The Bulletin. 



73 



INATION OF CORN MEAL. 



Microscopic Examination. 



Corn product. 



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Adulterants. 



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Remarks and 

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Very little adulteration in flour has been found recently, except the 

 bleaching of it by the use of oxide of nitrogen. Investigations have 

 shown that oxides of nitrogen when taken with food into the body are 

 deleterious to health, and that the bleaching of flour with nitrogen 

 peroxide not only improves its appearance without improving the 

 quality, but actually more or less injures the product. So the sale 

 of flour bo bleached La a violation of subsections 4 and 5 of section 

 6 of the State Food Law. 



In December, 1008, the Secretary of Agriculture of the United 

 States issued a decision regarding the bleaching of flour, which is 

 in part as follows : 



