Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1909 — Is Baking Powder “Food?” Question Not Settled. [ARTICLE]

Is Baking Powder “Food?” Question Not Settled.

Baking powder is not a food and does not, therefore, come under the requirements of the pure food law. The Pure Food and Drugs Board, in session today, has never been confronted wth a more puzzling statement than this uttered by Gen. Luke E. Wright, former secretary of war in the Roosevelt Cabinet. The term “food” in the pure food law is restricted to substances which are used for food, but the department always has construed this section to embrace food and substances which enter into the composition of food. The matter was taken under consideration and a decision will soon be made.