The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-07
JOINT COMMITTEES REPORT
ON PACKING INDUSTRIES
Found Conditions and Products In Chicago Have
Been Improved Constantly

tuberculosis. Demands so,ely Of pub
lie health would doubtless be met by
les- stringent regulations
Summing up Their observance OF
the inspection the committee says il
was reasonably careful, thorough
and in general, efficient" and that in
their opinion, that ante-mortam in
pecton is Of far les importancs
than the inspection Of dressed car
aasses /, Is the opin ea of the com
mittee that animals Reaching the
yards dead do not get into the stock
Yards slaughtering houses !.
Dressed Meat All Riqht
1T Is orr opinion saYs the COM
mittee' that dressed meat Of ne
Yards IS wholesome and l<oper ar'iels
or human food, Methods employed III
preserving meats are for most part
cleanly. nothing seriously objecton-
able being observed in any OF the
houses visited The pieknng of meats
has not presented any very obiection-
able feature Your committee Il Of
he opinion that the canning depatt-
ments visited. are, In general in
clean condition and the handl Hg of
he material is done "A a cleanly man
| 'losed as such
ler by properly dressed, healthy per-
sons and that the finished canned
meats offered for sale constitute
wholesome and in varying degrees.
nutritious articles The use OF any
| al ~,
where noticeable. though It must be
onceded that some of he canned
| Goods contained material which Is Of
low nutrit.ve yaue such as pigs ear.
| Digs snout, trire. etc Ii therefore
recommended that ca:.l De correctly
the purchaser may be able t9 form d
| correct estimate as to their nutritive
: value II is believed that government
/ inspection should ba extended TO the
\ superrvis on of all the materials used
for canned goods, since they areiinally
distributed in packages bearing the
declaration that tbev contain gnvern
ment inspected material As II IL at
present, there is no dislnterested
supervision which guarantees the
fact hat nothing other than proper
material S placed into can
Want Better Sausages.
| The committee suggests that for
| the uncooked sausage business, the
neat being inspected for trlchinae lie
handled in especially sanitary rooms.
| nd that specific ru'cs be adop.eh
| nd enforced for he hands Of the
perators, All cutting and trimmings
If meats should be wa shed. whether
'icbled or fresh This is believed TO
ie the rule at present, but the system
Employed permits too many oxcep
| ions"
Lard aud lard compounds are
| wholesome" says the comm ttee Re
garding hygiene and sanitaio lou the
committee say that some Of The
| water clo cts are not OF modern or
proper const ucti1n not well located
)ften deficient anS often ventilated
nlo work rooms This they regard
rs dangerous and unhygeinic In a few
houses they found satisfactory mod
2rn water closets entirely new
Workren An Healthy
Medical members of the committee
/ paid especial Gttcntion to The health
OF the operatives. part cgl1rly in re-
gard TO uhercHlosi They We're not
able to dete-t in upcrfcisl eSamina-
tion any pos ible cvdcnce of the dis
ease 1T is certainly not true" the
committee says that much splitting
goes on with consequent Coniamina
| tion of food products
( In closing the commit tee refers 70
the new United states meat nsDec
tion bill and say its proyi ions are
% stringent that unlcr its eNecuticn
l amy unwholCsume meat unfit for
I human consumption that may get mo
Interstate or foreign commerce, the
responsibility for such circumstances
must rest VITA The federal authori-
ties.