Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-31
Chemical Bureau Chief TeSti-
fieS Food StuffS Kept in
Frozen State Deteriorat9
With Astonishing Rapidly,
OYSTERS SHIPPED IN
BUCKETS UNFIT TO EAT
Revelations Before Congress
SionaI Committee Not CaIcu-
lated to Stimulate Delicate
Appetite of Common Geezer.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
Washington, Jan. 29.--Dr. Harvey
w. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bu-
reau of the department of agriculture,
testified concerning the deterioration
of food stuffs in cold storage before
the house committee on agriculture,
whose hearings on the agricultural bill
have just been made public.
The cold storage warehouses are at
DR.. Wiley's disposal in Washington
and he gave the results of experiments
with all sorts of food stuffs. milk
begins to deteriorate right away, and
so does cream" he said. Eggs also
begin to deteriorate Immediately.
Fruit is improved and sometimes con-
tinues to improve for three months,
Meat improves up to about six or eight
weeks. But after three months for
meat you can see that it has reached
the maximum and then it begins to
go down. l do not care how hard
it is frozen"
When asked for a further eXplana-
ton of the deterioration of meat
frozen in cold storage, DR.. Wiley said:
We find that meats do not taste as
we'll and they do not smell as we'll
and every time the jury can pick that
which has been kept over three
months. Take our quail. We have
quail a year old and we have fresh
quail cooked at the same time We
cook them just alike, and every time
the inry can pick them out blind-
! fvfded. s'-.--ss ~r-ssssE- sse..s, ~ '--
DR.. Wiley stated that most foods
improve when properly kept for
short time, but he said the object of
av ic n iOfnrf,1 n11h-
lie, and particularly the cold starage
people, how long they may safely
keep food in storage. He said that as
yet he had been unable to determine
whether drawn or undrawn poultry
keeps better.
DR.. Wiley was asked many ques-
tions about oysters, and said that the
oysters opened and shipped in buck
cts should be prevented from entering
interstate commerce, as they are dead
AN oyster is dead an hour after
it is opened" said Dr. Wiley, "and
is not good. 1t loses its flavor.
In response to inquiries from Rep
resentative Haskings as to the advis-
ability of freezing oysters to preserve
them for shipment, DR.. Wiley said:
ooh, the ought not to be frozen.
That ruins them, and as soon as they
thaw they are dangerous" He urged
that oysters be shipped alive ana III
the shell. DR.. Wiley said the oys-
ters sent in cans are all right.
Gelatin was denounced by Dr.
Wiley, who said of 1t
1T is made from the scrapings from
hides. These hides that smelt to
heaven are treated and trimmed, and
these trimmings are used to make
gelatin. The marine hospital service
found tetanus germs in gelatin"
Mr.. Wiley said that this gelatin Is
sometimes made in glue factories and
that stuff is not fit for glue is made
into gelatin.
In reply to a question from Repre-
sentative Haughin, DR.. Wiley said:
Gelatin is used in ice cream and
candies and for making capsules that
you take your medicine in"
He added that there is no objection
to gelatin if properly made, and that
there is plenty of wholesome raw ma
terial to make 1t of,