| Show ACTIVE CRUSADE fOR PURE FOOD State Department Gets Busy Looking After Violations S of Law PRODUCTS ARE MISBRANDED Many Labels Are Misleading and Some Articles Are Adulterated Dealers In food products of oC various kinds In tho the stat stati of oC Utah and anil tho the manufacturer of or those products will viii willbo ho bo under the eye oe of or the state dairy and food rood bureau during the time next few rew months as a n result of ot the stop which are being taken b by Willard Hanson Mate clair dairy and food commissioner and his deputies to enforce the laws Jaws lawson Jawson on the subject of oC pure puro food toad G. G Smith tho deputy who has hns b been en assisting assisting as ns- the commissioner thus far Car has beep kept bu busy y for tor several weeks Inn Ina In Ina a n tour toUl of oC some of oC tho counties of oC tho the state and starting about July 1 I the commissioner will have the of or two additional deputies s tho the appointment appoint appoint- ment mont of whom was authorized b by tho the state te bureau at Its meeting last week The commissioner proposes to carry carryon on all a crusade against d dealers who are found guilty guilt of ot using preservatives and other harmful substances s In various forms of or food tood products and those who vho have e not been obeying tho laws law In re regard re- re gard to the proper labeling of or articles offered for Cor sale the manufacturers ml als also coming under this head Are Aro r Violated Tests have hl been made matle of or many samples sam sam- pies ples embracing various articles r use used as foods I h by Herman Harms state chemist recently which have havo revealed ro the tho fact tact that there was sas not strict com corn with the laws One sample o of bottled strawberry soda water te tested teste during the tho last week b by the chemist was found to contain coal coni tar dye o nn and t accompanying the report on the tile test was as a n statement from the thio chemist that thai the tle soda olla water Is ls mIsbranded In not stating that It 11 contains artificial colorIng colorIng color- color Ing log and flavoring 1 also The Tho officials of ot the department have havo discovered ered other violations of or the tho laws In the misbranding of or articles such as vinegar the acetic acid variety of or which has lias been lQ to bo lie branded und under r other names a n form torm of or pure concentrated extract of lemon which Is I said to contain only onh a u. small volume of ot lemon oil as I well wel as aM In so called olive olivo oil which when tested was as found to be tho the cottonseed article Proper As 8 a n. result of oC a discussion which took place at last weeks week's meeting meeting- of or the board rd representatives of oC several manufacturers man mann will be asked to attend the next meeting of or tho thit hoard board on Jul July 16 16 to participate In a discussion on the subject cl of or wll why food products of or various arlous vari i ous kinds should bo ie properly branded as to tho the weight ht or measure masuro of oC the product One Ono of tho the articles under consideration con con- Is flour It having hn been stated that flour Is sold under certain representations which do 10 not comply with the tho law as ns to labeling It Is said that tho the manufacturers will be ho asked to show simon wh why they should not set Ret forth on tho the PI package O the exact number r o of pounds which It It Is supposed to contain |
