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Show ORDER MODIFIED. Impure Food Allowed to Be Sold in This Country. New York. July 11. Secretary Wril-son Wril-son has sent out a circular letter in regard to a large amount of adulterated foodstuffs imported since the pure food law went into effect, and which have been held ud because the bureau of chemistry of the department found that all kinds of adulteration had been practiced. prac-ticed. Secretary Wilson in this order modifies modi-fies a former one in which he had declared de-clared that the goods must all be sent back to Europe. A number of the largest larg-est wholesale grocers jn New York who were concerned in the importations made a strong case, pleading a misunderstanding misun-derstanding of the law. The secretary's order, which arrived at the New York : custom house today, provides that goods already imported shall not be sent back, but may be sold in this country. coun-try. He orders, however, that cans of peas colored with sulphate of copper shall be distinctly labelled so as to show this fact, various strawberry jams shall bear a label reading "artificially colored," col-ored," and some canned mushrooms must be sold as "stems and scraps." |