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their effect on the health of the consumer depends upon th quantity 

 and frequency of the dose. Their use in foods has heen objected to to 

 such an extent that the manufacturers of food products have, to a great 

 extent, discontinued their use. That being the case the manufacturers 

 of these preservatives have had to seek other fields for their products. 

 Now they are making the greatest effort to sell them direct to the 

 country people who preserve or put up their own fruit and vegetables. 

 As the fruit and vegetables put up at home are not offered for sale the 

 use of chemical preservatives in them is not a violation of the law, but 

 if they should not be used in food to be offered for sale they certainly 

 should not be used in food to be consumed by one's own family. How- 

 ever, a very small amount of benzoate of soda in a food eaten not fre- 

 quently or in large amounts at a time would probably do no serious 

 injury, but it should not be used in food, that is eaten frequently, and 

 consumed freely. If food products are put up under proper sanitary 

 conditions a chemical preservative is not necessary. One of the greatest 

 objections to the use of these preservatives in food is they induce or at 

 least make way for the uncleanly and insanitary manufacture of food 

 products. 



During the year 65 samples of these preservatives were examined, all 

 of which proved to be either salicylic acid or compounds composed 

 largely of it. 



If properly branded these products can be legally sold, for salicylic 

 acid has its legitimate use in medicine. However, eleven of the sam- 

 ples examined bore misleading and deceptive statements on the labels 

 and were therefore, misbranded and sold in violation of the law. 



CHEMICAL FRUIT PRESERVING POWDERS. 



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Remarks and Conclusions 



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Salicylic acid. Salicylic acid in food is deleterious to health and renders the sale of the food illegal. 



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Salicylic acid, and should be so labeled. It is misbranded in that it states it contains nothing 

 harmful. Salicylic acid in food renders the food deleterious to health and its sale illegal, 

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