RT Journal
A1 Mathews AP
T1 BEnzoate of soda in foods
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD March 20
VO LII
IS 12
SP 978
OP 978
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02540380044013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540380044013
AB To the Editor: 
    —The position which The Journal has taken on the benzoate of soda question should be commended by every advocate of pure food and in the interests of the public. The letter in last week's issue from Dr. E. E. Smith puts the question perfectly clear. It is obvious that the only excuse for the use of the benzoate is to permit of careless handling of the raw material. That it is entirely unnecessary for the preservation of catsup every housewife knows. Those manufacturers who use no preservative should be so patronized by the public, that their competitors who use the drug should either be driven out of business or forced to mend their ways.There is one point in connection with the finding of the referee board which I have not seen brought out and which, I think, should be clearly stated. It has to deal with