Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28

| killed and the meat sold in the state for
! food.
Meat Amendment Passed
June so. 1906, marked the passage
Of the meat inspection amendment.
| This is the most important legislation
ever enacted by congress to protect
the meat supply. As we all know it
! the shocking conditions, in many of
the packing houses, under which food
| for human beings was prepared. There
| is no need at this time to refer to in
vestigations then made which proved
that the sanitary conditions in many
/ of the packing houses were simply re-
voting The new law was passed. car
rying with it an annual appropriation
! of SO, 900, 600 for its enforcement.
strict regulations were prescribed
| for the ante and post-mortem inspec-
! ton of animals and for the sanitary
| conditions under which all establish
/ ments doing an Interstate trade were
| t. be allowed to carry on their busl-
ness; no hogs or other animals may
! be fed on the premises from Fhe refuse
Loi the slaughter houses; no workers
! who have tuberculosis may be en-
! ployed. Everything connected with the
| establishments must be kept clean ot
| the federal inspectors win be removed
from the packing houses AS no es-
| tablishment can carry on an Interstate
! trade unless the federal inspectors are
nresent. the first result of the law was
! seen in the increased demand for fed
eral inspection. While in 1891 this in
| srection was maintained in only nUe
! Establishments in 1906 it had increased
| to 16S, in fifty-eight cities and towns
| The growth of the service may be seen
| by the latest report OF the bureau OF
! animal industry. In 1907 1S7 establlsh
ments in 211 cities and towns had fed
| eral inspection.
More Animals Inspected
| "There has been an equal increase in
! the number of animals inspected. In
| 1891 only 5,076,929 animals were exam
! ined; in 1908 ante-mortem eXaminauoLl
was made of 54,05990l.
| "In concluding this paper the food
| committee again asks that TINS BODY OF
food officials aids the committee IN
placing the model meat inspection law
before the legislatures of those states
not already protected by adequate
| laws. We ask also that the following
resolution be passed at this convention
of state and national food officials:
whereas, The United States meal
inspection service provides for the in
spection of only such meat as is IN
| tended for interstate trade, Whlcn com
| ptises only a portion of the tola
I /
and ~
! ''Nhereas, The uninspected slaughter
houses within a state are In many IN
stances conducted in a very unsanltaTy
! manner. and
''Whereas. Animals killed in such es-
tablishments come in large measure
| from small farms and dairies where the
percentage of tuberculosis is large, and
the statistics show that nearly twice as
MANY animals are condemned for al
| causes in the smaller establishments
| than in the larger plans where tederaI
irspection is now being Conducted;
! "Resolved, That we recommend tha'
each state and municipality should pro
Iida for the sanitary regulation oil
slanehter houses and efficient veterin-
arv ante and post-mortem lnspectlo1
Of all food animals slaughtered TOT
| consumption within its own llmlts'
ALICE LAKEY,
"Chairman Food Committee, National
| Consumers League
Benzoate Not Necessary
Taking a view differing from that OF
+ba Pensen referee board, manufac'
turers before the convention OF the
Association of State and Natlonal + f ooG
and Dairy Departments today argued
that benzoate of soda is no lohs1l
necessary as a food preserVatlVe.
I'm fact the manufacturers are com
inc 70 the belief that no preservatiVeS
al all need be used" declared one
snaal,er THE public seems to be ar
irving at the same conclusion w ny
should we have chemicals in our foodS
if INV processes of sterilization ana re-
f1igeration they can be done Wlthou'
While the government through t.o
referee board has been carrying out lts
exneriments to show that benzoate l.
not harmful a great many manuIac'
turers have been experimenting t(
show that food can be put up without
chemicals at all ... -,
| With a hearing to manufacturers OF
the nrogress being made toward the
OUTPUT of purer food products tne con
vention prepared for an early ADJOURN
ment today, ,-.,- -.
Secretarylof Agriculture wilson WhI
has been in daily attendance, Will leave
for A tour of western states, WIN
view of particularly investigating pup
lie land in Idaho as to the adaptapllltS
of agricultural purposes. the electloI
of officers was the chief business peloTt
todav's sessions. George L. FLANDERS ol
| Albany, n. Y. was talked or TOT preSl
dent and New Orleans as the place Ioi
tbc next annual meelng. .,--
| In a communication to the ASSOCIATION
Natban Straus of New York city com
mnnded the fight carried on by Healtf
l,,omrnissjoner Evans of Chicago Tor
nurer milk supply for that city Apou
twenty other cities. Mr. Straus sald
were following the example
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