Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1903 — BOGUS FOOD FROM ABROAD. [ARTICLE]

BOGUS FOOD FROM ABROAD.

Ou of the Coaaula of Germany Tails of Many Adulterations. In a report on the subject of food adulteration in Europe Consul General Guenther at Frankfort makes the following statements: "An article on the adulteration of food products Is going the rounds of the German press. It is stated, for Instance, that an ordinary liver patty Is msde Into fine ‘Strassburger’ pate de foie gras (goose liver pa|fy) by means of borax or salicylic acid and of finely chopped and deverely distribute*’ pieces of black silk representing truffles. “Cosmos, a German paper, guarantees the fact that under the label of canned lobsters the soft parts of the cuttlefish and crabs are sold. “In Paris snails are of late very popular and the adulterations mix them with lungs of cattle and horses. Eien entirely artificial snails are manufactured. The shells, recoated with fat and slime, are filled with lung and then sold as ‘Burgundy* snails. “Lovers of fresh rposter combs are Imposed upon by a substitute cut out of bogs’ Intestines. "Chopped artificial tnffles are made of black rubber, silk or softened leather and even whole truffles are made out of roahted potatoes, which are given a peculiar flavor by adding ether. They are said to aell well. “Fish spoiled In spite of Ice and borax la treated with salts of sine, alumlnnm and other metals. Rubbing the fish with vaseline to give It a fresh look and coloring the gills with fresh blood or eosln—a coal tar color—la resorted to. The latter la also used to Intensify the red color of inferior crabs. “Imparting a greenish color to oysters Is another adulteration. An oyster requires about one month lb the beds to acquire the greenish color. As this is too long a time the dealers help them along with an artificial color. “The chemists In the Paris municipal laboratories have shown that tomato Jelly la adulterated with turnips and powdered pepper contains a large admixture of powdered hardtack.”