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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![71. PROHIBITION—continued. 71. PROHIBITION —continued. 71k. FoRMALDEHYDE : Needed, Vasey, 2046 ; Hehner, 5611. Should be prohibited in milk, De Hazles. 3966-70. Formalin should be prohibited until more is known of it, /vsher, 4767-68. Of formalin as a preservative should be absolute, Starling, 6940; Halliburton, 7548, 7550, 71]. PRESERVATIVES : No general action in Birmingham, A7//, 2328-29. Preferred to declaration, Boyce, 2772. In Belgium and Germany, Boyce, 2741-42. Believed to exist in Austria, Boyce, 2745. Would seriously interfere with trade, especially dairy trade, and provision trade generally, Bannister, '3675- 76. Substances of a poisonous character,or having active character as a drug should not be used in food, Cassal, 3794. Advocated, other than common salt, but in- cluding ’saltpetre in prohibition, Cassal, 3855-57. Of preservatives, or a “leave alone” policy the alternatives it limitation of maxima im- practicable, Moulerton, 4153-54, and the former inclined to as regards chemical preservatives, 4155-56, that 1 total prohibi- tion, 4157. Of preservatives in milk would not restrict supply, Long, 4572. Prohibition of pre- servatives should be enforced as regards substances the effect of which upon infants and invalids is not known, 4689. The effect should ke determined prior to use, 4703-6. Of preservatives should be enforced i in some cases, Fisher, 4727, and entirely in new milk, 4728, and new cream, fresh fish and fresh meats, 4745. No resolution passed by Society of Public Analysts, 4744. Advocated, Stevenson, 4832-33. Of preservatives not deemed essential if moderate quantities only used, Blackwell, 4873. Of saltpetre and pyroligneous acid desirable, Corfield, 5087. Salicylic acid, borax, boracic acid, and abd prohibited in Austria, Corfield, 5098-5100. Drugs should be avoided —as preservatives in absence of knowledge as to action on the human economy, Coryield, 5121-22. Of preservatives or nothing advocated, for several reasons, including liability to re- peated dosage, Richmond, 5754, Preservatives objected to on principle, Dupré, 5903, and indiscriminate admixtures of chemicals to food, 5904, irrespective of their effect, 5905. Preservatives should be prohibited, as injurious to cells of the system, Griinbawm, 6476, 6478 ; in other substances as well as milk ; and including sodium sulphite, and boracic acid. Aseptic rather than antiseptic food should be aimed at, 6477. Advocated in food, Star: ling, 6986. Of preservatives advocated unless declaration of nature and amount be made, Poore, 7339-40. Of all foreign substances as admixtures in food to be desired, Halleburton, 7530, 7573-77. May be difficult but is ideal, 7578. Prohibition of formaldehyde should be absolute, 7548, 7550, also of salicylic acid, a dangerous drug, 7551-53. Nitrate of potash should be prohibited, 7576. 7im. PRESERVATIVES: Bacon and Ham : Would affect producer and consumer, //wdson, 501 504, Enforced by France against America and withdrawn in 1899, Hudson, 505, 523. Tin. PRESERVATIVES: Butter: W ee affect. keeping quality of trish butter, le, 248 , Tin. PRESERVATIVES : Butter—continued. Wouldinjure Irish trade, Dale, 256 ; Shanahan, — 361-62, 412; Hudson, 538, and stop it, Lovell, 737, 765 ; Riley, 820. Would injure butter trade generally, Lovell, 764. In appreciable quantity at Newport (Mon.),. Jones, 1309. Should be absolute, unless stringent rules as to quantities made, W7l/iams, 2112, 2140, Desired, but deemed ‘difficult, Hehner, 5609. Of preservatives would be a hardship « on some butter makers for a long time, Lough, 6661, 6683-84. Harmful preser vatives should not P a 7 be used, 6664-67. Advocated by Mr. Lockwood, Womack, 7507. Would not permanently affect trade, ’ Dunn, } 3018-21. | Home trade, some think, would be ‘served thereby, Dwnn, 3021. ‘ Dreaded by some, Dunn, 3022. | Prices would not be long or greatly altered, Dunn, 3050, 3056. Tf enforced, Australian and Canadian butter would have to come frozen or in cold store, Dunn, 3057-58. Would lead to cold storage and frequent local demands as essentials in Ireland, Dunn, 3059. Medical considerations should outweigh those: of trade, Dunn, 3060-61. 7lo. PRESERVATIVES: Cream: Would stop the sale, Hudson, 538. . In appreciable quantity, at Newport (Mon.), Jones, 1309. 71lp. PRESERVATIVES: Dairy Produce : Desired by central and associated Ctimnbats of — Agriculture ; motive mere guess work, Carrington Smith, 4487, 4554-57. Absolutely of preservatives i in milk and butter advocated by Mr. Lockwood, Womack, 7507. 71q. PRESERVATIVES : Meat : At Newport (Mon.), in appreciable uantatyg in prepared meats, Jones, 1309. Tlr. PRESERVATIVES: Milk : In Newport (Mon.), Jones, 1309. _. Should be effected, Voelcker, 1716 ; Cripps, 1954, 1957 ; Hehner, 5608. Of boracic “acid, would not raise price, Mc Fadyean, 17 73; ; Would not render fresh appearance and taste of milk difficult of attainment, 1/cFadyean, 1774, Would not seriously affect urban supplies, Walford, 1909-10, 1928. i Tn force in Austria, Fr ance, Germany, Walford, 1929, No reason against in England, Walford, 1930-31. ; Should as regards boron be absolute, W7 iliams,. + 2112, 2140, 2169-70. ; Would affect small vendors, and might lead to — monopolies or co-operative associations, — Williams, 2245-56. é Absolute in New York State, W7l/, 2452-53 ; in Belgium, Austro- Hungary, and parts o Switzerland, 2454. a Feasible in Birmingham, FTill, 2455. BS. Should be prohibited by law, Hill, 2499, 2500, — 2506 k Should be absolute as to all, Mann, 2627-28 ;. Robinson, 3335-38 ; Hehner, 5608. Needed, Annett, 2685. Continued experiments on kittens, yielding results like those of Annett, would suffice to prohibit preservatives in milk, Boyce, 2777-80. Would throw much milk on dealers’ hand at present, Brierley, 3179-80. Boracie acid should not be added to milk, Robinson, 3336-37. Enforced for Guy’s Hospital milk as un- necessary and ‘nial eB ETE. Stevenson, 4800. — Trade need not suffer, Cor ~field, 5088-89. Should be absolute, W. rig web Williams, 5220,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3217228x_0530.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
