USE OF ENAMELWARE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT EXAMINATION. . ANTIMONY POISONING DANGER. • WELLINGTON, Aug. 17. Following the publication of a memorandum issued by the Ministry of Health in London drawing attention to the danger of antimony poisonin.g by using enamelled vessels of inferior quality, the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Dominion analyst, has examined a wide variety of enamelled ware of different brands on the market. It was found that much of this cnamcl-ware contains fairly easily soluble antimony compounds. However, some brands, including two British, were quite free from antimony. The department considers that pur- ■ hascis of enamel-ware would be well .Jvised to obtain a guarantee that ■i.h goods give up no antimony to food or acids contained or prepared in them, particularly fruits or liquids of in acid nature. In other respects there is no danger whatever from the use of enamelled ware for holding and cook- , ing foodstuffs.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 210, 18 August 1933, Page 7
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