The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
LITTLE FAULT TO
 FIND WITH MEAT
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 The committee considers 1t of the ut most importance that greatly improved facilities be provided in the United States for the training of men in the important speciality of meat inspection.
 "It is the opinion of the committee that animals reaching the yards dead, do not get into the stock yards slaughtering houses.
 After carefully considering the pro- cedure directed by the government of ficials, the committee think 1t fairly cer- tain that no improper use Is made of un- born calves in the inspected plants.
 Ut is our opinion that the dressed meat of the yards Is wholesome and proper article for human food. Methods Employed Are cIeanIy.
 ''The methods employed in the pre- serving of meats are for the most part cleanly, nothing seriously objectionable being observed in any of the houses visited. The pckllng of meats has not presented any very objectionable fea- lures. It is suggested that the skewer used in inspecting hams being Immersed in boiling water between tests, and that great care should be used in selecting healthy operatives, especially the testor.
 Your committe is of the opinion that the canning departments visited are in general in a clean condition and that the handling of the material is done in a cleanly manner by properly dressed healthy persons and that the finished canned meats offered for sale constitute a wholesome and in varying degrees nu- trtious articles of diet. The use of any L.. fAA1 tn fafNt h 6pn noticed though it must be conceded that some of the canned goods contained ma terial which Is of low nutritive value, such as pigs ears, pigs shouts. tripe, etc. It is therefore recommended that the cans be correctly labelled as to their contents so that the purchaser may be able to form a correct estimate as to their nutritive value.
 Tt is believed that the government in- spection should be extended to su- pervision of all the materials used for canned goods since they are finally dis tributed In packages bearing the declara- tion that they contain government in- spection material. As at present there is no government inspection which guaran- tees the fact that nothing other than proper material Is placed in the cans. It Is suggested that for the sausage busi- ness the meat being inspected for trich- inae be handled in especially sanitary rooms, and that specific rules be adopted and enforced for the hands of these oper- atives. It Is believed that the standard Of sanitary surroundings and care should be higher for these uncooked products than for those which are to be washed and cooked before eaten. All cutting and trimming meats should be washed whether pickled or fresh. This is believed to be the rule at present, but the sys- | tenn employed, permits too many ex- captions.
 "trhe lard and lard compounds are wholesome"
 Hygiene and Sanitation.
 Regarding hygiene and sanitation the committee says some of the water closets are not of modern and proper construc- tion. nor we'll located, often deficient and often ventilate into the workroom. This they regard as dangerous. In a few houses they found satisfactory modern water closets. entirely new. In most of them there were signs requesting the operatives to wash their hands before re- turning to work. Some supervision Is ad- vised. The medical members of the com mittee paid especial attention to the health of the operatives, particularly in regard to tuberculosis. They were not able to detect in the superficial examina- ton possible any evidence of disease"
 It is certainly not true. the committee say, that much spitting goes on with consequent contamination of the food pro- ducts.
 Inclosing the report the committee refer 10 the new United States meat inspection bill and say that it's provisions are so stringent that if under it's execution any unwholesome meat unfit for human con- sumption gets into interstate or foreign commerce, the responsibility for such circumstance must rest with the federal authorities.