Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-16
The Health Department Says that In.
drawn Poultry, Long Kept, Is Unfit
for Food.
Frightful Food Thrown Upon Market
from Cold Storage Plants---l1ealth
Department Protests.

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they were placed on Ice.
"rhcre 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 vitalizing principle
and are consequently almost valueiess
rs food products.
'rhey are not stimulants to the
stomach or the system. but mere clogs.
1t Is just about the same as feeding
the stomach so 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
be 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
MY patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg, like meat, loses
It's force when stored and the fact that
It has shell Ii no protection. Its food
properties IRE rs certainly destroyed
as II 1t were broken. Canned goods are
equally n not more deleterious than
cold storage products. It IL now an
established fact that In the Russo. Japa.
nese war canned goods were as dead.
" rs the shrapnel."
II. c. Curtis, director Of st. Luke's
Hospital, stated that as general prop.
ositlon he wns In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the Whalen ordinance. ut
would be a safeguard to the public
health" he said. "and we who see the
under side Of that question are natur.
ally sollcltious that every step be
taken to safeguard the public"
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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 preservatives In
canned meats. There IL nothing I'm
the State law. the commissioner
claims. that forbids the use Of pre-
servatives. but the law plainly states
that:
mo packer or dealer In preserved
or canned fruits ana 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. It was as
follows:
"The addition Of any preservative
OF any kind to a food product may he
objected to. first. when the added body
Is not mentioned Oh the label; second.
the added substance itself may be
deemed injurious to health; 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 boraclc 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 Ia any
convincing reason for the use of any
personalities In sausages except the
usual continental ngredients-salt,
vinegar. spices and woOdsmOke.
Under 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 &25. 900 TO fight tuber-
culosls. IAN increase Of the police
force Ia undoubtedly necessary" de-
clares the bulletin, "but there seems
to be lacking a sense Of proportion In
refusing the $4,000 to save 1000 TO
$4,000 lives annually from the assaults
OF a positively preventable disease,
while granting 81 noe, 600 to fight thugs
and murderers, whose total harvest OF
death last year was 1877 victims. Give
the police department all 1t asks-if
that can be done. Give the health de.
partment what II actually needs"
Many Of the Beef Trust employees
wear rubber gloves while handling
the cadavers. Otherwise they are In
Imminent danger Of blood poisoning.
Even the embalming Of food for the
gullible public has Its attendant dan.
gers.
The Beef Trust Is commencing to
squirm. The public ia going to get
some startling facts before long. An
opinion given by Attorney General
Stead to the Illinois live stock board
says the board has no right to pass
On slaughtered animals, but must con.
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