The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-25
Sickness and Disease
Caused by Eating Un-
clean Meats
PROTECTIVE MEASURES
AVAILABLE.

Tn the Morning Examiner OF June
Goth. the following description Is giV'
en- of one of the local slaughter
houses by AN Old Subscriber
Here is a place where the meats
We eat are prepared The blood from
the animals slaughtered runs through
the cracks Of the floor The entrailS
are thrown right outside the door'
lin under the iloog and outside tne
door0 In all Of this corrupted mat
ter. the maggots thrive by the NH
lions. The meats that are put on
the blocks the next day In OGdeh
hang In the center of these disease
breeding surroundings. the air so louI
that 1t conpels neighbors' for miles
around to complain.
ITO complete the scene. we nave
swarms of flies allGhting on TINS COT
ruptlon and carrying this lilth onto
the meats. and vet we wonder where
all our sickness and disease come
| from when such meats actually are
sold at some of what we call our oes'
meat markets in the city"
Compare above with the following
extracts from U. S. Regulation NO
10: Governing u. S, Inspected pack
! ing plants:
Section 8. "OfRclal establishments
shall be suitably lighted and ventilat
ed and maintained in sanitary con
dItion. and shall be provided witt
efficient drainage, having properE
trappcd or other approved sewer con
) nections."
Section /. Ceilings, walls, pillars
Dartjtions, etc. shall he kept in
sanitary condition, and when neces
sarv, they shall be washed, scrapeo
painted or otherwise treated as II
quired"
Section 5. "All trucks. trays and ott
or receptacles, all chutes, PLATFORM
racks, tables, etc, and all knives
saws. cleavcrs and other tools, an
all utensils. machinery and vehicle
used in moving. handling, cuttlni
cbopping, mixing, canning or othe
nrocesses hall be thoroughly cleane
before using
Section 7 Persons affected Wit
tuberculosis or any other commun
cable disease shall not be employe
: IN any OF the departments oi esta
lishments.
Section o. "The rooms or compar
ments In which meat or neat lot
i products are prepared, cured store
packed, shall be kept Tree from Ill
and other vermin by screening,
other methods"
J Section 10. "All yards, fences. pei
chutes, alleys, etc, belonging to |
a premises oil such establishment
n whether they are used or not sh
y be maintained in n sanitary con
4. ton"
{, Section II Butchers who dress
handle diseased carcasses or pal
shall cleanse their hands Of all gren
&c and then immerse them in prescrib
a. dIsInfectant and rinse then in Gle
@ water before dressing or handll
healthy carcasses,'
~ There is only one government
a spected plant in operation In Ut
= This is the plant Of the Ogden Pa
ing e Provision Co. with Ogden e
u Salt Lake City as its main distrit
u ing points. Here the governm
" has stationed one Veterinary
~ ceon and two meat inspectors TO
that all the above regulations
III complied with. besides host
- others.
&c You guard In many ways agai
le' disease, but If you use unlnspec
meats. you allow disease TO er
le' your home
ID; To use inspected meats VIII red
your doctor bills, eliminate sickr
y and suffering, and prolong the II
+. of yourself and family.
rd. Government inspected meats
handled exclusively at the meat I
kets listed below. Is your ma
-, listed?
Sawyer Bros, Chicago Market;
lard & Belnap, California Mari
Biel G. Son. Ogden Meat Co; Nc
Ing Meat & Grocery Co.: Wright
- & Grocery Co and Seager Mea
eat. Grocery Co