The Bulletin 9 



NOTICE TO DEALERS AJfD MANUFACTURERS. 



The attention of dealers and manufacturers is called to the follow- 

 ing facts : 



BLEACHING OF FLOUR. 



Since the Federal courts have decided that flour bleached by the Alsop 

 process is adulterated within the meaning of the Food Law, and that the 

 character of the adulteration is such that no statement upon the package 

 or label will bring bleached flour within the law, the sale of flour 

 bleached to any extent after January first, 1913, will be regarded as a 

 violation of the State Food Law, and prosecutions for the same will 

 be made by the Department. 



VINEGAR. 



According to the standards adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 of the United States which have been adopted by the Board of Agricul- 

 ture under the North Carolina Food Law, and which are State stand- 

 ards, vinegar is a product made from apple cider, and nothing else 

 can be legally sold simply and merely as vinegar. Any other product 

 as a substitute for vinegar, such as compound vinegar, spirit vinegar, 

 malt vinegar, sugar vinegar, glucose vinegar, etc., must be sold as such 

 and can not be sold merely as vinegar, the latter being a product made 

 from apple cider. It seems to be quite a custom among the dealers of 

 the State that when a customer calls for vinegar to furnish him with 

 compound vinegar, spirit vinegar, or any other substitute for vinegar 

 that he happens to have. The sale of any of the substitutes for vinegar 

 as vinegar without making the character of the product known to the 

 purchaser is a violation of the law and will be prosecuted by the De- 

 partment. 



CANNED YEGETABIES COLORED WITH COPPER SALTS. 



The question of whether the greening of vegetables for human food 

 with copper salts constitutes a violation of the National Food Law 

 was referred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Referee Board of 

 Consulting Scientific Experts. After an exhaustive investigation of the 

 subject the Referee Board reports to the Secretary, in part, as follows: 



"It appears from our investigations, that in certain directions, even 

 such small quantities of copper may have a deleterious action and must 

 be considered injurious to health." 



As the use in food of an ingredient which may render the latter 

 injurious to health is a violation of the State Food Law, and as the 

 "Referee Board" has said that small quantities of copper in food must 

 be considered injurious to health, this Department will in the future 

 consider the sale in North Carolina of vegetables colored with copper 

 salts a violation of the State Food Law, and such violations after Jan- 

 uary 1, 1913, will be prosecuted. 



SIRUPS AND MOLASSES. 



According to the standards under the State Food Law "Sirup" is a 

 product made from the juice of a sugar-producing plant. Under the law 

 a product made otherwise is not a true sirup and can not be sold as such. 



