The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1917-03-16
INSPECTORS BUSY
Violators Of Pure Food Law Taken
in Charge.

has ore of the best general pure
food laws to he found i'm anv state
IN the Union. This is the opinion
of Food Commissioners Guy Frary
VINO has returned from Pierre
The legislature enacted new food
law for the state which supplants
former laws ON this subject and
under which much better work in
controlling the manufacture and
sale of adulterated food can be
done. The new law. which will
he effective july list. follows in
general form the National Food
and Drugs Acl of June 30, 1906,
nut IT contains some specific pro
hbltiOns which are not to he
found i'm the Federal act. Among
these are the following: the sale
OF meat from hogs fed on uncook-
ed slaughterhouse offal or other
substance unfit for animal food is
prohibited; food is declared to be
adulterated if ii is not ut all times
protected from contamination bv
dust, flies or filth; canned fruits or
vegetables made from bleached or
dried products must he conspicu-
ously labeled to show this fact:
bleached flour must be labeled:
preservatives and harmful sub
stances such as borax. forinuide-
hyde, salicylic acid, saccharin.
fiuorine compounds, and i'm meats.
sulphurous acid. are prohibited;
no more than TWO per cent of
starch NAV he used in sausage and
dealers selling sausage containing
amy starch must display CON
splcunus sign telling their custo-
mers that they use starch or GER
cal. The new law gives the com
missioner and inspectors more
Authority In obtaining informa-
tiOn aud samples. II makes the
taking of orders for fmtl,ln heliy
cry a sale within the meanj,lv of
the law. and provides suitable
penalties for violations. All the
old laws are specifically repealed.
The high prices of meat his
winter have tempted some ln-
scrnpuioilS persons 10 sell meat of
questionable character even ut the
risk of being punished for viola
.tiOn of the state food law. Such
an instance was brought to the
attention OF The state food depart-
ment here Il few days ago from
Charles Mix county. An inspec-
tor was sent to investigate and.
with the help of the states attor-
nev. he found that II COW which
had been helpless and feve,rd for
"a week had been finally killed and
the carcass dressed and sold to
farmers in the neighborilood for
good wholesome meat. \ war
rant was issued for the arrest of
the cnlpril but to date the sheriff
has been huable to locate him. the
opinion being that he felt it sarer
to find residence in another state.
even leaving his wife and child
rem here. Another ease was re-
ported from Washington Springs
where some hogs that had been
sinOthered tn death had been dress
ed and the meat sold The states
attorney investigated the matter
and caused the arrest and pro-
secution of the culprit with the re-
suit that Il heavy fine was imposed.
Later an inspecto, from the food
department on further investiga-
ton found that the same person
still had in his possession some
two hundred fifty pounds of lard
which he had rendered from the
dead hogs. This the inspector
caused him to ship for soap grease
instead of selling it for edible fat.
Recent work in enforcing the
hotel inspection law has resulted
in the prosecution of /. restaurant
keeper at Tripp on account of in
sanitary conditions in the place,
the closing of hotel at Elk Point
and the changing of management
of hotel at Beresford.