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Aniline or coal tar dyes are now extensively employed in 

 coloring canned goods, candies, meats, catsups, most preserves and 

 jellies, and many so-called temperance drinks, such as sodas and 

 pops. Many of the coal tar dyes are known to be poisonous. (Bur. 

 Chem. 100; Wyoming St. 33.) 



SOME OTHER INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS. 



Do not buy catsup from a keg or jug, or jelly from a bucket 

 which stands open in the grocery store day after day. Examine the 

 label on foods. Insist that your grocers guarantee the quality and 

 purity of everything they sell you for food and drink. The grocer 

 should know his business as well as the doctor, druggist or attorney 

 should know his. Do not eat food which is guaranteed to keep for 

 any length of time in any climate. Such an embalmed mixture 

 has no business in the human stomach. Do not, under any cir- 

 cumstances, buy a bottle or jar or package of food in the original 

 package which is not labeled with the name and address of the 

 manufacturer who puts it up. The information which the law 

 commands shall be made known to the consumer, is often printed 

 in small type or placed where it is least liable to be read, or put in 

 terms with which the general public are not familiar. 



The following paragraphs explain some of these terms and 

 point out where to look for the labels and what they mean. The 

 labels reproduced in the illustrations were taken from articles of 

 food on sale in Kentucky. 



EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS USED IN LABELS. 



Benzoate of Soda, 

 Benzoic Acid, 

 Boric Acid, 



Salicylic Acid, 



Formaldehyde, 



Freezine, 



Preservaline, 



Sulphites, 



Saccharin, 



Are terms used in labels indicating the presence of anti- 



septics. 



Corn Syrup, 



Grace Suear f ^ e terms indicating the use of glucose. 



Distilled Vinegar, 

 Family Vinegar, 

 Grain Vinegar, 

 Colored Vinegar, 



. Indicate that the vinegar is not Apple or Cider Vinegar. 



Acquic Acid, I ^g terms use( | indicating the presence of alum, in Baking 



Aluminum Sulphate, J- p owder 



Sulphate of Aluminum, J 



Artificial color usually conceals some adulteration or inferior- 

 ity. The phrases non injurious coloring and preservative used, 

 harmless coloring used, usually denote some antiseptic or aniline 

 dye whose effect on health is questionable. (Ky. Sta. Bui. 119.) 



