Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-01-30 | Page 4 | Dr. Wiley's Mistake

OR DR WILEYS MISTAKE A board of distinguished chemists ap appointed polLuted pointed pol ted by the president has overruled Dr Harvey W Wiley pure food expert of the department of who ruled against benzoate bt bf soda as a pre preservative tle in food products There be being beIng beIng ing no question as to the correctness of ot otI I the boards conclusions It is rumored Dr Wiley will resign his position Two other questions referred to the board from Dr Wileys decisions respecting ting them are now being considered and it itIs itIs itis Is stated will be decided against the contentions of ot Dr Wiley One ne of these relates to the use of sulphate of copper copperas as coloring matter in fn canned vegetables the thi th other to the use of ot saccharine as sweetening sweetening matter The conclusions of the board regarding the use of ot benzoate of soda were as follows First Sodium benzoate in small doses under 05 pram gram per day mixed with the food Is 15 without deleterious or poisonous action and is not Injurious to health he Second Sodium benzoate In large doses dOUB up to four grams per day da mixed with the food tood has not been found to exert any del deleterious us effect on the general health nor norto norto norto to act as a poison polson in the general acceptation tion of the term tenn In some directions there were slight modifications In certain phys physiological physIological processes the exact significance i of ot which modifications is not known Third The admixture of ot sodium benzoate with food tood in small or large doses has not been be n found to Injuriously affect or Impair the quality or nutritive value of at such food tood Dr Wiley tWiley has accomplished a great work and It Is a matter of profound re regret r regret gret that the government is about bo t to lose his services on account of an error chargeable to extreme solicitude for the health of the people of the country