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Show BREAKING OF RICE PACKAGES INVESTIGATED The breaking of psckages of rice so that the cereal may be sold in bulk has brought another problem to the state food and dairv commissioner, and incidentally inci-dentally to toe grocers of Halt Lake City. The more common form of rice ia said to be eovered with a thin coating of glucose and tale. The package come labeled all right and aa such do not constitute con-stitute a violation of the pure food laws, since the ingredient are not necessarily injurious, and are mentioned in the label. But when the package is broken to sccommodate the housewife, difficulty srleea, and if the state official eare to press the matter it i (aid they can bring proaeeutione againat the dealers. They are investigating the situation, in view of the fact that preparationa from rice are frequently a food for invslids. |