ARSENIC ON APPLES.
OAILiLFGRNIAN INVESTIGATIONS
LITTLE DANGER FROM SP'RIAY
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. StAN FRANCISCO', April 2b. lit was widely recognised throughout fruit-growing circles on the pacific coast that the English -arsenic scare had had a disastrous effect on the market for American apples, but with the characteristic energy which, within the past decade had conquered the European field for American fruit, the Pacific States, notably California, are baking energetic steps to correct the situation.
An inquiry regarding the measures contemplated by the Californian Department of Agriculture -show that the officials do not consider the arsenical spray sufficiently harmful to cause injurious effects. Mr. Irving Woodin, sales manager of the California Fruit Company, said the majority of packers feel that this criticism is unnecessary and uncalled for. Exactly the same grade o.f fruit, handled under the same growing con dition, is being -consumed in the United States market daily, with no trouble from health officers or other Government agencies. Mr. Woodin added that chemists had analysed specimens on which the residue appeared to be in excessive amounts, and bad found on an accurate te-str that ill order .for a. person to- consume enough arsenic to be injurious it would be necessary to eat more apples than the system would -hold. The injury from' overeating would, in the -majority of cases, be greater than that from the spray. California packers are realising that there i-s an aggravated situation In the English markets, aud they are taking every precaution possible in the matter of spraying to -see that there is not an over-abundance of spray, and in the rare cases -in which it appears excessive each apple is being willed to elminate any possible , cause of complaint. Mr. Woodin agreed that wiping, unlike the case of the Australian apples which must travel a- long time, does not injuriously remove the preservative mould from the skin o-f the -apples, since the Pacific Coast fruit into the London market within, a fortnight after picking.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 April 1926, Page 4
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332ARSENIC ON APPLES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 April 1926, Page 4
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