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100 1 _aAccum, Friedrich Christian,
_d1769-1838
245 1 2 _aA Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons :
_bExhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-08-12
508 _aProduced by Ben Beasley, Lisa Reigel, Michael Zeug, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net.
520 _a"A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons" by Fredrick Accum is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. The work addresses the pervasive issue of food adulteration and outlines methods for detecting harmful substances in everyday food items, aiming to inform and protect the public from dangerous practices within the food industry. The opening of the treatise presents a stark examination of the deceitful practices of merchants and manufacturers who adulterate food and beverages, often with toxic substances. Accum stresses the health risks posed by these practices and highlights the urgency of the problem, illustrating how widespread and sophisticated these deceptions have become. He emphasizes the need for public awareness and provides practical guidance for individuals to recognize and test for common adulterants in various foodstuffs, thereby empowering readers to safeguard their own well-being against culinary fraud. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFood adulteration and inspection
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19031
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