Show h Foodstuffs Pure Purt Is s Harm to Spry Iterated Products Have Been Banished From State Merchants and Manufacturers Are Lauded Utah ah as a state is at least 50 So per cent more chemically pure f ear ear than it was two years ago Such is a declaration made madet madele state chemist Herman Harms in his biennial report filed le t Uil Ithe governor yesterday N No longer does the cream of f imitation adulterated or impure products duCts flood the Utah its g gOld Old Old offenders according to lawful port have all stepped in ith the state department and as Ith the state chemically has hasl l d a ead into the first rank CoLio Cotlon Co Co- Lio between food sellers gro gro- wholesalers and in short handling Loos s or firms selling or products ducts Is better now than it it iti i been before according to the report will not make many to the legislature Ining the stand Harms says proud to boast of her hon- hon Utah tah has gotten rid ertain class of dealers which so more heavily populated the East the East the dealer who by y very every means in his power to tolt lt Uhe e law and beat his custom- custom a he majOritY majOritY-a a vast majority majority- Utah men engaged in handling In any form are behind us fight to give the public clean purs r food and regular food Is Improved port which Is the first state report to be filed this year in inIs the butter situation Is now better than It was at the f his last report At that time timet i t vigorous campaign being I Ithe the state chemist and Id td and dairy commissioner lith against butter makers the public by measures jut tut a single exception weighs up to standard says Harms may t as readily as another the e least fear of being cheated weight 20 more samples have been h ht year than during the term the th lie filing of the last report miles test range from milk to lil jarine and from ice cream to 11 tare ere have been 1690 various I examined tested and I rr e samples have been sub 1 by both the state dair dairy and and the state board Ith The chemist made san san- teater r and ice analyses and a anany anany anany nany tests test have been conducted ire tr nest of the state live stock stoner board of land commis- commis pd d other state departments use luse of the fact that the dent de nt tas examined a great many manya samples a ples s this term tew really no criterion of the g condition I w I a atter matter of fact fact the report lest es- es esIn in nearly all cases it is ish ish h suspicious samples on the thet I 11 t jat at are sent to the depart depart- bO 1 I examination Even many of of Lr r returned with the stamp of ofal al upon them so taken taken I ho hole e e. e only a very small tall n the foods on the market in tj would fall within the class t or misbranding stratifying to note he cont cont con con- t at the food supply in the ph h Is it continually improving P. P fly the a rl rations are grow- grow pr js Jf nd 1 less les ss but the quality of I itself is of a much higher d d hen han in iu former years True 0 bf or the majority of foods has ed d materially with other coms com com- s s jf f life me yet the tile consumer in instances instances stances today is getting more hah tan n he did in former years Of lIte e allowances must be cost of production of Article of food majority I-majority of the merchants of ite to possess the sterling I I reliability fairness and hon hon- dealing and excepting a few hd ad would not handle handlo foods fey know to be adulterated or jh h is no longer the dumping for unscrupulous unload their adulterated stuff pith which no honest p an n is compete says Harms But Butt St t not pot be too optimistic The pent perit cannot and mu must t not for fore forent e ent nt t relax its vigilance to keep prese high standard which in so long in the attainment e raised sed Jr pi ss of Salt Lake and the ther r g j cities and towns of the iven praise in part of the theIsts theIst's report A violator of oes not mind so much the tho posed by court says the re- re J putt he does most strenuously J othe notoriety in his local er er The press has be been n largely Cental in the in-the the matter of th e. e food question for forthe the peor's peo- peo e the state is 13 enjoying such rs r's R n of chemical goodness Chem- Chem en n his report says no Aon will DP bp made to the legis- legis rc rcPt Pt those made male in I bf the he food commissioner and dairy and food bureau of the report is taJ taken en up upP P elaborated treatise on the thea slot a of samples examined during years The first division look bok ok Is alcohol it is 11 stated that upon f of several persons f office of the state chem- chem of liquors was wasI I jd d three Fifty samples of al- al Pre re collected In Salt Lake and from druggists and saloon I n Five were of poor standard I 1 been een adulterated with water re Standard I g Ug division comes next and I a a whole the drugs In Salt Salti j 1 I Utah i are up to the standard v. v In some cases in the measures lures the druggists were m a a most surprising R and and gratifying says the theIs Several veral boxes of aspirin la- la tablets were found Is p 11 tablets powder is next dealt with ended highly in both quality t jec e universal compliance with with e rits ts is and measures law one fifty samples of bread T In n the state but three failed tailed litty e law laws i requirements Tho The vas was not one however of 1 Impurity purity or adulteration The loaves were not labeled to state the thenet thenet thenet net weight Butter in Utah Is boosted in the re re- re port Oleomargarine complies compiles with the law There Is practically no no adulteration of candy In Utah The canned foods proposition is ex ex- ex Catsup was found to be slightly adulterated in the addition of an ex excessive excessive ex- ex x- x amount of flour and starch I solely added to give body or tency One of the detestable practices In Incident Incident In- In to the handling of catsups is the case case of of many restaurants refilling the bottles of high standard branas brands of catsup With the cheapest grade of bulk catsup Certainly some regulations should be made to prevent frauds of this character Cheese in Utah Is Cider cocoa and chocolate are allI all passed and rate high Coffee is not treated too generously I Coffee Misbranded I I In former years says the report coffee was extensively adulterated with chicory This practice has practically practically practically ceased now because the root Isas is isas isas as expensive as the coffee The principal principal prin prin- ci cipal al offense in the coffee trade today is the misbranding of the Brazil coffee coffee coffee cof cof- fee for Mocha and Java While chicory contains nothing that Is Injurious to health and Is de desired desired de- de sired in coffee by some people it is not a substance to be palmed off on the public at large for p pure re A simple t test st says the chemist to show whether or not a sample of ground coffee is pure or adulterated is isto isto isto to shake some in cold water Pure coffee coffee coffee cof cof- fee will float ori on the surface while the ordinary adulterants such as cereals and chicory will sink and show a coloring coloring coloring col col- col- col oring in water the generally of a dark brownish red hue The test must be quickly done for in time the coffee grounds will also subside to the bottom bottom bot bot- tom Fifteen samples of coffee and coffee coffee cof cof- fee substitutes were examined and passed free from adulteration and so so- so and full weight Milk grape Juice flavoring extracts flour ice cream lard an and spices were all said to be exceptionally free from I Whisky samples collected from saloons saloons sa sa- sa- sa I loons and drug stores in the state show a decidedly poor c condition only one of fifteen samples from Ogden being I passed and only one out of twentynine twentynine twentynine twenty twenty- nine from Salt Lake mp slut ot out twee of-twee brandy brand Titles ll pass passed d the law Out OL or of iO 10 0 samples of water collected collected collected col col- in the state thirty seven were not passed V |