The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25

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Joy. William g. Woodward the Health
officer. today submitted TO tEo Commits
S.nrnrs report upon the feg8,st Of the
E.ta| Butchers Association that Oh.
H'.Ith p. -ulatiorS %. ameude,. with ref
creme, Go the exposure of meas cor sale.
ID" association suggested In, prumufag-
u"u of the following order. TO be- insert
@" M the regulations:
hdI uu person shall sell. or offer for
sale. ia the District of Columbia. any
EH',p or lamb that has been sIaught,red
J Tor food until the pclt. head. feet liver.
h'aTJ- and lungs thereof have been re
moved thorcfrom; and any person yiolat-
ing the provisions of this section shall.
/ upon conviction thsrepf. De punished 10y a
fine of uo- less than five nor more than
twenty-five dollars for each and every
p-ft nee
Ir. Woodward discusses the advisable
ity of adopting this measure. saving.
As IT is not customary 10 offer the
bodies Of sheep or. lambs for sale with
the peit OF head ON. the reaSonahicu,ss
OF "a regulation requiring the removal Of
these parts is not likely ,o be questioned
Even. however. If il were otherwise the
IactS that neither the pelt nor the h,ac
can bc satisfactorily cleaned. that the
peit SO long rs ii remains ON the CIR
caSs, seriously iut.rferes with cooling
ana that the peIt is never sold as food
nut always for other purposes. would
probably Dee sufigieu, TO OvcrCon, what
ever objection might be made on this
score.
The feet are now commonly part II
inc cdTCaSSes OF lambs and sheep when
oA'red Tor sale TO the retail dealer. The
proposed regulation will. therefore. if pro-
mulgated effect "a change i'm existing urac-
nee IN 50 far as 1t requires the removal
Of the feet. Such change. in the iuIg-
ment Of the Health Department. is both
desirable and reasonable. 1t is desira BILE
because the feet of these animals p~ior 10
slaughter are certainly in contact with
dung and other filth. more or less Of
which they retain and under existing
practice carry into the cold storage ware
houses and refrigerators i'm which they
are placed It is reasonable because the
Ittt are not used FOR food. are esasiIv re
moved. and. therefore. are not properly a
part OF the carcass when offered for sale
for food
hen. however, the proposed regula-
uou undertakes 10 require the removal
Oh the liver. heart, and lungs different
questions arise. These parts are edible
and are in fact sold for food Their strIC-
ture and composition resembles more or
less closely that or other parts TO the
safe OF which no exec ptiDn Is taken Tho
heart IL essentially muscular tissue a.
Is The greater part Of the meat on the
carcass. the liver IS a gIanduIar oragn.
as are the kidneys which. il appears are
10 De allowed 10 remain in the carcass I
without objection, and while the lungs
are tissue peculiar TO themselves there
Is no reason 10 regard them as unwhoIe-
10 Il
apparently not based upon the rapIdftv
with which decomposition proceeds I'm
these organs, for while the liver decom-
poses more rapidly than the tissue Of the
carcass generally, the lungs are not mar
ucularly prone TO decay and the heart
Is one Of the most resistant organs Meth
ef' apparently. can the demand for the
EXCLUSION OF the liver. heart. and lungs
ue based upon the presence OF animal
parasites Parasites in the heart are al
most unknown, in the lungs they are
rare. IN the liver they are more common
but there T. no such uniformity In the
occurrence Of parasites IN these three or
EaHs as TO warrant anyone go classify
ing them together from the standpoint
1T has been alleged that the presence
~ these org ms In the carcass iuterfsres
with proper cooling Doubtless IL does
delay cooling 10 a certain extent hv rem
0fring the mass Of tissue to be cooled
somewhat larger The Health Derlrt-
ment has. however. been unable 10 md
lhIerIered with the cooling 10 sufficient
extent 10 clus. the carcass or anv mart
OF u 10 be UTWhOlDsJme. The Food In
Spect0rs OF the Health Department hrve
liLl authority 20 condemn meat. whether
u be liver. heart. lungs. ,T other parts
that Is uuWEol-sone 10y reason Of d-corB-
position. but In practice they have not
been called upon TO act more frequently
with reference % meat from CaTCasseE OF (
sheep and lambs containing the liver
heaEI. and lungs than with reference to
other carcaSses- Tho same may De said
Win reference TO che condemnation Of the
organs Just mentioned or Of carca Ssee
containing them because OF parasitic dis
ease, they may be- condemned rrGrDtIy
n matter Of fact condemnation Is not re-
qulTed- As 10 the supposed danger Of the
migration or parasites from the liver and
lungs into the remainder Of the body N
may De said that IT this has not occurred
during lie when favored by blood cur
rents and bodily warmth. IL Is not likely (
10 occur when such currents have ceased
selves have been severed, and whom the
carcass has rsu reduced to t,urrarst- I
turc sufficiently low To iuhIbit the activity I
of the animal parasites
The Health Department would br very
Eiad 70 recommend the PRONUNCIATION az I
tIls ora nance az submitted. n 10 were l
able 70 hHt any sufficient reason FOR do /
ing so It Is. however. able to endorse It /
ehly IN So far as it refers to the peit /
mead. and feet The PRONUNCIATION Of this |
proposed regulation. I'm 500 far as il relates /
I" tros. parts, IS respectfully recon-
mruded.
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