1060 EXPERIMENT STATION I'.HCORD. 



ebet'so factories and croaiiicrii's. milk iiisjiccl idii, an accdtiiit of prosecutions 

 under the law. and similar data. 



Chemist's analyses, II. Fisciii:k (Hcmidiin. IS id. Dniri/ a ml I'nod C'un. Win., 

 I!>01\ .Vo. //-/..', /)/(. .'*-/0.i).— iMiriiif,' tlio year endinj; Decemiier 31, 1007, it is 

 sfated tliat 2,ir»T sami)]es of food and drujrs were analyzed, of which l.OIJT wen- 

 liroiiouncetl unlawful l)y reason of being adulterated or misbranded. 



" It should be emphasized that these figures and those given in the appended 

 summary do not liy any means represent the true condition of the Wisconsin 

 marl<et. In most instances only such samples were sent to the laboratory for 

 analysis as were suspected of l>eing adulterated. This was iiarticularly true 

 of butter, cheese, cream, milk. oleomargarini> and canned goods, where the 

 ratios of unlawful to lawful samples are very much higher than the actual 

 figures. For example, while the actual number of sami)les of milk collected 

 by our inspectors from creameries and cheese factories was 4.470, only 143 were 

 sent to the laboratory as suspicious. Of these 143 samples, 12.3, or 2.75 jier 

 cent of the total number, were found adulterated. In the case of drugs, how- 

 ever, the figures in most cases show the actual conditirms of the Wisconsin 

 market in respect to the kinds of drugs analyzed." 



fReport of the dairy, food, and oil commissioner of Wyoming], E. W. 

 BURKK (Ann. R/it. Doinj. Food and Oil Cnnir. H'f/o.. ', tl!)()S], j,i). /-,'?./,)._A 

 general account of the work of the Wyoming State Dairy. Food, and Oil Com- 

 missioner. Summaries of infoi-mation on a variety of topics connected with i)ure 

 food are included, as well as a discussion of conditions in meat markets and 

 slaughterhouses, hotels and restaurants, and daires. Tlie author reconnnends 

 that hotels and restaurants should be under the same supervision and by the 

 same authorities as meat markets and slaughterhouses. 



Food inspection decisions (U. S. Dcijt. Agr., Food Ins/i. 7)fY'».s(o».s lO'/. jtii. .} : 

 105, pp. ^ ; JOG, pi>. 2). — These decisions have to do with the amendment to Food 

 Inspection Decisions 7(> and SO, relating to the use in foods of benzoate of soda, 

 the labeling of canned salmon and whitefish. and the amendment of Food In- 

 spection Decision 77, particularly with reference to the definition of the terms 

 "batch" and "mixtures." 



P\)od Inspection Decision 104 contains the report of the Referee Board of Con- 

 sulting Scientific Expex'ts, appointed by the President of the United States, to 

 consider the use of benzoic acid. 



"The main general conclusions reached by the Referee Board are as follows: 



"First. Sodium bcMizoate in small doses (inider 0.r> gm. per day) mixed with 

 the food is without deleterious or ])oisonous action and is not injurious to liealth. 



" Second. Sodium benzoate in large doses (up to 4 gm. per day) mixed with 

 the food has not been found to exert any deleterious etfect on the general health, 

 nor to act as a poison in the general acceptation of the term. In some direc- 

 tions there were slight modifications in certain physiological processes, the 

 exact significance of which modifications is not known. 



"Third. The admixture of sodium benzoate with food in small or large doses 

 has not been found to injuriously affect or impair the quality or nutritive value 

 of such food." 



Notices of judgment (U. S. Drpf. Ar/r.. Xotirr.'^ of Jiidf/nirnt S8, pp. 2; .7.0-.'/.?. 

 pp. 7; .'iS-Jil, pp. 11 ; .'iS-.'iiK pp. 7/). — These notices of judgment have to do with 

 the misbranding of canned corn, corn and beans, canned peas, butter, meal, niaiile 

 sirup, and coffee, and the j;dulteration of water and eggs, and the adulteration 

 and misbranding of whisky and vanilla extract. 



Food legislation during the year ended June 30. 1908, W. D. Bkirlow and 

 N. A. Parkinson ( T. N. Drpurtmrni Agr., Bin-. Chnn. liiiK 121, pp. 8.5). — This 

 bulletin is a compilation of the food legislation enacted in the United States 



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