Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

two boxes of evaporated apples were or
dered destroyed as being filthy and unfit
for human consumption. But two OF the
packers repeated their offenSe.
Canned vegetables. that is. peas, beans
and tou7a Oes. we're The subject Of thirty
judgments, eighteen of them being de-
voted to tomatoes, eight to peas. and
four to beans. No other vegetable, except
corn which is referred to above, appears
in the list. These were practically all
cases of misbranding as to shortage in
weight. only one lot. that OF shipment
of 1000 cases Of tomatoes, being found
product because they were filthy and de-
composed, and this lot was ordered de-
stroyed. Only one packer was complained
Of twice, his cases both being. shortages
in weight, and there were no large fines
levied, the goods. with the exception
noted. being released under bond.
Canned fruit including apricots. black
berries, blueberries, cherries, pears. pine
apple and plums. came up for examina-
ton in thirty-eight cases, and again the
main question involved was one of short
age In weight, save in one instance. where
nineteen cases of pineapple from Hawaii
were condemned for destruction as being
filthy, decomposed, putrid and unfit for
human consumption.
Jams, tellies and preserves, grouped to-
gether for the purpose of this article, &C
count for tnIr.y-eignt not. ces Of Judg-
ment In this group three manufacturers
had two cases each, one had three cases
and another came up even for the fourth
time. The offense in every case but one
was mtsbranding SO as to represent a.
perfectly good apple jelly as being made
Of some other fruit.
Flour came in for some considerable
notice on the part of the board and
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ton. largely in the case of wheat -four
by bleaching processes, and OF misbrand-
ing, with two small cases OF shortage, to
bring the total up to thirty-five cases. OF
these nineteen were whaet flour, eleven
buckwheat. three rye and two corn flour.
No fines were imposed in these casss,
and the flour was ordered destroyed only
in two instances Of bleaching, the goods In
all the other cases being released under
bond. But one offender appeared second
time. Inc ques. ION OF the DIeacnIno proc
ess was IT, ed out at considerable length
and one of the largest of the pamphlets
is devoted to decision and a review Of
the ev uence AIKEN In nat matter. The
subject has been written up at length
several times, and the final decision was
against the use Of dioxide fumes as a
bleaching agent.
In two of the twenty-five cases involv-
These cases were all Of adulterauon. bar
ley. chan. weed seeds, etc., being used to
fill cut the quantity with. There was
some misbranding. Two Of the offenders
appeared twice each. and one of them
four times.
. Black pepper was probably, the most
completely and variously adu.terated ar
ticle In the entire list OF food pr ducts.
There were thirteen cases before the
courts and none Of the offenders return
ed a second time. Only two fines Of 500
each were imposed. but quite a lot of So
called pepper was destroyed. though the
notices Of judgment are silent as to the
exact quantity. The list of adulterants
IL a long one, and includes cracker
crumbs. ground nutshels, ground fruit
pits, wheat meal. fiaxseed meal. wheat
flour, issues Of seeds, cocoanut shells,
leguminous seeds and coffee.
Practically the most guilty packers and
manufacturers whom the board hailed be-
fore the courts were the packers OF to-
mato ketchup or catsup. AS will be seen
by the table given below. very large
quantity OF this article was ordered to be
DESTROYED. 1t was found to be filthy,