The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-13

Are either &c: furnished at all CT are
snail aud Gicty. n 5itt or are towels;
scsc or toilet papcr CcyVl6sd. MeD
AID wprcsn raturn directly II, N these
places 20 plunge their uRsasheG hands
into the maat 10 be converted jafo
suun food ptlducts as seusag5s, drlel
ceef 2nd other com pounds, Sons OF
tie psivies ere situated at a long dis
tancs from the work rooms, and men
relieve themselves on the killing
floors or in 2 corner Of the vcrk rooms.
Hence, in some cases the fumes OF tbe
u1ips sVeilS the sum Of uau3easiLe
odors arising from the dirty-elctd-
soaked, rctt:rg wooded acors, fruitful
culture oc5s tor uhc disease gerns CT
meE and animals.
TREATMENT OF MEATS.
U1claaaltcess in Handling Fro
ducts An absence CT cleanliness vas
also fculd everywhere in the hanolllg
OF meat being prepared for the vari
Gus meat-fo q p1ccucts. Ai;ef kl.nng'
csfcasses are veil washed, and up 20
ths time they resca the cooling room
sra handled in q fairly sanitary and
clean!y manner. The parts that leave
the cojling room tJr tcea1nant il
bulk are also handled With regard to
cleanliness, but the parts that are
sent t.c1 tie cooking room to those
'5nsStments OK the packing houses in
.h'ea various forms OF meat pIodu ;ts
sco prepared are banded with 40 re
.a-i wha. aver for cleanliness. Ia some
7 *ne largest establish nents sides
tat Ire sent to whaa is known as tie
bcI>irs room are thro sn In heap on
tie foor Toe workers Climb ever
these heaps OF meat, select the pieces
they wish, end trs q1ently throw them
down upon the dirty floor beside thei,
working bench. Even in cutting the
nsat upca the bench the work is usu-
ally held pressed against their aprons,
and these aprons wers as rule, in
desc-tbaoly filthy. Thsy were MADE
IN noSt cases OF leather or Of rough
sac1iDg ard bore long accumulated
gresss ao6 dirt. II only " places
were suitable oi.cioth aprons worn.
Moreover men we're seen Ic ciiCb from
the floor and stand, With shoes dizzy
with the refuse Of the feo:s, on the
tables upon which the meat was hsnc.
led. They wers seen at the luncl
,, hour sitting or the tables on the spo!
on which the meat product was hand.
leo, anG all this under the very eye 0;
the superinterde dent Ct TIE rccm, show
ing that this was the common prac'
tice.
Nest scraps we're $50 found being
shovslie5 into recapsacles from the
floors where they were left to lie unit
again saoyelled into barrels OF inte
machines for chorpirg. These f ors,
it must De noted, we're Ia Ecost cases
damp snd soggy, in 6ark, ili-Ve5t.l..,
ed roons and the employees in u5tel
igooraacs CT cleanliness or danger &c
health, expscsoraSed st Will upor
them. Ia Tc1o, ~e saw mset she
yelled from filthy WOODEN aocls, pilec
Oh tables rarely washed. pushed fror
1oon 10 roo52 IN rotten box CARTS, i!
all Of which processes it was in the
way Of gathering>oirt, splinters, hoei
filth and the expectorstion OF tuaer
cu!ous and otDer disease workers
Where comment was made to Aoor su
psrinteudent about these matters il
was always the reply that this nea;
would afterwards be cooked, and thst
this steril ilzssion would prevent any
danger from it's use. Even this, i,
may be pointed out in passing, is moi
wholly tsus. a very considerable
portion OF the meat so handled is sen:
out as smoked products ard in tie
form OF saussges, which are prepared
TO be eaten without being cooked.
A particularly glari1g instance 81
unclsaolicess Was found In 2 room
whe1e the best grade OF sausage was
being prepared for export. 1t was
made from carefully selected meat,
and was being prepared e b. eatea
uncooked. II this case ne employee
csrted the chopped up N e. access a
room IL barrow, the bsnd!es 0:
which were filthy with grease. The
meat WAS then thrown CUT upon ta-
0les, and the employee climbed upon
the table, handled tbs meat With bis
unWsshed hands, kuelt with his dirty
apron and trousers in contact with
the meat be was spreading out, and,
sitter ne had finished MS operation,
again took hold OF the dirty handles
% the whsel5ar,ow, went back for
another load, and repeated this pro.
CESS Indefinitely. Inquiry developed
he fact that there was no water in
snis room at all, and the only method
tie man senptsd for cleaning his
isr0s vas to ruo them against hls
dirty aplon CT on his still f:thie1
trousers.
ks 40 extreme example Of the en-
IKE disregard on the part OF employ
ses OF any notion OF cleanliness ir
haadlirg dressed meat, We saw hog
that had just been killld, cleaned,
washed sId started On its way to tbs
cooling room fall from the sliding rail
to a dirty woo6en floor and slide part
of the way into filthy mems p1iV5.
It wss picked up by TWO employees,
placed upon truck, carried ioto tne
coo;tng room sni hung up with other
carcassss, no efo-t being made to
clean it.
Treasmcct o: Meat After Iaspec
oicn.-The radical dc:aco IL the pres
entsgsssn OF inspection is that it doss
not 60 FAX enough. Il is confined at
present by laH to passing on toe
aealthfuluesS Of animals at the time
Of killing; but the neat that is uses
il sausage and In tae various iorGs Of
c.pna6 products and otter prepared
neat f,ods goes t rough many pro