Show DuE MiLK AALL Dairyman Discovered Using Formaldehyde TWO SAMPLES WERE TESTED Both Found to Contain the Preservative Preserva-tive Health Department Has tho Matter in Hand and May Institute Prosecution One Sainplo Kept Sweet for Seven Days and the Other Four Days Without the Aid of Ice Last Summers Experience Some milk dealers have again commenced com-menced the use of strong formaldehyde formalde-hyde which gave the health authorities so much trouble last summer A lady brought two samples oC milk to the health office a couple of days ago which on being analyzed showed the presence of formaldehyde The lady said thai one sample stood four days und the other seven days without the aid of artificial cold and did not become be-come sour owing doubtless to the presence of the preservative The samples were from ml Ik sold by a dairyman in the southwest part of the city The man It is said has seven cows and so far has been conducting the dairy business without a license LOOKING AFTER OTHERS The Health Commissioner has ordered samples to be taken from milk being supplied by a number of dairies with a view to discovering whether formaldehyde for-maldehyde Is being generally used and in the meantime Is considering the advisability ad-visability of prosecuting the one already al-ready discovered The samples tested not having been taken by a health officer there might be some difficult In proving that they came from the dairy In question hence It may be necessary to have properly identified samples before a successful prosecution can be conducted Dr King says that from time to time samples of milk have been ana lysed and this Is the first time this season in which formaldehyde has been detected LAST SUMMERS EXPERIENCE Last summer quite a number of dairymen used formaldehyde to preserve pre-serve their milk By means of It milk can be kept sweet for an Indefinite period according to the amount of the drug used Dairymen therefore find It a very convenient article In warm weather It Is claimed however by various physicians that embalmed milk is a dangerous thing to take Into the I human stomach It Is claimed that It retards digestion even when used In aIm 6 st inffnitcsslmal quantities and that In some Instances death has resulted re-sulted from the habitual use of food containing It It Is regarded as especially espe-cially baneful to children and its use in milk In this city last summer It was considered by l the medical fraternity was responsible for the unusually high rate of mortality among infants and younp children Proceedings were Instituted In the cdurts last summer against seven or eight dairymen for usingit but they promised to desist and made arrangements arrange-ments to defend the actions mainly on the ground that the drug when taken In small quantities was not harmful In their position they were backed by the manufacturers of the preservative The County Attorney had samples of milk analyzed and employed experts fo testify to1 its effects but as the winter came on and it appeared that the dairymen quit using It the cases were never brought to trial and aro still pending |