determined whether
IL was OF single. double or triple strength.
The point was not we'll taken, how
ever
The manufacturers present were unani-
nous in going on record as opposing the
manufacture of inferior extracts, that is,
the limitations containing less than tho
amount OF lemon and vanilla required by
Law, 1t was practically decided 20 make
a strenuous effort To have the next legis-
lature pass 4 law prohibiting the manu-
facture or disposal OF such extracts in
Utah. The matter will be formally taken
up at the convention Of western pure
food commissioners at Boise in April
Among those present al the conference
"Wednesday were State Food and Dairy
Inspector Willard Hansen; State Chemist
Herman Harms. ". S. Ferris of the
Union Manufacturing company G.. W.
Reed of the y. g NJ. J.. Thomas A. Will
liamS. secretary and treasurer Of the pure
food commission: George 4. Hone of the
pure food bureau: T.. w. Irvine of the
Irvine Chemical company. and others.