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The Bulletin. 



Flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide, as affected by the Food^and Drugs Act 

 of June 30, 190G, has been made the subject of a careful investigation extending 

 over several months. 



A public hearing on this subject was held by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 and the Board of Food and Drug Inspection, beginning November 18, 190S, and 

 continuing five days. At this hearing those who favored the bleaching process 

 and those who opposed it were given equal opportunities to be heard. 



It is my opinion, based upon all the testimony given at the hearing, upon the 

 reports of those who have investigated the subject, upon the literature, and 

 upon the unanimous opinion of the Board of Food and Drug Inspection, that 

 flour bleached by nitrogen peroxide is an adulterated product under the Food 

 and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906 ; that the character of the adulteration is such 

 that no statement upon the label will bring bleached flour within the law, and 

 that such flour cannot legally be made or sold in the District of Columbia or 

 in the Territories, or be transported or sold in interstate commerce. 



In view of the extent of the bleaching process and of the immense quantity 

 of bleached flour now on hand or in process of manufacture, no prosecutions 



RESULTS OF THE EX 



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Material and Brand 

 from Label. 



6658 

 6663 

 6664 

 6665 



Flour, Cream of the Val- 

 ley. 

 Flour, Columbia 



Flour, Table Belle. 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler. 



Flour, Mollie King. 



6667 Flour, Blue Ribbon. 



6670 Flour, Tar Heel 



667! Flour, Point Lace.. 



6672 Flour, Zenith 



6673iFlour, Forest King- 



Mitchell & Shank, Timberville, 



Va. 

 Dan Valley Mills, Danville, Va. 



Osvill Milling Co., Osvill, O. ... 



Tennessee Mill Co., Estill 

 Springs, Tenn. 



Heck-Jones-Jewell Milling Co., 

 New York. 



Piedmont Milling Co., Lynch- 

 burg, Va. 



do. 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis. 



Best & Thompson, Goldsboro. _ 



L. M. Michaux Co., Goldsboro . 



L. Harvey & Sons Co., Kinston 



R. T. Willis, Morehead City 



The Worth Co., Wilmington... 



i Holmes Grocery Co., Wilming- 

 ton. 

 ...do 



6674 

 6675 

 6676 



Flour, Lily White. 

 Flour, Irondale — 

 Flour, Purity 



6677 Flour, Big Four. 



6678 

 6679 

 6681 

 6682 

 6684 

 6685 

 6686 

 6687 

 6688 



Flour, Harter's A. No. 1 



Flour, Wedding Cake 



Flour, Driven Snow 



Flour, Pillsbury's Best.. 



Flour, Pond Lily 



Flour, Pride of Salem 



Flour, Honest 



do 



Flour, Pond Lily 



ijFlour, Pride of the Shen- 

 andoah. 

 6690 Flour, Climax 



i 



The Dunlop Mills, Richmond, 

 Va. 

 ..do 



.do. 



McNair & Pearsall, Wilming- 

 ton, N. C. 

 Wallace Milling Co., Dale, Ind. 



Cairo Milling Co., Cairo, 111 



The Isaac Harter Milling Co., 

 Toledo, O. 



Tennessee Mill Co., Estill 



Springs, Tenn. 

 Pillslmry- Washburn-Crosby Co 



Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Wachovia Mills, Winston-Salem, 



N. C. 

 do 



J. I. Triplett, Woodstock, Va. 

 do 



Wachovia Mills, Winston-Salem 



N. C. 

 Strasburg Mills, Strasburg, Va.. 



Strasburg Steam Flour Mills, 

 Strasburg, Va. 



Whitfield & French, Lumberton 



do 



do.. 



J. F. McNair, Laurinburg 



do 



The Covington-Hammond Co.. 



Laurinburg. 

 J. W. Carter, Maxton. 



.do. 



Mt. Airy Feed Store, Mt. Airy . 



do 



West-Hill Co., Mt. Airy 



do 



C. L. Marshall, Mt. Airy 



W. B. Haymore, Mt. Airy 



do -- 



A. G. Bowman, Mt. Airy 



G. C. Welch, Mt. Airy. 



