Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-11-01 | Page 12 | Inspector Condemns California Prunes

INSPECTOR CONDEMNS CALIFORNIA PRUNES Nearly half a car of prunes, held at the Twin Peaks Canning corapain factory at Murray by Fred J. Fabian Co . to whom they were consigned from California, was esterdav ordered order-ed rendered unfit for human consumption consump-tion h Wlllard Hansen, stato dairy and food commissioner H (' Smith chief deputy of the department, notified noti-fied the commission house that the prunes could be sold for hog feed or other purposes, but that they must he treated with kerosene or otherwise made inedible for humans. The prunes were received earl in September, and as fhe were thought unwholesome the Fabian company hebl them until the state department should determine whether the i Should he destroyed Herman Harms state chemist after testing the con-1 'enfs of a box declared the fruit Wormy and unfit for food. The co-ernment co-ernment men also took a hand In the Investigation and reached a similar! conclusion Thr Etal an company suggested that fho fruit could he cleaned by a special process and made wholesome However, Mr. Hansen derided that as he would he unwilling to eat IUCO food he did not wish the public to. SO the order was issued, to which the I company agreed