Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-30
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 wirsI

IBy Morning Journal special Leased Wire.
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
Or. 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 deterorate Immediately
Fruit is improved and sometimes con-
tinues to improve for three months.
Meat improves up to about six OF eight
weeks, But after three months for
meat You can see that it has reached
the maximum and then it begins to
go down. | do not care how hard
1t is frozen
When asked for further eXplana-
ton Of the deterioration of meat
frozen in cold storage. DR.. Wiley said:
We find that meats do not taste as
well and they do not smell as well,
and every time the jury can pick thai
IS hich has been kept over three
months fakt uu quaii we have
quail year GA and wsH 3Fe 81 fresh
quaH cooked at the sa ae A"e We
cook them iusi alike ita 'iilnf
itloll.
~. Wiley stated that mos foods
improve when properly kept ion a
short time. but he said he object of
his experiments is to inform the pub
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
t4I hot l1gr ar
keeps better.
Or. 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
1t is opened said Dr.. Wiley 'and
is not good II loses it's flavor.
In response to inquiries from Rep
resentative Haskings as to the advls-
ability of freezing oysters to preserve
them for shipment, Or. Wiley said:
"Oh. 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 and in
the she'll Dr. Wiley said the oys-
ters sent in cans are all right.
Gelatin was denounced by Dr. |
Wiley, who said Of it
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 I
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 ii of.