DANGER IN MUSTY MEAL

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 6, 1888

DANGER IN MUSTY MEAL.

It has long been known that moldy and decayed vegetable foods are sometimes productive of violent disease, but the subject has not received that amount of public attention which it deserves. This is especially the case respecting flour and meal. Musty or stale flour and meal are frequently used, and until recently no very serious results have been directly traced to this cause. A short time ago, however, a case of poisoning occurred which clearly demonstrates the exceedingly deleterious character of such food. In a boarding-house at Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts, forty persons were made violently sick by eating brown-bread. An examination showed that the meal from which the bread was made was stale, and that this was undoubtedly the cause of the sickness.

Meal and flour should always be kept in a cool, dry place; and if it becomes stale or musty, should be devoted to some other purpose than human consumption.—Good Health.