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By Jerry Bolz
Reporter
The wax coating on supermarket
hits and vegetables may be the best
juarantee for freshness of produce,
Is well as increasing its attractive-
less.
“The two main purposes for the
ise of wax are for attractiveness and
letention of moisture,” said Sheryl
Jaylor, Food and Drug Administra
tion consumer affairs officer in
| Houston.
Many kinds of substances are used
Bomake the coatings, from food sub-
Itances to oxidized polyethylene. All
paxes are covered under FDA food
bdditive regulations for safety,
whether produced in the United
plates or abroad, Baylor said.
Marilyn Haggard, Texas A&M
Agriculture Extension Service nutri
tion specialist, said Garnauba wax, a
Highly refined and edible palm wax,
Is used to keep fruits and vegetables
fresh.
“The wax is most noticeable on
hcumbers and peppers, things that
lend to lose a lot of moisture,” Hag
gard said. Common fruits, like
apples and oranges, also receive an
application of wax, she added.
Larry Medearis, manager of
Kroger at 2412 S.Texas Ave., said
the wax basically presents a better
looking product.
A common misconception is that
grocery stores are responsible for
applying the wax.
Tom Longbrake, Extension Serv
ice vegetable specialist, said the wax
is added before the produce is pack
aged.
“The producers wash, grade and
size it, then wax the good produce
and package it,” he said.
Since the wax keeps quality high,
it probably keeps the price down,
Haggard said.
Longbrake said if the produce
doesn’t have the wax, it’s hard to sell,
especially if it travels long distances.
For instance, fruit shipped from an
orchard in the Texas valley to an
Eastern state can travel for about 9
days, he said.
By the time the produce reaches
its destination it is wilted. The con
sumer sees an inferior piece of pro
duce.
“If we grew everything next door,
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Faculty members will have the
I opportunity to discuss an alterna
tive finals schedule at an open
| hearing Wednesday from 4 p.m.
to5 p.m. in 206 MSC.
The Faculty Senate Executive
I Committee scheduled the hear-
I ing after the Student Senate ap
proved a compromise finals
! schedule that was hammered out
in a meeting of Faculty Senate
and Student Senate officers.
The students’ compromise will
be presented for endorsement
consideration at the next regular
meeting of the Faculty Senate on
March 7.
The speakers of both Senates
still hold out the hope that there
might be time to change the finals
schedule now in place.
The proposal would move fi
nals this semester to May 9-13 for
undergraduates and to May 7, 9
and 10 for graduating seniors.
Graduation ceremonies still
would be held May 13 and 14.
C. Richard Shumway, speaker
of the Faculty Senate, said he
does not know how many faculty
members will participate in the
open hearing.
However, he said he invited
Student Senate representatives to
attend to answer questions on the
alternative Finals plan.
there wouldn’t be any need for the
wax,” Longbrake said.
Some products that lose moisture
quickly, like cucumbers and bell pep
pers, receive/a heavier coat of wax.
“They are very tender and they’ll
just desiccate and wrinkle up,”
Longbrake said.
Gonsumers may find the wax an
noying but it can be rinsed off easily
with mild soap and warm water, he
said.
Officials say
super collider
not a threat
DALLAS (AP) — The proposed
“super collider” project .would be a
good neighbor to Ellis County resi
dents who could feel safe about its
operation, energy officials said Mon
day as they prepared for a hearing
on the Texas site.
Ira Adler, leader of a U.S. Depart
ment of Energy team that will con
duct today’s public hearing in Waxa-
hachie on the 53-mile circular atom
smasher, said community activities
would be unaffected over portions
of the underground facility.
The hearing will focus on envi
ronmental impact of the project, of
ficials said. ,
Seven states, including T exas, are
vying for the $4.4 billion research
laboratory, to be used to study the
basic components of matter and en
ergy. Texas’ site is about 25 miles
south of Dallas.
Other sites are in Arizona, Colo
rado, Illinois, Michigan, North Car
olina and Tennessee.
Adler said about half of 16,000
acres necessary for the project will
be reserved for the campus-like fa
cility, but businesses and farms can
remain on the rest of the land.
He said a preferred site will be
designated in July and the winner
will be officially selected next Jan
uary.
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