PURE FOODS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 27, 27 October 1920, Page 4

PURE FOODS

IMPORTANT ACTION "EPAIW MENT OF PUBLIC HbALfll.

ALTEIUTION IN THE SPECIFIGATIONS KEGAEDING OATMEAL.

(Published by Arrangement.)

• • Probnblv Tenders aro aware that under the Pure "Foods Act of 1908 the Specifications with regard to Oatmeal left room for very considerable adulteration, the clause rclativ,j.. to this cereal as detailed iu that Act reads as follows:- . Oatmeal shall be the meal produc-' ed by grinding oats (Avcna Sativa) after the removal of the' husk. It shall contain not less than five. parts pMr centum of etteeal extract; and . it shall contain not more than two ' and five-tenths parts per centum cf meal derived from other grain than For some time past Fleming and Co., Ltd., Manufacturers of Pure Oat Foods, Gore, haw> been pointing out to tlie Wvernment' that the regulation 111 question needed considerable amendment, hvery bag of their famous Thistly Oatmeal carried an absolute guarantee that it contained only 100 per cent, pure oatmeal, and that 'it was absolutely free from any foreign substance; indeed, he. firm offered .£IOOO to anyone who could detect the slighest admixture of any kindlinfortunately, however, some other maker's of oatmeal wcro not so Bcrupulous, and lli ere was ample proofthat inixturesof cheaper grains were being utilised by various make™ for their own profit end to tho detriment of th;> public. Fleming and Co., Ltd., guaranteed that tl,»ir famous Oat Foods contained pure oats only, and were 100 per cent. puie. liut the man who was prepared to put'in low-"rado fowl-wheat, and other admixhires. could naturally sell his 'brand, muoli more chcaply than was possible in the ease of the 'guaranteed product As a result of representations, Iherefot the Apartment of Public Health liafl now amended tho 1908 Act, and ft > no* snecific regulation roads as follows. S . Pe Oatmeal shall be tho liv grinding oats vAvena Satna) alrer Hio removal of the husk. It shall con--i Ms rtM* », i Pa Ltd hful recommended the lw f [ action 3A=f;«'£S inferior products lacking In nutrition.