Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-08-18
The Health Department Says that In.
drawn Poultry, Long Kept, Is Unfit
for Food.
Frightful Food Thrown Upon Market
from Cold Storage Plants---Health
Department Protests.

terious. no matter what length Of time
they were placed on Ice.
"There is NO possibility of preventing
some kind of decay II poultry Is packed
with the entrails inside, no matter
what the temperature. and all cold stor.
age meats. even when taken the best
care Of. lose their vitallzing principle
and are consequently almost valueless
as food products.
''rhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system, but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same as feeding
the stomach so much bran. Cold stor.
age Is unfortunately one Of the neces.
stiles of our great cities and the great
activities of our modern life, but 1t Is
n misfortune that cold storage should
be necessary. All meats should be
used within three or four days after
the killing to secure the necessary re.
turns of vitality to the human body.
AS for cold storage eggs forbid
my patients to use them under any cir.
cumstanccs. The egg, like meat. loses
Its force when stored and the fact that
1t has shell Is 10 protection. Its food
properties are rs certainly destroyed
as IL 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally IL not more deleterlous than
cold storage products. 1t II now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were as dead.
~ as the shrapnel.'
II. G. Curtis. director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that as a general prop.
ositlon lie was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. 1T
would be q safeguard to the public
health" lie said. land we who see the
under side OF that question are natur.
ally sollcltlous that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
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The Beef Trust Il immune from
prosecution by the Illinois Pure Food
Commission.
Why?
One point on which the Illinois com.
mission has been especially lax In the
opinion of food experts has been Its
failure TO look for preservatives In
canned meats. There Is nothing In
the State law. the commissioner
claims. that fOrbids the use Of pre-.
servativ.s, but the law plainly states
that:
NO packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits ana vegetables, or
other articles Of food. shall sell or
offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles OF food, unless these shall be
entirely free from substances or In.
gradients deleterious to health"
A decision from Secretary Wilson
Of the Department Of Agriculture on
the point in question came In dis.
patch from Washington. II was us
follows:
"The addition Of any preservative
Of any kind to food product may be
objected to, first. when tile added body
Is not mentioned on the label: second
the added substance itself may be
deemed injurious to health: third, the
added substance may be forbidden by
the laws Of the country In which the
foods are made or from which they
are exported.
Both boraclc ana salicylic acids are
prohibited by the German laws
Boraclc acid has been declared by this
department to be injurious 10 health
1t does not appear that there Is an,
convincing reason for. the use Of an!
personalities In sausages except thu
usual continental ingredients--salt
vinegar, spices and wOOdsmOke.
Under the results Of experiment.
conducted In the bureau Of chemistr!
, small quantities Of benzoic acid AM
foods are produced, or from whicl
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b!
the laws Of the countries where tn
Help the health commissioner 6gh
the Beef Trust!
Commissioner OF Health Whalen, II
the bulletin for the last week OF Jan
uary, calls attention to the need of al
appropriation of $4,000 to fight tuber
culOsis. IAN increase of the polio
force Is undoubtedly necessary" de
clares the bulletin, but there seem
TO be lacking sense Of proportion Il
refusing the $4,000 TO save 1900 L
$4,000 lives annually from the assault
OF positively preventable disease
while granting 100000 to fight thug
and murderers, whose total harvest O
death last year was 1877 victims. Civ
the police department all it asks
that can be done. Give the health dc
partment what 1t actually needs"
Many OF the Beef Trust employee
wear rubber gloves while handlin,
the cadavers. Otherwise they are II
imminent danger Of blood poisoning
Even the embalming of food for tn:
gulllble public has Its attendant dan
gers.
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The Beef Trust Is commencing Il
squirm. The public is going to get
some startling facts before long. An
opinion given by Attorney Genera
Stead to the Illinois live stock board