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ANALYSIS OF FOOD ARTICLES. 



Food and Dairy Commissioner McNeal has received from the chemists a number 

 of analyses made of articles of food submitted by his department. Several samples 

 of maple sirup were found to be pure, while a couple of samples of lard were slightly 

 adulterated with stearin. A sample of olive oil, labeled "Huile d'olive vierge," 

 secured from a dealer in Warren, Trumbull County, and handled by a wholesaler in 

 Cleveland, was found to be composed entirely of cotton-seed oil. A glass of currant 

 jelly, made by McMehen, in Wheeling, W. Va., is composed chiefly of apple pulp. 

 Another sample of Chandler's vinegar, sold for malt vinegar, is found to be a dis- 

 tilled article and colored with caramel. 



Dr. W. S. West, New Matamoras, Ohio, sends the following: 



IMPURE FOOD. 



The analyses of a number of food samples by the State dairy and food commis- 

 sioner, secured from Cincinnati dealers, were made public to-day. Louis Schmidt 

 is the chemist. They are as follows : Maple sirup, from T. J. Weustrath, 60 per 

 c eut glucose; olive oil, A. B. Barnes & Co., pure; maple sirup, Portwood, mixture 

 of molasses and glucose; butter, H. Sicking, artificially colored; maple sirup, Henry 

 Schultz, 30 percent glucose; apple vinegar, Ehler & Morris, apple and white-wine 

 vinegar and water; white-wine vinegar, Ehler & Morris, pure; maple sirup, D. 

 Telau, pure; sweet oil, W. H. Eckler & Co., 20 per cent cotton-seed oil; apple vine- 

 gar, J. J. Jackson, not pure. 



From A. Hanenstein, druggist, Bluffton, Ohio: 



Drugs from wholesale houses are often adulterated, especially ground goods. I 

 hope something can be done to remedy the evil. I have some now ready to return 

 to them. 



From Tim Leroux, president of the Ohio State Cider and Vinegar 

 Makers' Association, Toledo, Ohio : 



The cider and vinegar makers and makers of pure fruit products demand a national 

 food law by all means, as we think it is the only law that would prevent the adultera- 

 tion of food. We have a food law in Ohio, and we have a food commissioner in our 

 State by the name of Dr. F. H. McNeal, with office in Ohio State Building, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. We believe the Ohio State food commissioner is doing his very best to 

 keep adulterated food out of the State, but he can not do it successfully. I am per- 

 sonally engaged in the cider-vinegar business, and traveling on the road I find col- 

 ored spirit vinegar sold in almost every town. This vinegar is made and sold by 

 parties living in other States. In some cases it is branded " pure cider vinegar," but 

 does not contain a particle of cider, hence you can clearly see the necessity of a 

 national food and drug law compelling the branding of all articles of food and drugs, 

 by whom manufactured, and residence of the manufacturer, to enable the Depart- 

 ment to find the guilty party. 



A special dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, to the Cleveland Leader 

 and Herald of February 22, 1890, is as follows: 



ADULTERATED BEER. 



Prof. Herman A. Weber, State chemist, at the instance of F. A. Derthick, State 

 food and dairy commissioner, has made a chemical analysis of "Kaiser" beer, man- 

 ufactured at Bremen, Germany, and imported to this country, where it is sold to 

 those who are able to purchase a costly stimulant or tonic. It is taken for dyspep- 

 sia, etc. Prof, Weber discovered that this beer is highly charged with salicylic acidj 



