The sun., 1916-12-03
TOO MUCH LEMON IN
This ORANGE JUICE
Bureau Of Food Investigates
Beverage Sold at Many
Stands in City.
MUST CHANGE IT'S NAME
Sugar, Water and Artificial
C0lOring Matter Form Great
Part Of the Liquid.

When Is orange juice not orange Juice?
When IL Is served as a connection pro-
Auced by crushed oranges, adding . GER
tain proportion Of lemons, pressing out
the pomace and adding g and arti-
acial coloring. According TO Director
Lucius 4. Brown OF the Bureau OF Food
and Drugs this is the mixture which Is
served at numerous stands In this city.
In other words, the vendors v been
handing their patrons a lemon.
An inquiry by TIE EVENING Sun re-
veAied that the Department Of Health
has been investigating the matter. The
investigators found that h drink Is
both wholesome and palatable. but that
the label "orange Juice" is a misnomer.
Accordingly IT has ordered the operators
OF the stands to change their signs with
In a week. and the owners. II Is stated.
have signined their willingness to COM
ply.
Method Of Preparatory
Mr.. Brown gave out the following
statement yesterday:
"As a result OF investigation by the
Department of Health of the sale OF
so-cailed 'orange Juice In the city the
following facts have been developed:
THAT the material heretofore sold
a. orange Juice is made by grinding
or crushing oranges, to which a GER
tain proportion Of lemons Is added.
pressing the pomace out. as In a cider
mill, and adding to the Juice OF the
lemons and oranges thus expressed
sugar for sweetening purposes and arti-
fetal color. To this mixture water Is
added at the stands before serving to
consumers. usually in the proportion OF
three parts OF water to one part OF the
manipulated juice. The resulting product
n, therefore. essentially water. contain
Ing IS per cent. OF the added materials
named.
"A thorough investigation has beer
made OF the whole business in the city by
the bureau of food and drugs Of the De
partment OF Health. The deception In
volved In the calling Of this product
orange Juice has been called to he at
tention OF the dealers n they have als'
6ecn informed Of their violations Of TIT
Sanitary Code.
signs Must Re Altered.
"They have been instructed that the,
will be given one weeks time to change
tnetr siSns ana the itaihes Oh tneiT ma
terials SO as to comply with honesty IL
the labelling. and correction has beef
promised In all cases. IL at the end o
the time limit this promise has not beef
complied with. prosecutions will prompt!
follow.
"The bureau Of food and drugs call
special attention to the fact that th'
trouble Inc expense consequent tn tn
changing Of these signs TO comply will
the principles OF honesty could have becl
altogether avoided by these manufacture
ers II. they had conferred with that bu
reau before starting their business. ant
takes this occasion to suggest that
manufactures going into the business o
handling a new DOC or drug produc
should confer with the Health Depart
ment before putting his product on tn,
market. Oftentimes tire expense inciden
to such changes. to say nothing OF tn
discredit attached to arrests for viola
tiOn Of the ci,y's laws. would mean tn,
difference between commercial success
and failure.
when properly made under sanitar,
conditions the wholesomeness OF thi
drink is not questioned by the Healt
Department