Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-09

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Laboratory. We Gull some extracts
from the report
AS showing what Is alleged to have
been done in the past, the following are
taken from pages G2. 63. "a, 60 and w
OF Part 9 Of the fifteenth annual re-
port of the Food Commissioner Of North
Dakota, 1905:
Lab. No. 1914 (page ca.
Brand. dried beef, Arnour's sliced
Star.
Producer or jobber. Armour & Co.,
Chicago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 1884 (page G3).
Brand, Vienna sausage.
Producer or jobber, Armour & Co.,
Chicago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2OIG (page 63).
Brand, sliced dried beef, White.
Producer or jobber, Armour Packing
Co.. Kansas City.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 2l32 (page G3).
Brand, breakfast bacon. Gold.
Producer or jobber, Armour Packing
Co.. Kansas City.
Contains boratea
Lab. No. 2442 (page 6A).
Brand. sliced ham.
Producer or jobber, Armour 4 Co.,
Chicago.
Contains supplies and borates.
Lab. No. 2iO0 (page 85).
Brand, Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber, Swift & Co..,
Chicago.
Contains b0rates.
Lab. 24Sl (page 85).
Brand, Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber, Swift 4 Co., Obi.
cago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 240O (page CO.,.
Brand. Bologna sausage.
Producer or jobber. Armour 4 Co.,
Chicago.
Contains boraclc acid or borates.
Lab. No. 2401 (page 68).
Brand, canvas sausage.
Producer or jobber. Swift 4 Co., Chi.
cago.
Contains borates.
Lab. No. 241S (page 64).
Brand. breakfast bacon, Gold.
Producer or jobber, Armour Packing
Co.. Kansas City.
Contains borates.
We take the following from pages
30, 10 and OF Of the report Of the Ken.
lucky Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton to the governor Of Kentucky on
the enforcement Of the pure food law,
1905:
The manufacturers whose sausages
were found to contain boracic acid or
colorlng matter, or both:
Armour & Co., Chicago.
Kentucky Packing & Provision
Company, Louisville.
"Swift & Co., Chicago
John Huffman. Cincinnati.
"Schwarxschild & Sulzberger, Chica-
go.
Jacob vogel & Sons, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Evansville Packing Company. Ev.
ansville. Ind.
"Omaha Packing Company, Omaha,
Neb.
"Cudahy Packing Company, st.
Louis.
"Pfaffinger 4 Co.. Louisville.
"Rausch l. Ruger, Louisville.
"NelsOn Morris & Co., Chicago.
"Kineghar 4 Co.. Indianapolis.
"The German American Provision
Company, Chicago.
I'm the fall OF 1905, Mr.. C. ]. Tress
Ter. attorney for Swift & Company
called at the Office and stated thai
Swift & Co. had eliminated b0raci,
acid and color from meat products
FOR SALE IN KENTUCKY, and thai
there would be no further shipment,
containing these substances into tn,
state"
The report continues:
1.-The packing houses need inspection
to control authorizations which tn,
packer is permitted, without restrain
to add to meat products, just as mucl
as the inspection which the Fedora
Government conducts with reference t
the physiological wholesOmeness of tn
animal. While bOraclc acid into meat
OF otherwise superior quality, the chic
reason for using antiseptics, artidcia
c0lOrs and other adulterants Is to dis
guise deficiencies, or its method o
preservation, and when these adulter
atoms are restricted the result mus
be a higher standard In the product t
be packed, better methods of packing
and preservation and a more whole
some and perfect food"
Recent investigations have undoubt
eddy shown that the federal inspec
ton over the physiological condition O
packing house meats Is not thorough
and that some of the animal PROD
UCT UNFIT FOR FOOD Is PUT vi
AND PASSED TO CONSUMERS UN
DER THE GUARANTEE OF TIL
MEAT INSPECTION STAMP Tn,
antiseptlc and the anlline dye are tn,
chief means by which the consumer Il
deceived into believing that this In
ferior or condemned meat Is pure ant
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