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The Bulletin. 



RESULTS OF EXAMINATION 



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8506 



Material and Brand 

 from Label 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis 



A. S. Womble, Raleigh- 



E. A. Saunders & Sons, Richmond, iC. E. Jourdan, Durham. 



Va. 

 .do. -- !C. Sawj'er, Asheville 



( Cheese, cream - . _ Norris Bros., Raleigh, N. C 



8622; do- 



8505. 



8512 do - 'Scott&Co., Norfolk, Va C. C. Jones* Son, Raleigh. 



8507 do do W. B. Mann & Co., Raleigh. 



li 



8620|Chcese. 



do jN. E. Couch, Durham. 



R. E. Hurst, Durham. 



86351 do Thomas-Howard Co., Durham, 



I N. C. 



8623 Cheese, cream. IJ. McLennon, Durham. 



CHEMICAL FRUIT PRESERVATIVES. 



The use of antiseptics or chemical preservatives in foods and bev- 

 erages is an evil that has for several years demanded the attention of 

 food officials. 



The knowledge that we have of the effect of these preservatives on 

 digestion and health tends to show that they are deleterious and that 

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

 and frequency of the dose. 



An investigation by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, has sho'\\Ti conclusively that the use in foods 

 of at least thi-ee of these chemical preservatives, viz., boric acid or 

 borates, salicylic acid. or salicylates, sulphurous acid or sulphites, is 

 deleterious and dangerous to health. 



The investigation showed that boric acid or borates, when taken 

 into the body with food to the amount of four or five grains per day, 

 continued for some time, results in most cases in loss of appetite and 

 a feeling of fullness and uneasiness in the stomach, which in some 

 cases resulted in nausea, with a general tendency to produce a dull and 

 persistent headache. 



Regarding salic^dic acid, the investigation showed that it is, when 

 used in foods, at first a stimulant, increasing the solubility and ab- 

 sorption of food elenionts fiom the alimentary canal. It soon, how- 



