Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-02 | Page 1 | Foods Are Adulterated

POODS ARE ADULTERATED One-Half of Specimens Analyzed Contain Con-tain Foreign Ingredients, TOPE K A. Kan , Jun. 1. "Of the twenty manufactured food specimens sent J T Wtllar of the chemicul department of the State Agricultural college, and Prof. E. H S Bailey of the Kansas State university. uni-versity. Just one-half were found to contain con-tain preservatives. adulterations and coloring matters. Some of the Topeka specimens were caught, but they were not anything compared with the several foreign foody Two or three of the latter were dimply vile and Infamous." This statement was made today by l"r. S J Crumblne. secretary of the State Board of Health, who on Pecemher 23. turned over a number of articles purchased pur-chased on the opn market to ho analyzed for their purity. The majority of " the articles were syrups, teas, vinegars, extracts ex-tracts and butter. Dr Crumblne refuses re-fuses to give out the exact findings at present.