Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-13 | Page 10 | Bleached Flour Allowed in Utah

BLEACHED FLOUR ALLOWED IN UTAH Food Inspectors Await Su Supreme Supreme Supreme preme Court Decision on Cases From Kansas I At the nicotine meeting of o the state food and anel dairy Inspectors held In tho the office of Willard Hansen state food and dairy dalr dalr commissioner yesterday the question u I of bleached blenched flour was wall thoroughly dis die discussed discussed cussed Representative of several of or orthe the milling companies were present and nd asked the tho board not to take any action ac action tion against blenched bleached flour until tb case casc of the United States Statts Government against n a Kansas Kaneas as milling company In is II finally decided It was WIlS stated at the meeting that about of the milling companies in Utah are arc employ j I Ing tho the same system of bleaching flour flouras as was used by br J the Kansas Kansan company The board decided not to take tako any ac action action tion until the Kansas case oase Is finally decided The question of the tho use of or benzoate of soda as a preservative was also al o thoroughly discussed The Tho Utah laws la 8 require that not more than of one per cent benzoate of soda can be bl used as 8 a preservative Recently the state Mate food inspector found some somo fools In which there was WIl as high as two tenths of per por cent used At the meeting held today said Mr It was decided not to take any an action against tho use of more ben of ot soda than Is to prescribed by the Utah law for the reason that the United States chemist has decided that benzoate of or soda Is not harmful and can be used u ed In any amounts providing the amount used u d Is placed In the tho foods If It we took exception to this thie It would have hac some somo mo affect upon interstate com corn commerce commerce merce meree No action was taken against adul drugs as it ft was found that practically all of the drugs in Utah con j form to the th Utah law