The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
ORDERS ARREST
OF BUTCHERS
Health Board Will Prosecute
Dealers Who Use Coloring
Matter to Improve Meats
NAMES ARE PUBLISHED
Bacteriologist Recommends
That Water Obtained From
Cyclers' Rest Be Condemned


The Health Board yesterday made pub
lie the names OF butchers who 1t is al
legged have been In the habit of treating
their meats with dye stuffs and coloring
matter to simulate freshly cut appear
ance. The board directed Chief inspect
ing Physician Hassler to swear out war
rants for the arrest of the offenders.
! Action was taken on the report of City
Chemist Gibbs, who had made analyses
Of 147 samples of meats and found that
adulterants had been used in 122 of them.
The following is a liSt of the butcher
! shops from which samples of meat were
taken, and found. upon analysis by the
chemist OF the Board of Health. to con-
tain preservatives:
Andersen q Hansen. 1l9o Valencia street,
starcn sodium suiphite; Bachtold * Rummel.
4oS hayes street, sodium sulphite; Baireuther.
twenty second street near. Bartlett. sodium
sulpnite; A band 7Ul y alencia street. sodium
suIpnIte; Baumgarten Bros. l495 Ellis street.
sodium carbonate and chloride powder found
premises: Bearwaid. 432 Hayes street.
pleserVaiine, sodium sulphite Cabalski
Dreilins. l1.5 Folsom street. sodium suiphite;
sulphite; y. Il. Lenhard s91 MoAllster street.
sodium suphite; j. Deschler. Buchanan ana
- Ninth street sodium sulphite; j. Erasmy.
lis Hayes street. sodium sulphite Gescude.
FabIsh l3l4 Valencia street sodium sulphide;
ii. y. Eageoliet. SS Valencia street. sodium
sodIum sulphite; Frank q Lyons. 592 Hayes
street sodium sulphite; ]. 3. Gaffney, 1898
Fo.som street sodium sulphite; Giovannitti &
Co.. 1918 Market street, preseIvalne; SODIUM
suphte: Ghanda & Pucceneli 30l Hayes
street, sodium sulphite: J. Guehring. 3l4
welfth street boracic acid. coal tar dye.
sodium suIphate: Hammond & Brod 727 Mar
ket street. sodium sulphite; j. Hayden, l2O
Ninth street sodium sulphite; 8. D. Heck.
23 Ninth street sodium sulphite: Hagens
Muller. "A Seventh street sodium a sulpniae;; nae;
Inhf Z nI0r
MeAllIster street. sodium sulphite; 5. Kafka,
209 Sixth street. sodium sulphite C. A kelm.
Kelm 1865 Mission street sodium sulphite;
KRoke & Gander. 5002 Mission street. pre-
and Steiner streets sodium sulphite; A. Kratz.
Twenty first and Mission streets. sodium SUI
phite; Kuntz 14l4 Howard street. coal tar
Lally. 20o Eleventh street sodium sulphite;
q. Lenci. 1b5S Dupont street. sodium sulphite;
Lee sund 6 Co. ia WASHINGTON alley. sodium
sodium sulphite J. McDermott Tenth and
Harrison streets. sodium silphite: 1. McKeon,
1135 Folsom street, sodium sulphte; w. Meyer.
5So Sixth street preservaline on premises;
II. Meyn 1880 Folsom street. preservaline on
premises sodium sulphite; ]. L. Murphy. $50
Sixth street sodium sulphite: P. Mold, 2e2
A Pfander. I62 Ninth street sodium sulphite;
Quong Sang & Co.. 1881 Dupont street. pre-
seryaiine on prem,ses a soaum saipnate sosi
sodium sulphite; n. Schasafs 2133 Mission
street white powder found on ao1a premises s1
street street pas sodura saIphite, ". schudt. Eddy and
Pierce streets. sodium suphite; See Hop Wing
& Co. Ioos Dupont street. pressrvaline. so
dunn sulphite: ]. seyner.. 22o Sixth street.
street tKosher). coal tar dye. boric acid; E.
F. Smiddy S43 Bryant street, sodium sulphite:
SUBTITLE: s1Ine p T J. stuits. I5ii Howard street.
sodium sulphite: strause Sons. 113s Market
street. Bay City Market. sodium sulphite; A.
sulphite; Tuck Hing & CO.. TAG Washington
street sodium suiphite; L. Werner, S19 Bryant
fsreft ana 2sss s5e MISSION % street, sodium suiphite
Yuen Sang & Co.. 6S3 jackson street. sodium
sulphite-
In many places cans marked "Preserv
alne" and "freeZen" were found; also
liquids containing coal tar dyes.
Health officer Ragan submitted his re-
port for May in which he recommends
that the police be called upon to break
up the Illicit practice of certain butchers
and calls attention to the keeping Of fish
and fowl on cold storage beyond the time
when It is safe to use as food.
bacteriologist Bottle submitted a report
that analyses of water obtained from |
"Cyclers' Rest" In Golden Gate Park and |
from South Lake Merced show excessive |
organic matter and too large a quantity |
of nitrates to make the water fit for |
drinking. Bottle recommends that the |
wafer at ".Cyclers' Rest" he condemned |
and the board adopted the recommends |
tion
Bottle also reported that analyses of |
samples of Leslie's Steriized Salt and |
Ready Sitter table salt showed the pres |
ence of driers and starch, and Shaker |
Salt contained magnesium oxide. Bottle
also reported that fourteen arrests had |
been made for adulteration Of foods and /
fourteen convictions were secured.
The board adopted the United States
agricultural standard for food products.
Health Officer Ragan was requested to
report on the premises at 66S, $40 and 672 |
McAllister street, which are in unsani-
tary condition, the owners having asked
for time to improve the same.