The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29

Apprehension of an olive oil boot legger, destruction of large quanti- ties of decomposed foods and CO., operation with army and navy pro- duction officials was reported by Dairy and Food Commissioner John J. Sweeney today in the report of the activities of his department for September.
 Dairy Division
 On September 11th the Milk Reg ulation Board considered the sub- feet of the labelling of Vitamin D milk. A company producing cod liver oil concentrate, which is used in obtaining the Vitamin D con- tent, have found because of war conditions the supply of cod liver oil is no longer available in suf- ficient quantities to guarantee 1t in the fortifying of milk for Vitamin D. It is now necessary to use other approved fish liver oils. According to the regulation which has been established for some time, 1t would be necessary to indicate on the label for Vitamin D milk that the product had been fortified with a concentrate of fish liver oil. The manufacturers of the concentrate have been very active in their op- position to this regulation simply because they felt that the public would consider the term fish liver oil" repulsive in comparisn to the term 'cod liver oil". The Board voted, however, to continue the present regulation.
 The number of requests for dairy plant machinery and the difficulty in securing priorities for new equip ment make 1t essential that we con- serve this material and efluipment in every way possible. The entire staff of dairy inspectors now re- port unused and obsolete equipment and any usabfs equipment is being catalouged, and the office is acting as clearing house and in many instnces, hs within just a few weeks been able to relocate much valu- able equipment and during thi! drive for scrap, there have been real clean-up in obsolete and worn. out equipment around the dairy plant.
 During the month 1,336 dairy farms, 145 raw milg plants, POI pas teurizing plants and GA ice cream manufacturing plants were inspect ed and 3,30l samples were taken.
 Food Division
 During the month the food divi' sion apprehended an olive oil boot legger in the town of Torrington For some time past, adulteratet and misbranded olive oil had beer distributed in and about Torring ton, and after a trap had been set Nicholas Rini of Providence, Rhod' Island, was apprehended and pre- sented before the court.
 Analysis revealed that he wa selling nothing but cottonseed oi artiflcally favored and colored Thirty-five gallons were seized a the tine of the arrest and MT. Rin was fined $200 and cost of cour and the oil was turned over to thu City Hospital by the judge.
 Fifty-five 98-pound bags of flou which was found to be rat and we evil infested and unfit for humal consumption were placed under em bargo by tho division. This lou was denatured and sold for com merclaf feed.
 During the course of routine in spections, the following merchan disc was destroyed inasmuch as was unfit for human conumption llI5 pounds of rasins; 50 pounds o prunes, 3 pounds of puff paste, 3 pounds of oceans, 40 pounds 0 beef, IS pounds of chickens, l8 l. pounds of frankfurts. 4 l-2 pound of lamb, 26 pounds of Italia cheese, 5 pounds of flour, 10 pound of pickled herring and l2 bottle of vanilla.
 The department also made in spections of 64 frozen dessert plant and l3 inspections of frozen desse1 dispensing places. 2l6 inspection of bakeries and bakery product l40 inspections of beverage planl