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Show Warning Against I'reservatlTrs. EI. O. dronveuor, dairy and food commissioner com-missioner ot Michigan, sends out tho following: Wo doalro to caution dairymen and dcalors in milk against tho use in their products ot tho so-called preservatives now upon the market. Many aof theso mixtures aro decidedly dangerous, and the steady absorption ot tho samo, especially es-pecially by Invalids and children, who aro generally largo consumers of milk, Is likely to produco serious If not fatal effects. Asldo from the directly Injurious In-jurious character of somo ot these preservatives, pre-servatives, they all tend to retard fermentation, fer-mentation, thus at least indirectly preventing digestion. Sclenco has demonstrated dem-onstrated that tho value of all food depends very much upon tho roadlness with which It Is assimilated in the process of digestion and scientific- authorities au-thorities agreo that whatever prevents decomposition delays digestion. Thero are legitimate methods of preservation preserva-tion which do not Involve tho uso of noxious drugs and tho department will prosccuto dealers iu milk found using these deleterious mixtures. |