The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-03
PURE FOOD LAW
Being ENFORCED
is ACTIVE IN RUN
MING DOWN VIOLATIONS
MANY CONVICTIONS.
OBTAINED.

The department of agriculture has
obtained a total of 730 convictions UNI
der the pure food and drugs act. In
spite of the almost unbroken record of
convictions, persons still persist i'm
violating the law. Among the recent
convictions were the following. mis-
branding of drug product, adulteration
of tomato pulp, adulteration and mis-
branding of whey product sold as but
ter, adulteration of ice cream cones,
collaboration and misbranding of bit
ters, misbranding of linseed meal, mis-
branding of chicken feed, adulteration
and misbrandng of vanilla extract,
adulteration and misbranding of cola
syrup adulteration OF tomato catsup,
and adulteration of milk.
A company in Toledo, Ohio, shipped
to the state of West Virginia eight
barrels of a liquid, each barrel labelled
Rustic Club Pure cider Vinegar" An
alysis of samples of this product made
I'm the bureau of chemistry showed
| that it was not genuine cider vinegar,
but imitation cider vinegar prepared
| from unfermented apple juice and ace
tic acid with some vinegar. The court
| found the vinegar to be misbranded
| and the shippers were required to give
bond that the stuff would not be
sold.
Fake Catarrh Tablets.
| ooncor,, In Ifcbioan cbinna1 70
the state of New York a consignment
II drug tablets labelled "Catarrh
Tablets" The labelling on the pack
ages asserted that the tablets were a
new and effectual cure for all kinds of
cattarrh, and stated that he drug was
guaranteed under the pure food and
drugs act. An analysis by the bureau
Of chemistry showed that the product
consisted of ash 31.9 per cent, sue
crosse, SOL per cent. moisture .93 per
cent, and the balance of sanguinaria
and a little starch. The concern that
shipped the product was fined.
Whey Sold AS Butter.
/ A concern at Cambridge, Md, ship
ped into Pennsylvania ten barrels lab
elled: Tomato Pulp" This package
contains six ounces benzoate of soda
An examination by the bureau OF
chemistry revealed that this product
contained bacteria and was mouldy
The court held that the product was
not fit for human consumption and or
dered il destroyed Nine tons of whey
were shipped out Of New York to Con
necticut and were invoiced and sole
for butter. The analysis by the feder'
al chemist proved that it was not but
ter at all, but whey product containing
1928 per cent of water. The court re-
quired the concern that shipped The
product to take it back and give bono
J that it would not be sold as butter.
! Cocaine to "Cure" Asthma.
In their rounds the government in
spectators ran onto sixty-five cases OF
''bitters," each case containing twelv,
) bottles The label on the bottle indi'
Gated that the 'bitters' was of French
manufacture. The samples analysed
revealed that the product contained
AIS per cent alcohol, and of this TWEEN.
ty-two per cent was of the kind known
as ethyl and seventy eight per cent Of
the kind known as methyl alcohol. The
department also proved that the bit
ters" was of domestic manufacture
The courts condemned the stuff and
ordered it's destruction. A concern In
Georgia shipped to a concern i'm Utah
a drug which was warranted to cure
asthma. The governments analysis
showed the product to be of a dark
brown liquid slightly alkaline i'm reac-
green and phenol, and containing
nearly five grains of cocaine to, the
ounce and about two per cent of al
cohol. The concern that was manu-
featuring the stuff pleaded guilty and
was fined
Cocaine in Cola Syrup.
one of the hard fights of the depart
ment has been against concerns that
insisted on putting out adulterated
vanilla extract. A company i'm ST
Louis put out an extract guaranteed
under the pure food and drugs act
which on analysis was lOunu 10 con-
tain little or no extract from the van
lila bean. The liquid was a highly di-
luted alcoholic solution of vanilla and
Icoumarin. The concern that was man
ufacturing the stuff pleaded guilty and
was fined.
| Another st. Louis concern shipped
into Illinois product in barrels label
led: "Cola syrup. Carbonate at sixty
pounds pressure, throwing one ounce
to a half-pint bottle" The bureau of
chemistry found this product to be a
syrupy liquid consisting essentially of
5S.72 per cent sugar, .OS per cent caf-
feline, cocaine and cocaine deritives.
phosphorc acid. flavoring agents and
water. The concern that was putting
out this stuff pleaded guilty and was
fined.
The federal inspectors are not able
to do much in the way of stopping the
sale of impure or adulterated milk, for
the reason that, generally speaking.
milk does not enter into interstate