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which have been presented, and that is that in the interests of health 

 both benzoic acid and benzoate of soda should be excluded from food 

 products. This conclusion is reached independently of any con- 

 sideration of the conditions which it is alleged surround the processes 

 of manufacture and which result in the demands of manufacturers to 

 be allowed to continue the use of these substances. This is a subject 

 which must be discussed from an entirely different point of view and 

 has no bearing whatever upon the general conclusions which have been 

 reached, namely, that both benzoic acid and benzoate of soda are 

 bodies which, when added to foods, are injurious to health. 



H. W. WILEY, M. D., 



Chief, Bureau of Chemistry. 

 Approved : 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14, 1908. 



[Cir. 39] 



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