Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1885 — Canned Goods. [ARTICLE]

Canned Goods.

Every cap should be examined, and if two holes are fonnd hr it, send it at once to the Health Board, with the contents and the name of the grocer who sold it Reject all articles of canned food that do not show the line of resin around the edge es the solder on the cap, the shine as is Been on the seam at the side of the can. “Standard” or first-class goods have not only the name of the factory, but also that of the wholesale house which sells them, on the label. “ Seconds,” or doubtful, or “ reprocessed ” goods have a “stock-label ” of some mythical canning Loifee, but do not have the name of any wholesale grocer on them. Reject all goods that do not have the name of the factory and also the name of some wholesale firm on the label. A “swell” or decomposing can of goods can always he detected by pressing in the bottom of the can. A sound can pressed will give a solid feel. When gas from the decomposition of the food is inside the can the tin will rattle by pressing the bottom, as you displace the gas in the can. Reject evory can that shows any rust around the cap on the outside of the head of the can. If housewives are educated to these points, then muriate of zinc amalgam will become a thing of the past, and dealers in “swells” will have to seek some other occupation.— The Sanitarian* l :_ :