Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14
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 stlmulants to the
stomach or the system. but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same as feeding
the stomach 50 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
a misfortune that cold storage should
he 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 I forbid
NY patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg, like meat, loses
Its force when stored and the fact that
It has shell Ii no protection. Its food
properties are as certainly destroyed
as II It were broken. Canned goods are
equally n not more deleterious than
cold storage products. 1t Il now an
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were as dead.
" as the shrapnel."
II. G. Curtis, director OF Ct. Luke's
Hospital. stated that as a general prop.
osition he was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. ut
would be safeguard to the public
health" he said. "and we who see the
under side Of that question are natur.
ally sollcitious that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
The Beef Trust Is 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 preservatlves In
canned meats. There Is nothing In
the State law. the commissioner
claims, that forblds the use of pre-
servatives, but the law plainly states
that:
mo packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits and 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. 1t was as
follows:
"The addition OF any preservative
Of any kind to food product may be
objected to, first. when the added body
Is not mentioned on the label; second,
the added substance itself may be
deemed injurious to hearth; 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 bOracic and salicyllc acids are
prohibited by the German laws.
Boracic acid has been declared by this
department to be injurious to health.
1t does not appear that there Is any
convincing reason for the use of any
personalities in sausages except the
usual continental ngredients-salt,
vinegar, spices and woodsmoke.
"Cnder the results OF experiments
conducted in the bureau OF chemistry
small quantities Of benZoic acid and
foods are produced, or from which
they are exported"
food products when not forbidden by
the laws Of the countries where the
Help the health commissioner fight
the Beef Trust!
Commissioner Of Health Whalen. in
the bulletin for the last week of Jan.
uary, calls attention to the need of an
appropriation of $4,000 TO fight tuber-
culOsis, "An increase of the police
force Is undoubtedly necessary" de-
clares the bulletin, but there seems
to be lacking sense of proportion in
refusing the $4,000 to save 1000 10
$4,000 lives annually from the assaults
OF positively preventable disease,
while granting 81 900 600 to fight thugs
and murderers, whose total harvest OF
death last year was 1877 victims. Give
the police department all it asks-if
that can be done, Give the health de.
partment what 1t actually needs"
Many oc the Beef Trust employes
wear rubber gloves while handling
the cadayers. Otherwise they are I'm
imminent danger OF blood poisoning.
Even the embalmlng of food for the
gullible public has its attendant dan.
gers.
The Beef Trust Is commencing 10
squirm. The public Is going TO get
some startling facts before long. An
opinion given by Attorney General
Stead 10 the Illinois live stock board
says the board has no right TO pass
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