Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-03
FIGHT FOR PURE FOOD
Cooperation of Federal and
District Officials.
CRUSADE ON BAD MILK
Conditions Found Yesterday to Be
Generally Satisfactory.
VIGILANCE TO BE MAINTAINED
Two Lunchrooms Closed - Two
Bakers Warned by Inspectors.
Campaign Mapped Out.

In connection with his crusade for
cleanliness in the District Health Officer
Woodward is to extend his attacking line,
as they say in army circles. to include the
milk industry. the slaughter houses and
other establishments engaged in handling
foods or beverages.
At conference in the Office of DIR.
Woodward Saturday afternoon between
representatives of the bureau of animal
industry of the Department Of Agriculture
having to do with the matter of the milk
supply: and the officers and employees in
the service of the health department en-
gagged in the same line of work cam
paign on the local milk dealers was map
ped out.
The principal purpose of this meeting
was to bring closer together all forces
that are working in this territory along
the same line and to harmonic as nearly
as possible the methods employed by the
various men in the field. The inspectors
of the Department of Agriculture engaged
in the inspection of the milk supply and
the inspectors of the health department
will cooperate. ,
Another topic of importance discussed
at this conference was the supervision
and control of local slaughter houses not
dong an interstate business, and. there
,artrent of Agriculture or subject to the
Interstate meat inspection laws. A, method
of establishing a more satisfactory and
proper control over these places was out
lined ny the officials. Their plans in this
relation will not be disclosed for several
DAYS. Similar conferences will be held
monthly hereafter by the officials of the
two departments.
To Enforce Federal Law.
1,,rn Of
chemistry of the Department of Agricul-
tars the health department has begun
the collection of samples of foods and
drugs for analysis. Hooking toward the
prosecution of those persons in the Dis
trio. who are violating the federal pure
The first samples have been collected
and aryzeG. and IL is expected that
prosecution will soon be entered against
those whose samples are found below
standard. The first work done under the
purity OF the local milk supply, but &C
cOrding t" DR.. Woodward op aratiOns will
be extended so as to cover all lines of
foods and drugs that are now being sold
in this city.
DIR. Harvey w Wiley, chief of the bu-
reau of chemistry, has expressed his sat
isfactiOn with the present arrangement
and his eagerness to do whatever he can
10 support the ncdltn department In the
work 1t is undertaking.
Yesterdays Inspections.
The inspectors who visited grocery and
milk stores yesterday today reported to
Dr.. Woodward that they found conditions
generally satisfactory, and in cases not
up to the standard the proprietors were
warned. 1t was reported that two lunch
rooms on 7th street southeast that were
warned several days ago have gone out
of business and the proprietor of a bak-
cry on 7th street northwest has been
warned. Inspectors reported that they
found his scales unclean and the floors
and ceiling dirty. The cellar was also in
an unclean condition. The proprietor of a
bakery on 18th street northwest was also
warned for not having clean store.
These places will be feinspected during
the week, and unless the regulations have
been complied with prosecutions will fol-
low.