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mon - peas, ' atories. , against the original figure of 52%. Page 4 ' Food and 'The Halevbuxian Thursday, August 31, 1961 Drug Act Guards Consumers In 1877 Canada's worst sus- picions' about. some of the food crossing its store counters were confirmed. Certain low - priced teas, it was revealed, owed their dubious tastiness to dried leaves faced with Prussian blue-not to mention stalk, starch, sand and floor - sweepings. Some coffee turned out to be less than pure Brazilian. .The roasted wheat, beans and bread crumbs it had obviously been for found in added closer to home. As spices -! These and other unappetizing discoveries came as the result of a new piece of federal legislation. The 'Act to Impose License Duties on the Compounders -of Spirits and to Prevent the Adult- eration of Food, Drink and_ Drugs' had been passed in 1874 but it was three years later before the four analysts appointed. to im- plement it turned in their first annual report. Of the 180 samples of varied food that had been ex- amined, 93 turned out to be adul- terated. Eighty years later the Food and Drug Directorate of the De- partment of National Health and Welfare, developing from those modest beginnings, was examin- ing 30,000 samples annually. Where each of the original an- alysts, working on a fee basis, (not to exceed $2,000 a year) had | been allowed up to $300 for equip- ment, millions of dollars had} been invested in modern labor-| There was a large cent-| ral group in Ottawa and _ five} regional units strategically 1lo- cated across the country. Adulteration was still a _ prob- lem but its frequency had been reduced to a point where, even among suspected samples, the frequency was five percent as Moreover, the modern = an- alyst' was working against a set of standards. where the ' early examinations had had no start- ing point other than whether a product carried a threat to health or to life itself. It was obvious, of course, from the kinds of adulteration discovered in the early days, that a standard was not impera- tive to its detection at that time. Today's adulteration is some- thing else again. A pound of but- ter may be delicious in flavor and present no danger to health but, if it has been diluted with cheaper vegetable fats Food and Drug Directorate is interested. Butter must contain only milk fat. It is the Directorate's task te see that the consumer gets what he is led to believe he is buying. To do this it is assisted fruits of modern science. Food Chemistry Section of the Ottawa laboratories is a_ specto- graph which can detect adulter- by the In the ation in very small quantities. In many instances if only an ounce of adulterant existed in thirty tons of an otherwise pure commodity, the spectograph would catch it. Adulteration in lesser quantities would scarce- ly be profitable! Today's Food and Drug Act eovers a field as broad and in- tricate as modern living. It es-| tablishes standards, regulates! packaging, labelling and adver- tising, controls the sale of reme- dies for certain designated di- seases, specifies drugs to be sold only on prescription. Its work is directly connected Ben Bourget General Carpentry by hour or contract with the protection of the indiv- idual Canadian's health, 'In a very real sense'. Hon. J. Waldo Monteith pointed out recently, 'The Food and Drugs. Adminis- tration reaches into the kitchen cupboard and medicine chest of every home in Canada'. While Food and Drug _inspect- ors, located from coast to coast, are the vigilant -watchmen of the Act, its ever-increasing effective- ness- has been rooted in the co- operation of the Canadian pro- ducer and consumer alike. Each has recognized it as an instru- ment. conceived: for mutual. bene- fit. Duck Season Opens On September 15 The open season in Ontario has been announced for ducks, geese, rails, gallinules, woodcock and wilson's. snipe. For the northern district, open season will be Sep- tember 15 to December 15. Bag limits are as follows: Ducks -- (in the aggregate) -- 5 per day, 10 in possession, of which not: more than one may be a canvasback or a redhead, and not more than two may be wood ducks. Mergansers are not includ- ed in the bag or possession limits. Geese -- (in the aggregate). -- 5 per day, 10-in possession. Wilson's snipe -- 8 per day, -16 in possession. Woodcock -- 8 per day; possession. A6 in: Bride-elect feted At Brida! Tea On Thursday August 17, Mrs. Eric E. Smith entertained at a bridal tea for her daughter. Sally whose marriage to» Mr. Donald Cameron of Deep River took place* in the Cobalt United) Church on Saturday, August 19. To receive her guests, Mrs. Smith wore. a gown of -mauve flowered dacron and a corsage of yellow tea roses. 'The bride .elect -wearing sataie nylon chiffon. and.a corsage. of: mauve carnations received -.with her mother. Glowing. mauve_..candJes.-. and sweet. peas in? shades: of: mauve, yellow: - ahd - white < tea table with «its. beautiful Jinen _|china.. Mrs. C. R. MacMit Kirkland Lake, Mrs. J. Lloyd Mac-__ centred: 'the. cloth, gleaming silver. and. lovely > of Millan, .Mrs. R. W. Latimore aunts. of the bride elect and Mrs. H. W. Rowdon poured tea during - the afternoon and evening. Assisting in serving were Mrs. Lloyd. McDougall, Mrs. Bruce Lockhart, Mrs. Roy Barnard, Miss - Mavis..Cameron and Mrs. H.. Og- den. Assisting in the. rooms era ti the trousseau,. gifts" were displayed: were Miss - Bev. 'Richards, Mrs. Bob- McDoug- all, Mrs. Cam aby: and, Mrs. Don - Parkhill. . 2 Guests. attended from New) List keard, Haileybury and: Cobalt as - well as Mrs- E.: Cameron .and<Miss >. .~ Mavis. Cameron of Cartton Place, and:.Mrs.' Bill. Cameron of. Espan- ola. 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