Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-28
The Health Department Says that Un.
drawn Poultry. Long Kept, Is Unfit
for Food.
Frightful Food Thrown Upon Market
from Cold Storage Plants---Health
Department Protests.

FERROUS. no matter what length Of time
they were placed on Ice.
"rhere Is no possibility Of preventing
some kind of decay IL poultry Is packed
with the entrals inside. no matter
what the temperature. and all cold stOr-
age meats. even when taken the best
care of, lose their vitalizing principle
and are consequently almost valueless
as food products.
"'rhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system, but mere clogs.
Ii Is Just about the same as feeding
the stomach so much bran. Cold stor-
ase Is unfortunately one Of the ncccs-
sites of our great cities and the great
activities of our modern life. but 1t Is
misfortune that cold storage should
I've 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.
cuinstances. The egg. like meat. loses
It's force when stored aud the fact that
1t has a shell Is no protection. Its food
properties are rs certainly destroyed
ms IL 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally II not more deleterious than
cold storage products. 1t Ii now an
established fact that In the Russo-Japa.
nese war canned goods were rs dead.
~ rs the shrapnel."
| II. c. Curtis. director Of st. Luke's
Hospital. stated that as general prop.
osltion he was In favor Of the pms.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. ut
would be Il safeguard to the public
health" lie said. "and we who see the
under side OF that question IRE natur.
ally solicltious that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
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 IL
failure to look Tor preservatives IN
canned meats. There IL nothing IN
the State law, the commissioner
claims. that forbIds the use of pre-
servatives, but the law plainly states
that:
NO packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits and vegetables, 81
other articles of food. shall sell o,
offer for sale such canned or preserved
articles of food. unless these shall bt
entirely free from substances or In
gradients delcterlous to health"
| 4 decision from Secretary Wilson
Of the Department Of Agriculture OF
the point In question came In dis
patch from Washington. 1t was IA
follows:
",rhe addition OF any preservativ'
OF any kind to food product may b,
objected to, first. when the added bod.
Is not mentioned on the label; second
1.-THE added substance itself may ~
deemed injurious to health; third, tn
added substance may he forbidden b.
the laws Of the country In which tn
foods are made or from which the,
, are exported.
Both boracic and snllcyllc acids ar
prohibited by the German laws
Boracic acid has been declared by thl
department to be injurious to healtl
, 1t does not appear that there Is an
, convincing reason for the use of an
; personalities in sausagcs except tn
| usual continental ingredients--sal
, vinegar spices and wOodsmoke.
, Under the results OF experiment
conducted In the bureau of chemlstr
/, small quantities Of benzOic acid an
, foods are produced, or from whic
. they are exported"
food products when not forbidden b
/, the laws Of the countries where III
;. Help the health commissioner figl
. the Beef Trust!
n Commissioner OF Health Whalen,
a the bulletin for the last week of Jal
n uary, calls attention to the need OF q
$ appropriation of $4,000 TO fight tube
q culoss. IAN increase OF the poll,
@ force Is undoubtedly necessary" Il
= clares the bulletin, "but there seen
l. to be lacking sense Of proportion
/. refusing the $4,000 to save 1000
g $4,000 lives annually from the assault
Of a positively preventable diseas
: while granting Sl0OO,0OO to fight thu;
Il and murderers, whose total harvest
II death last year was 1877 victims. Gil,
Il the police department all it asks
If that can he done. Give the health q
e partment what it actually needs"
'e ~6
- Many OF the Beef Trust employ,
u. wear rubber gloves while handliI
u the cadavers. Otherwise they are
N imminent danger Of blood posonin
u Even the embalmlng of food for Il
!, eulllble public has Its attendant da
" gers.
: ~
The Beef Trust Is commencing
squlrm. The public is going to e
s. some startling facts before long. A
- opinion given by Attorney Gener
a. Stead TO the Illinois live stock boa
4. says the board has no right to pa
~ Oh slaughtered animals, but must co
G. fine Its inspection to live stock. III