ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 133 



DISCUSSION. 



Air. Truman : — May I ask what proportion have you found 

 this to be used, in your chemical analysis, one part in 10000 or 

 what ? 



We are not interested, Mr. Truman, in determining in what 

 proportion they are used. Our interest is in determining the 

 fact that they have been used and that it is unlawful. 



O : — As far as health is concerned ? 



A : — As bearing on health ; I can best answer by making 

 the st-atement that based on the information that the Secretary 

 of Agriculture collected from more than a thousand specialists 

 and in connection with the department of the treasury and Com- 

 merce and Labor, I believe were authorized under the National 

 laAV and prohibited from using formaldehyde in any way in 

 food. 



Mr. Truman. Q : — My whole sympathy is with you. But we 

 recognize the fact that some report of the New Jersey Station 

 sent out reported one part in 20000 is not injurious to health. 



A : — Answering that question I will say that the report of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture is entirely to the effect 

 that an article of this kind is injurious in any quantity whatsoever. 

 The quantity cannot be small enough but what it is injurious. 



Q : — You say the New Jersey Report 



A: — Yes sir and the position taken by them entirely over- 

 shadows that New Jersey Report. 



O : — They are using that, the manufacturers to hold that 

 position ? 



A : — I think a report of that kind is entirely unwarranted. 



Q : — That is simply embalming fluid ? 



A : — Yes sir, that's wdiat it is. 



Q : — Do they advertise that ? 



A : — Any way at all, for use in milk. 



O : — Through what medium ? 



A : — I am not sure, but the medium that they use is their 

 own and bills through the mail. I am not altogether familiar 

 with the medium. Salesmen on the road. 



