Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-07
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.

FERROUS. no matter what length Of time
they were placed on Ice.
"rhere IL 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 vltalizing principle
and are consequently almost valueless
as 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 30 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 It IL
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
NY patients to use them under any cir.
cumstances. The egg, like meat, loses
Its force when stored and the fact that
1t has shell Ii no protection. Its food
properties are rs certainly destroyed
us II II were broken. Canned goods are
equally n not more deleterious than
cold storage products. 1t Is now IN
established fact that In the Russo.Japa.
nese war canned goods were as dead.
" rs the shrapncl."
II. G. Curtis, director Of ct. Luke's
Hospital, stated that as general prop.
osltion he was In favor Of the pas.
sage Of the whalen ordinance. 1T
would be q 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"
The Beef Trust 10 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 It's
failure to look for preservatives In
canned meats. There II nothing in
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 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 a dis.
patch from Washington. It was as
follows:
"rhe 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 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 sallcylic acids are
prohibited by the German laws.
Boracc 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
preservatlves In sausages except the
usual continental ingredients---salt,
vinegar, spices and woOdsmoke.
"Under the results Of experiments
conducted In the bureau OF chemistry
small quantities Of benxOic 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 $685. 900 to fight tuber.
culOsis. IAN increase Of the police
force Is undoubtedly necessary" de-
clares the bulletin, but there seems
to be lacking a sense Of proportion in
refusing the $?5, 600 to save 1000 10
$1,000 lives annually from the assaults
OF a positively preventable disease,
while granting 81 900, 900 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 II actually needs"
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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 is 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.