Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-21
STATE FOOD INSPECTORS
HOLD UP MANY PRODUCTS
cause withdrawal of I,IS1 ,OSG
Pounds of Stock Feed From
State Markets.
FINDS READY COOPERATION
commissioner Purcell, i'm Annual Re-
port, Says Department Is Aided by
manufacturers and Distributors i'm
enforcement of Law.

IN his annual report To tb., ,;oycruor
just off the press. BENJAMIN |, pur-
cell. state Dairy and Food Commits
S'oner. notes that effort to improve
the FOOD supply has met with the earn
est cooperation Of manufactured and
distributor. and that Il general ohscrv-
ance OF the laws for the protection
OF the food supply has been secured
with comparatively little friction.
rs Il result Of the effective and in
t"lliEcnt work-donc hy Inspectors" the
commissioners reports. there has been
q marked Improvement i'm the sanitary
surroundings OF the food distributing
places in the state where foods are
manufactured. sold or stored pending
;hot" sale. This Improvements, is IS
p.r'all! noticeable in the bakeries
"NSt@r-pachinG and shuckinG plants,
fe'aIi grocery stores and markets. The
constant Inspection Of the foods and
feeds manufactured and offered for
sale in the state has been diligently
pursued by the inspectors of the di-
vision charged with this duty"
detailed and tahulatcd statement
of tn" work done by the inspectors
shows that during the year GUIDED
mad" $50 visits to as many towns
aud communities. Inspection of 20,
"St manufacturing and distributing
plants resulted in tn" withdrawal from
sale OF 5.962 pounds of stock and poul-
try powders aud i,4Si,oS6 pounds of
stock feed. These feeds. the report
states. wcr" not prepared in accord
them was directed to hc discontinued.
I.NREI.S INDICATE WHEN
HfPRODUCTS ARE SOLD
q a
in the destruction OF 2?4,?iA pounds as
being unit for consumption. The lab
"rat orN of the department examined L.
III samples of stock feeds and human
foods sent in by tho inspectors. and
it WAS found that 12i had been offer
cd i'm violation Of the law.
Til" commissioner calls attention TO
Tho fact that the high prices the con-
sumner has 4 pay for household neces
stiles has brought into us" for human
food many products formerly allowed
TO 20 Ia waste. or which w"r" used in
their crude state as cattle feeds.
utilization Of these products has re-
suited i'm putting into the hands OF
tho consumer foods nj q rcaSona bic
price. and mas enabled tn" man Of mod
crate means Ia obtain more varied
diet. as well ~ a palatublc and nutri-
tious food. II is pointed ont that
there H. no excuse for substituting
these hypruducts for the original prod
nc, unless notice is given 20 the pur-
chaser. Iiut manufacturers, the COM
missioner reports. usually furnish the
Information that the food is Il hyprod-
net. and the consumer has only TO
read tho label 20 hc informed as to
what he is buying.
Commissioners Purcell is pleased
with the laws enacted by the last Leg
stature, among them being acts pro-
VidinE for The sanitation Of slaughter
houses. regulating the operation OF
the Eahcock test for testing milk and
cream. Offering protection to the farm
OF against an unfair competitor, and
AN act TO require the dealer TO mark
his packages with the actual net
weight, volume or numerical count of
the contents OF the packages. An
other act safeguarding the food supply
requires transportation companies to
surround food products consigned
through them with the necessary care
to protect them from contamination.