Food additives SOUTHAMPTON - Consumers are aware as never before of food - its cost' availability, its safety, its nutritional quality. Certain food and nutrition topics are current concerns of consumers and consumer groups. One such topic, according to Dairy Council Inc., Southampton, is the widespread interest in the safety of food additives. “This concern may be partly due to the fact that no chemical substance - ELIMINATES THE EPOXY AND OTHER YEARLY COSTLY MAINTENANCE TO WALLS AND CEILINGS GLASBORD® IS TOUGH - ACID SCRATCH AND ABRASION RESISTANT GLASBORD® INSTALLS EASILY • MILKING PARLORS. HOLDING ROOMS. OFFICES. SLAUGHTER HOUSES GLASBORD® RESISTS DIRT - WILL NOT STAIN, CORRODE - RESISTS ANIMAL WASTES - CLEANS WITH ORDINARY METHODS natural or synthetic - can be proved absolutely safe for human use - just ‘relatively harmless’,” says Dairy Council, an organization devoted to expanding the public’s knowledge of nutrition information. Also cause of this concern is the lack of understanding of Federal controls over the use of additives and the many benefits to our food supply derived from their use. GLASBORD FIBERGLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC PANELS & ROLLS are a current consumer concern A food additive has been defined by the Food and Drug Administration as any substance put in foods that becomes part of the food and/or affects the charac teristics of the food. This applies not only to the in tentional use of additives but also to anything added inadvertently. The latter may be of natural origin - toxins from food spoilage organisms, infective organisms, or natural chemical parts of foods or man-made sources. These include agricultural chemicals, chemical changes from food processing, packaging materials, and accidental contaminants. Blakeley’s have top price heifer ITHACA, N.Y. - A Blakeley Hereford heifer calf consigned by Blakeley Farm of Charles Town, W. Va., topped the 13th annual New York Hereford Association Fall Calf Sale November2s atlthaca. The top selling heifer was BH Special Girl 108, an April 1,1978 daughter of Dominion Donald 16. She was gaveled off at $BOO to Wind and Willows Farm, Darrell Travers, Ovid, N.Y. The 43 heifer calves in the sale grossed $16,375 for an average of $3BO. The sale average was $ll2 over the 1977 Fall Calf Sale average. FOR FARM BUILDINGS i —CLEAN ABLE DURABLE Many foods in their original, unprocessed state contain potent'ally harmful substances. These are toxicants such as oxalic acid in spinach and rhubarb; hydrogen cyanide in lima beans; myristicin in nut meg. These natural food toxicants are consumed without harm as long as the foods are not eaten ex clusively or in outlandish amounts. Choosing a diet from a wide variety of foods not only is nutritionally sound but also provides the best protection against tlje likelihood that any natural or man-made substance will reach a harmful level in the diet. One of the largest crowds in recent years was on hand for the event which featured both Polled Herefords and homed Herefords from five states. The second highest selling heifer calf was SB MB VIC 7110769, a Sept. 10, 1977 daughter of RWJ Victor J 3 7110. She was consigned by Stone Broke Farms of Wamersville, N.Y., and sold for $785 to James Neal of Nokesville,Va. The six steer calves consigned to the sale grossed $2,590.19 for an average of $370. Volume buyers were Noiman Pair*™* of Elkland, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978 A chemical substance may be called toxic if it can produce harm when con sumed. Virtually every chemical - water, salt, iron, vitamin D - is toxic at some level. Hazard depends on the inherent toxicity of any substance and how much of it is consumed. “Before they can be used,” says Dairy Council, “food additives must be given extensive toxicity studies with test animals by the manufacturer.” The use of an additive is evaluated and regulated by FDA. It must perform a useful function in food; be safe for human consumption even if eaten in unusually or excessively large amounts over a lifetime; and make no Pa., David Collins' of Livingston Manor, N.Y.; Si- Jo Farm of Pulaski, N.Y.; and Bill Mezera of Green ville, N.Y. The New York Hereford Association will hold a spring sale that will feature bulls, bred and open heifers and cow-calf combinations. The date and details will be announced later by the sale chairman Theodore Kriese of Liverpool, N.Y. Pennsylvania consignors to the Fall Calf Sale were Spring Bottom Farm of Fairfield, Pigeon Hill Farm of Abbottstown, and Terry Shearer, also of Ab bottstown. r'sS\. K -‘’M . IN STOCK ■ AVAILABLE NOW 3/32 & Va" THICKNESS, 4xBFT. PANELS 3/32 A Vs" - 4 x4O AND 4x45 FT. ROLLS ALL CORNER fl %=]] /) fn) MOLDING AND (] * L U FASTENERS 0 VINYL MOLDINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO GIVE A FINISHED APPEARANCE & A WATERTIGHT INSTALLATION. contribution to the growth of cancer in animals even when the amounts fed in laboratory tests greatly exceed any amount possible for a human to consume in a lifetime. Dairy Council says that more than 25 classifications of substances are in use as food additives. “They serve to preserve, enhance flavor or color; improve nutritive value; or perform various technical functions such as whitening, thickening, and emulsifying. Without food additives, many food products would be unacceptable or unavailable to large num bers of consumers.” Meat plants can HARRISBURG - Meat plants are permitted to process deer, depsite per sistent rumors to the con trary. The Game Commission says that both state and federal meat inspection regulations specifically permit plants to process game for hunters. Venison and meat from other game can be mixed with beef, pork, or other domestic meat r if desired. Game cannot be bought or sold. , process deer % < tj r T v H 69
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