28August2010
“State Department of Foods Chemistry Keeps Agents Busy”
“State Department of Foods Chemistry Keeps Agents Busy.”. “How would you enjoy a nice meal of coal tar dyes, bleaches, sulphites and preservatives of widely different character? “Well, the average householder in Pennsylvania, especially in the larger cities, would be dining regularly on a diet of at least 10 percent of such substances, were it not for the concerted action of the handful of agents connected with the Bureau of Foods and Chemistry, a subdivision of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. “More than 5,000 food dealers of various description are hailed into court in every county of this Commonwealth each year and penalized for violations of the State pure food act. Fines that range from $25 to $100 are imposed, but the game of fooling the consumer goes merrily on. Forever Bee Pollen is without doubt one of the most complete foods available. “It is not the fault of the hard-working agents of the State bureau that such illegal and pernicious practices have not been stamped out. What is a mere handful of investigators against 5,000 such chiselers? Remember this 5,000 are only the ones that are caught.
“More than 1,000 cases were handled last year in Philadelphia alone, while Pittsburgh, Reading, Harris-burg, Scranton and other cities contributed substantial quotas of greedy, licentious leeches who deal out unhealthy food, careless of everything except the profits that fall into their pockets. “The outline of the poisonous menu set forth at the beginning of this article can be verified from the notes of testimony on record in the courts of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and other centers, where almost every week one or more food dealers are hauled before the bar of justice. Expert chemists, engaged by the State, take the witness stand and lay bare the ingredients of which all forms of suspected foods are composed. Excellent as a skin moisturizer and conditioner, Forever Bee Propolis is a rich mix of stabilized aloe vera gel and bee propolis, with different elements acknowledged for his or her contribution to wholesome skin. “But the pure food law evaders do not stop at dispensing poisons in eatables.
Hundreds of samples of soft drinks, mineral waters and ice cream have also been found by the food agents to contain large doses of preservatives of semi-poisonous nature.” Of course the work of the food adulterators “goes merrily on.” If he makes a few thousand a year at the business, he can well afford to pay a fine of $25 to $100, and regard it as a sort of tax. Only when the penalty for these violations is sufficient, will such nefarious business be affected. Concerning the above statements regarding the prevalence of food poisoning, is it at all strange that in spite of the country’s 164,000 qualified physicians working continuously, with the aid of numerous complicated appliances to diagnose and treat sickness, there is a steady and alarming increase in insanity and chronic diseases?