272 ADULTERATIONS OF CONDENSED MILK 



fresh milk and substitute the abstracted fat by artificial fats of 

 animal or vegetable origin. 



Recent improvements in the method of manufacture have 

 made it possible to manufacture evaporated milk, made from 

 skim milk to which foreign fats, especially vegetable" oils, such 

 as cocoanut oil, have been added. This milk has every appear- 

 ance of, and will commercially keep as well as genuine evaporated 

 milk. A representative of this imitation evaporated milk is the 

 "Hebe" product. This product consists of skim milk to which 

 have been added vegetable fats to replace the butter fat. The 

 mixture is homogenized in order to form a complete emulsion, 

 then it is evaporated, filled in cans and sterilized in a similar 

 manner as the genuine evaporated milk. 



The Federal law requires that the composition and ingredi- 

 ents of these imitation products appear plainly on the label of the 

 package. 



It should be clearly understood by the manufacturer, the 

 dealer and the consumer that this imitation milk is inferior to 

 the genuine evaporated milk, in the fact that it lacks the im- 

 portant growth-promoting and curative properties which are 

 inherent in whole milk. If sold on its owin merits, and in accord- 

 ance with the 'Federal law, there can be no logical objection to 

 the imitation product, but if offered to the consumer as the 

 genuine article, the manufacture and sale of imitation evaporated 

 milk is a heinous crime against humanity. 



Experiments conducted at Ohio State University, by Mr. 

 J. L. Hutchison, instructor in the Department of Agricultural 

 Chemistry under the direction of Professor O. Erf, Chief of 

 Department of Dairy Husbandry and Dr. J. F. Lipman, Professor 

 of Agricultural Chemistry, demonstrated that "Hebe" milk, when 

 fed to young white rats, resulted in malnutrition accompanied 

 by stunted growth, sore eyes and death of some of the experi- 

 mental rats, in a similar manner as did other rations in which 

 the fat soluble vitamines were lacking. 



The volume of "filled" evaporated milk manufactured in this 

 country is assuming large proportions and is growing annually 

 as shown below: 



