USE OF CANNED POODS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 9

USE OF CANNED POODS.

LITTLE DANGER TO HEALTH. ASSURANCE /\>F AN EXPERT. Australian < and '■ N.Z. 1:■ Cable Association.' ..'" (Reed, K.BO p.m.) '"'"' ' LONDON, Deo.' 8. Now that the question of the healthfulness of canned * foods and the < use of preservatives in food is again attracting public f attention, i some remarks on ,'th« subject by Dr. William Savage,. medical officer Of . health in ! the • county Of Somerset, and',A' recognised 'authority in .' food matters, aires worth ; quoting.;•-/. ■•.••«■ ■■■''■ In his book just : published ;-K"Cairaed Foods' : in f Relation to -.. Health,*' he t Days: "Compared with fresh foods, and the very haphazard, inadequate and neglected :' control " which' 'they receive, canned foods are , undoubtedly safer. Experience arid ■ direct- study alike .'•" show that i the danger from tin > poisoning is negligible. Canned ,- foods 'stake-* their share, but, not an undue share, as ' vehicles of infection in relation to food poisoning outbreaks. The special '■:; liability?; to "-cause 'l ■ botulism poisoning is serious on account of; the fatality when it does ocur, but it is insignificant in its incidence. ;. . % "No one who lias studied the subject can doubt '{ the very ?great value of this method' of preservation to the community. The datig'erS'*frbm its 'use'are not great; arid at I least as easily * controllable as those from unprepared foods.