The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-01-30
Wiley Tells Of Dangers
Lurking in fatabIes.
OYSTERS IN BULK,
Gelatin and foodstuffs lhai Lie Too
Long in Cold Storage are Con-
deTned as Dangerous.

Washington, Jan. so.--Dr Harvey
w. Wiley. chief Of the chemistry
bureau of the department of agricul-
turc and the governments pure food
expert, gave interesting testimony
concerning the deterioration OF food
stuffs In cold storage before the
house committee on agriculture,
whose hearings on the agricultural ap'
preparation bill have just been made
public.
Two cold storage warehouses are at
DR.. Wiley's disposal in Washington
ard he gave the results he has attain
ed by experiments with all sorts oil
'oodstuffs.
milk begins to deteriorotc right
,way and so does cream" said DR..
Wiley Eggs also begin TO deterior.
ate immediately. Fruit is improved
md sometimes continues to improve
'or three months. Meat improves ul'
% about six or eight weeks. But after
.hree months for meat you can sec
hat II has reached the maximum and
hen it begins to go down. do not
care how hard it Is frozen
When asked for further explana'
ion Of meat frozen In cold storage
Dr. Wiley said: "Wc find that meats
10 not taste as well and they do moi
;mell as well, and every time the jury
,an pick that which has been Kept
over three months"
Dr. Wiley said he IL believer In
,old storage and believes that most
'oods improve when properly kept FOL
1 short time, but he said that the oh
ect Of his experiments Is 10 tell the
public and particularly the cold stor
&C people, how long they may safely
5eep articles OF food in storage. JIG
said that as yet he has been unable to
determine whether drawn or undrawr
poultry keeps better.
DR.. Wiley was asked many ques
ions about oysters and said that the
oysters opened and shipped In buck
IT'S should be prevented from entering
Interstate commerce, as they arc
lead. IAN oyster Is dead an hour al
.er II is opened said Dr.. Wiles. "ant
not good. 1t loses its flavor"
In response 70 inquiries as to thu
idvisability OF freezing oysters t
preserve them for shipment. DR.
Wiley said: They ought not to b'
| ,rozen. That ruins them and as sOOl
rs they thaw they are dangerous IA
hen urged that oysters should b.
shipped alive and in the shell, ant
said that the greatest outrage OF tn
oyster trade Ia TO soak oysters Wit
,resh water and swell them up, MAJ
nG them look fat.
Or. Wiley said the oysters sent on
IL tin cans are all right. but in furthe
lenunciation of bulk oysters shippe
n tubs and buckets said: They ar
sither preserved with some prcscrv;
i've, or are dangerously near tn
otomaine line. ono of the two
Gelatin was denounced by d
Wiley. who said OF It: TT is mad
lut of hides. of the scraplngs froi
lides. These hides 20 into the tai
lers watts and these hides that sme
o heaven are treated and trimmed
md these trimmings are used to max
gelatin. The marine hospital servic
found tetanus germs in gelatin"
DR.. Wiley said the gelatin factoric
are the dirtiest In the world.
In reply to a question as to the use
Of gelatin, Dr. Wiley said. 1T
used for putting into ice cream an
Iputting into candies and for maxim
capsules that you take your medicir
in" He added that there is no obje
ton TO gelatin II properly made ~
that there Is plenty Of wholesome ia
material to- make It OF.