The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-12-01
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STATE FOOD COMMISSION SAYS
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HOUSEWIFE CONSISTS SIM
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TERANTs.

TERANTS.
Vermillian, s.. D.-Alfred "
Cook, state food and dairy commits
sioner, has issued the following warn
ing:
While we find more or less adul-
teration in foods at the present time.
the groceries now on sale in our
stores are almost entirely free from
substances that are commonly re-
garded as deleterious to health. Boz
rax, salicylic acid, supplies and for
m%aldehyde, SO common a few years
ago, are now rarely, If ever, found in
foods obtained at grocery stores.
l 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 to the sale and $ Of the Q
called vegetable canning compounds.
under whatever anne There are no
known safe personalities for canning.
vegetable. Vegetables may be read
lily canned as described In Farmers
Bulletin No: $50, entitled {" Canning
Vegetable in the Home" issued by
the Department Of Agriculture. This
is a valuable bulletin and may be OBJ
tanned free by addressing the Depart
ment at Washington, d. g. In the
factories, nothing is added to vege-
tables in canning except salt and wa
ter and sometimes a little sugar. Spe-
cial machinery is employed in order
to produce the proper Temperature.
to kill all bacteria which cause fer
! mentation (spoiling).
(Sodium benZoate, a ~preservative
which is commonly held to be harm
less and is allowed in foods in inter
state commerce and in South Dako-
TIA, can only be used in acid foods and
will not preserve such vegetable as
peas and corn.)
These canning compounds, compos-
ed of such forbidden substances as
!, are mentioned above, are well 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 Register
i, ed under the Food and Drugs Act of
!, June 80, 1906, Serial No: 1851" It
is composed principal of borax, with
a little common salt. 1t is not only
dsceptively labeled, as to its virtue
but, in my judgment, its sale is a
fraud, as the simple substances which.
compose it may be purchased much
more cheaply at almost my grocery or
drug store.
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 cir
cular, all parties found selling, or Of
fering for sale, contrary to law, Mrs.
PRICES Canning Compound, or any
other canning compound for vegeta-
bles, will be recommended for prose-
cution with reserve. All parties hav-
ing on hand such canning compounds
are advised to at once return them
TO the company from whence obtain
e, or destroy them: Do not keep
them in your stores. The fact that
you have such canning compounds on
your shelves is taken as prima facie
evidence before the law that they are
offered for sale.