PREPARING AND PRESERVING FOOD 



91 



If their use is stated on the container label, some, 

 questionable substances are permitted as preserva- 

 tives by the Pure Food and Drug Act. Among these 

 substances are benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, borax, 

 alum, and others. Certain fruits are bleached and 

 others are dyed with harmful chemical substances. 

 These practices are not in the interest of the good 



Lake, Harley, and Welton, Exploring the World of Science, 



Chaps. 26, 27 

 Pieper and Beauchamp, Everyday Problems in Science, 



Unit 4 

 Powers, Neuner, and Bruner, The World around Us, Chap. 



22; This Changing World, Unit 6; Man's Control of His 



Environment, Chap. 28 

 Skilling, Tours through the World of Science, Chap. 28 



FEDERAL FOOD & DRUGS ACT 



HERE ARE ITS POWERS AND LIMITATIONS REGARDING 

 THE SALE OF "PATENT MEDICINES" 



IT APPLIES ONLY TO PRODUCTS THAT 

 ARE MADE IN ONE STATE AND SOLD IN 

 ANOTHER (INTERSTATE COMMERCE). 



IT PROHIBITS "FALSE OR MISLEADING- 

 STATEMENTS (IN OR ON THE TRADE 

 PACKAGE ONLY) REGARDING COMPOSITION 

 AND SOURCE OF ORIGIN. 



IT PROH I BITS "FALSE AND FRAUDULENT" 

 STATEMENTS (IN OR ON THE TRADE 

 PACKAGE ONLY) REGARDING CURATIVE 

 EFFECTS. 



IT REQUIRES THE MANUFACTURERS 



OF NOSTRUMS TO DECLARE (IN OR ON THE 

 TRADE PACKAGE ONLY) THE PRESENCE AND 

 AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL, MORPHIN, OPIUM, 

 COCAIN, HEROIN, EUCAIN, CHLOROFORM, 

 CANNAB1S INDICA, CHLORAL HYDRATE AND 

 ACETANILID AND THEIR DERIVATIVES. 



IT DOES NOT APPLY TO PRODUCTS 



THAT ARE SOLD IN THE SAME STATE AS 

 THAT IN WHICH THEY ARE MADE (INTRA- 

 STATE COMMERCE). 



IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT FALSE OR 



MISLEADING STATEMENTS IN NEWSPAPER 

 ADVERTISEMENTS. CIRCULARS, WINDOW 

 DISPLAYS, ETC. 



IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT ANY KIND 



OF A LIE REGARDING CURATIVE EFFECTS 

 IF THAT LIE IS TOLD ELSEWHERE THAN IN 

 OR ON THE TRADE PACKAGE! 



IT DOES NOT REQUIRE -PATENT 



MEDICINE" MAKERS TO DECLARE EVEN 

 THE PRESENCE OF SUCH DEADLY POISONS 

 AS PRUSSIC ACID, CARBOLIC ACID, ARSENIC, 

 STRYCHNIN NOR ANY OF SCORES OF 

 OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS! 



Courtesy American Medical Association 



FIG. 132. FACTS CONCERNING THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ACT OF 1906 



health of the consumer, even though they may be 

 within the law. 



Exercise. Write in your notebook 1 a summary of your 

 ideas regarding pure foods and the protection of the 

 consumer. 



REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY 

 Texts 



Caldwell and Curtis, Science for Today, Chap. 35 

 Clement, Collister, and Thurston, Our Surroundings, Chaps. 



26-33 



Hunter and Whitman, My Oztm Science Problems, Unit 11; 

 Science in Our World of Progress, Unit 15 



1 See workbook, p. 34. 



Van Buskirk and Smith, The Science of Everyday Life, Unit 

 3 



Watkins and Bedell, General Science for Today, Unit 11 



Webb and Beauchamp, Science by Observation and Experi- 

 ment, Units 4, 8 (parts) 



Wood and Carpenter, Our Embroilment : How We Use and 

 Control "It, Chap. 18 



Special references 



Atwood and Heiss, Educational Biology 



Conn, Bacteria, Yeasts, and Molds in the Home 



Morris, Household Science and Arts 



Prudden, The Story of Bacteria 



Farmers' Bulletins, United States Department of Agriculture 



No. 34. Meats: Composition and Cookinii 



No. 363. The Use of MM as Food 



