Pure food legislationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 - 32 pages |
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... samples of different manufacturers who had attempted or pretended to comply with the law , and it said " just as good as cream of tartar baking powder , " putting in large letters the words " cream of tartar . " Mr. President , you can ...
... samples of different manufacturers who had attempted or pretended to comply with the law , and it said " just as good as cream of tartar baking powder , " putting in large letters the words " cream of tartar . " Mr. President , you can ...
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... samples were pure cream of tartar . They were " C. T. S. , " cream of tartar substi- tute , which is a preparation of alum ; and even in the drug stores , where they are supposed to keep pure cream of tartar , that was the case . * * I ...
... samples were pure cream of tartar . They were " C. T. S. , " cream of tartar substi- tute , which is a preparation of alum ; and even in the drug stores , where they are supposed to keep pure cream of tartar , that was the case . * * I ...
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... samples , and in almost no case was the sirup marked for what it really was . We have had as high as four grades of maple sirup , all branded " Maple Sirup " and containing all the way from 20 to 80 per cent of glucose . The committee ...
... samples , and in almost no case was the sirup marked for what it really was . We have had as high as four grades of maple sirup , all branded " Maple Sirup " and containing all the way from 20 to 80 per cent of glucose . The committee ...
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... sample of cream of tartar which was purchased in groceries and drug stores was a fraud . His evidence shows but one sample having the least trace of cream of tartar in it ; that he did buy sam- ples at the cream - of - tartar ...
... sample of cream of tartar which was purchased in groceries and drug stores was a fraud . His evidence shows but one sample having the least trace of cream of tartar in it ; that he did buy sam- ples at the cream - of - tartar ...
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... samples of articles of food and of articles or compounds intended to be used in the preparation of food , offered for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States , or found in any State other than that in ...
... samples of articles of food and of articles or compounds intended to be used in the preparation of food , offered for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States , or found in any State other than that in ...
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Agriculture alum baking powder alum in baking alumina aluminum and phosphate aluminum compounds aluminum hydroxide aluminum salts animal article of food article or compound astringent baking pow Baking powders containing bicarbonate of soda bill brands bread carbonic CHAIRMAN CHARLES EDWARD MUNROE chemist Chicago Columbian University composition or preparation constituent cream of tartar DEAR SIR decomposition effect evidence examined excess of alum fact flour food adulteration food products gastric juice glucose grape human system hydrochloric acid hydroxide of aluminum imperfect mixture insoluble JOHN WILLIAM MALLET kidneys legislation MASON MCMURTRIE PETTIGREW phosphate of aluminum physician poison pound powders containing alum process of digestion Professor MALLET Professor MUNROE professor of chemistry public health Pure Foods question samples sirup sodium solution STATEMENT stomach substances sulphate of aluminum Surgeon-General United tartar baking powder tartrate of potash testified United States Navy University Washington Wiley WILLIAM WILLIAM E
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Page 8 - Columbia, or from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this act, is hereby prohibited; and any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any state or territory or the District...
Page 9 - That it shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom the Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act, or to whom any...
Page 9 - ... manufactured or offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or In any territory of the United States, or which shall be offered for sale in unbroken packages in any state other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, or which shall be received from any foreign country, or Intended for shipment to any foreign country, or which may be submitted for examination by the...
Page 9 - ... foreign country, shall be liable to be proceeded against in any district court of the United States...
Page 9 - The proceedings of such libel cases shall conform, as near as may be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any such case, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of the United States.
Page 22 - ... support the view that digestion is impaired by the presence in the stomach of the substances formed during the decomposition of alum. They consider that the public welfare would be improved by the exclusion of alum from all bread-making materials. No alum baking powder is furnished to the Army.
Page 9 - If it shall appear from such examination that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated the...
Page 6 - Senate 3 which was agreed to : Whereas it has been for years publicly charged that in the manufacture of articles of food and drink many manufacturers of the United States who transport their goods from one State to another do most grossly adulterate such products, to the serious detriment of the public health and to the defrauding of purchasers, Therefore, Resolved, That the Committee on Manufactures of the Senate is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and ascertain what, if any, manufacturers...
Page 26 - SMART, of the United States Army, say that while the injurious effect of the residua of alum baking powder is a matter of dispute, and while it is difficult to connect dyspepsia in the...
Page 10 - ... commonly sold in this country are the tartrate and the alum baking powders, and that the ideal baking powder is the tartrate, consisting of the acid tartrate of potash, obtained from the grape. When the wine ferments, the tartrate, being less soluble than the alcohol, is precipitated, and is then taken and purified and mixed with bicarbonate of soda, and a little starch to keep it dry and to act as a filler. In making bread the acid tartrate decomposes and sets free carbonic acid, which leavens...