Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the use of preservatives and colouring matters in the preservation and colouring of food : together with minutes of evidence, appendices and index.

  • Great Britain. Committee on Food Preservatives.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the use of preservatives and colouring matters in the preservation and colouring of food : together with minutes of evidence, appendices and index. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    De Hailes, 3903-13. Gibson, 6331—42. [ vi ] 7. A series of tables prepared at the Government Laboratory by direction of Professor Thorpe is given as Appendix VIII. These tables give the results of a large number of analyses, made specially for the — purposes of the Committee, of samples of food and drink in relation to contained preservatives and colourias eer 8. In consequence of the corals of several witnesses as to the defective provision made by railway companies for the milk and butter traffic, we caused a letter to be addressed to nine companies having termini arrangements in that respect. In every case we received replies upon all Y. Our Inquiry has been greatly facilitated by the readiness shown by tradesmen and trading companies to supply information and to send —was the request of the Committee for evidence met with a refusal. While some of the witnesses examined held strong views upon one side or the appeared to them to be threatened by the appointment of your Committee, there seemed to be a very general desire to get at the truth in the matter, and a conviction that it was very desirable to put an end, if possible, to preservatives and of artificial colouring of food, and their physiological effect upon the consumer. 10. With the object of securing thoroughly representative evidence within our terms of Reference, invitations in which these terms were list of the witnesses is given at page xxxili, and the following classification several cases trading companies and societies were represented by pre- No. of Witnesses. Agricultural Societies - - 4 Bacon Industry - - - - ar Butter Industry - - - - NEES Dairy Industry - - : - - ena Chambers of Commerce — - - - - 4 Grocers’ Federation and Provision Traders 6 Jam and Confectionery Industry - - 2 Wine, Beer, and Cider Merchants - - 4 Danish and New Zealand Governments .- 2 Analysts and Chemists — - - - - 12 Bacteriologists - - : - ne bth Physiologists - - - 3 Medical Officers of Health: + oot - vines Physicians, Surgeons, and Pathologists 4 London and Provincial Hospitals. - 4 British Medical Association = - - 2 The “Lancet” - - | 1 Royal College of Physicians - 2 ne Royal College of Surgeons - 2 72 11. In answer to an invitation to send witnesses, the Brewers Association referred us to their evidence before the Select Committee on Beer Materials, and in view of the recent date of that inquiry we did not press for further evidence from the brewing industry.