The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-30
CHIEF CHEMIST
GIVES POINTERS
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley Tells
House Committee About Cold
Storage Experiments.
FROZEN OYSTERS NO GOOD
SCRAPINGS FROM HIDES MADE
INTO GELATIN.

Washington, Jan. 29.-Dr. Harvey w.
Wiley, chief of the chemistry bureau
of the department. Of agriculture. testi-
fed concerning the deterioration of
foOdstuffs in cold storage before tho
house committee on agriculture, whose
hearings on the agricultural appropria-
ton 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 foodstufs Milk be-
gins to deterioratc right away and So
does cream, said Or. Wiley. Eggs also
begin To deteriorate Immediately. Fruit
Is improved and sometimes continues
TO improve for three months. Meat inn
proves UP TO about six or eight weeks
he said, but after three months for
meat you can see that il has reached
the maximum, and then it begins 10
go down. / do not care how hard it is
frozen"
Both Taste and Smell.
When asked for q further explanation
of the GeterioratiO Cf meat frozen in
cold storage Dr. Wiley said;
1--WE find that meats do not taste rs
well and they do not smell as well, and
has been kept over three months. Take
our quail. We have quail a year old,
and we have a fresh quail cooked at the
same time. We cook then just alike.
and every time the jury can pick out
the frozen one blindfolded."
DR. Wiley stated that most foods im-
prove when properly Kept for a short
time. but he said the object of his eX-
periments is 10 inform the public. and
..-I,- cold CT ga
bow long they may safely keep food IN
storage He said that as yet he has
been unable to determine whether
drawn or uldraWn poultry keeps bet
ter.
Something About Oysters.
DR.. Wiley was asked many questions
about oysters, and said that the oysters
opened and shipped in buckets should
be prevented from entering interstate
commerce. as they are dead.
IAN oyster is dead an hour AFTER IL
is opened" said DIR. Wiley, ana Is not
vood. IT loses its flavor"
In response to inquiries from Repre-
sentative Haskins a TO the adVlsapihty
of freezing oysters to preserve tnein'
for shipment. Dr. Wiley said:
con. they ought not he frozen. That
ruins them. and SO soon as they tnaW
they are dangerous. he urged lilat
oysters be shipped awe anu III nv
shell. Dr. Wiley said the oysters sent
out in, tin cans are all right.
How Gelatin Is Made.
Gelatin was denounced by DR.. Wiley
who said of it:
at is made from the scrapinSs from
hides. These hides that smell TO heaven
ere treated and trimmed and these
trimmings are used TO make gelatin:
The marine hospital service found
tetanus germs in gelatin"
DR.. Wiley said the gelatin factories
are the dirtiest in the world; that the
hides used are treated with alkah'
which is rubbed into them for ship
ment. He said that this gelatin IS
sometimes made i'm glue factories, ana
that stuff that is not fit for glue is made
INTO gelatin.
In reply to question from Repre-
sentative Haugen. DR.. Haugen said;
Gelatin is used in ice cream ana
candies and for making capsules that
I YOU take your medicine in" He added
! that there is no objection TO gelatin II
! properly made. and that there is plenty
/ IF Wholesome raw material TO make 1t