New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-07-11
EXPERTS Declare
NEAT WHOLESOME
PACKERS ExONERATED BY COM
MITTEE WHICH INVESTIGATES
CHICAGO STOCK YARDS.
CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED
ACCORDING TO REPORT

Products Are Fit Food, They Assert
and Allegations of Improper Han
ding Not Borne Out by Facts
Sanitary Recommendations Made
Chicago, July As a result Of The
investigation by business men and ex.
perts the meat products of the we'll
known firms at the stock yards are
declared to be wholesome and. nroDe1
food.
The report made by the Joint COM
mlttee OF the Illinois Manufacturers
association and of the Chicago Com
merc1al association was made after ID
plants had been thoroughly inspected
In the findings particular plants are
not mentioned.
The experts who assisted the COM
mittee In the work of inspection were:
DR.. w. A. Evans, professor of path
ology in the medical department OF
the University of Illinois; DR.. Maxi
mll4lan Herzog, Late pathologist, bu.
reau OF science, Manila, P. l.; DR.. NJ
T. Ravenel, professor Phipps institute
Philadelphia; A. T. Peters, professor
OF veterinary medicine, University of
Nebraska, and M. H. Reynolds, pro-
lessor of veterinary medicine, Uni
versity of Minnesota.
In the investigation daily visits to
the yards were made for a period of
two weeks, each visit occupying from
ten to fifteen hours
Thorough Inspection Made.
The committee inspected plants,
products, books, records and formu-
laries. Superintendent, foremen, in
spectors, wofkmen, buyers and sellers
were questioned
Among the principal conclusions of
the committee are these:
The dressed meat is wholesome and
proper for human food.
The canned meat is also hea1thful
and in varying degrees nutritious, and
the canning departments are, in gen.
eral, in a clean condition The same
finding is made with reference to the
ucts.
Further inquiry into the use of meat
preservatives is recommended
Certain sections of most of the
plants were found to be modern, yet
in each there were defects. Rebuild
Ing is going on rapidly and improve
ments are being installed
Federal laws governing the con.
demnation of tuberculous cattle are
sufficiently rigid. The government
rules as to tuberculous hogs should
be 'ameliorated in some respects"
The yards. meaning the pens, gang.
ways, etc, were found to be clean
and the inspection of cattle on the
hoof adequate.
Animals reaching the yards dead dn
not go into the s9aughtering houses.
Carcasses Not on Floor.
The committee suggests that lower
grade cattle be made the subject of
closer observation and classification.
In respect to dressed meats the car
cass of a sheep, calf and hog never
touches the floor, nor does beef after
the hide is removed
In six varieties of sa.lsages the com
mittee found evidence of borax or
boTacic acid. The experts leave It to
the consumer to settle the question of
eating uncooked sa,lsages, the federal
inspection not covering trichtnosis.
Lard and lard compounds were
found to be wholesome
The committee suspects that tuber-
culosis is prevalent among the stock
yards employees, as the Twenty-ninth
ward. in which the big plants are sit
nated, is seventh among the city wards
in the death rate from tuberculosis
No operatives, however, were noticed
who looked tubercu}ar.
Regarding Sanitary Conch tons.
Touching sanitary conditions the ex-
perts made recommendations, which
in brief, are as follows:
Abolition of odd sections of all
plants, obedience Of bosses TO anti
splitting rule, more and modern toilet.
rooms, impervious materials for kill.
ing floors, better light and ventilation
for cutting and trimming rooms, in
stallation of fly screens, workmen' s
workmen should be required to wash
their hands, hospital for sick animals
advised.
AS to methods in vogue, improve.
ments urged We're in brief as follows:
Supervision ON all materials used
for canned food, c}eanly methods in
handling picked meats, scientific tests
for canned goods, reform in methods
of using unnutHtive meat, correct and
explicit labels ON cans, cleaner meth.
DDS Of handling sausage meats.
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