New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-21
AFTER COLD STORAGE MEN
PROSECUTIONS Ordered Against
vioIatorS of Brennan Law.
FLAGRANTLY 0ISREGARDED
rxtent of the Industry in New
York Greater than Imagined,
Saws Health Department.

,1bs-v. Aug. 20.-Flagrant violations Of
-. so-cslled Brennan cold storage law are
.-,ss by the State Department Of
,5s,,.h following Investigations made by
- INSPECTORS in several cities Of the
.,ste District attorneys IN a number OF
so,nties have been requested by the state
.,,borities 10 prosecute those who are
violating the new statute.
The state Department Of Health to-day
-,.6e public a statement, which follows
IN part:
,,,uiore Of pounds OF butter. poultry
- Nsh and thousands OF cases Of eggs
Rave teen found in cold storage as re-
sos-tnerf III Health. The Brennan cold
sforaee law. signed by Governor Dix. IL
now being actively enfor ed by. the depart
,reut and pro ecutOnS are looked Tor.
In addition 10 limiting the time IN which
sooF man be kept in cold storage. the law
nrovides that food once expo ed Tor sale
shaU not be re- tored, and that all storage
foo5 must be labe led with the date or IT'S
-scsiDt in storage and Of it's delivery
tberefrom. and when sold be represented
as cold storage 1000.
This last provision is particularly i'm
-,o~tart. as it protects the people from
t0no ition by IN crupulOus dealers in
selling as fresh foods which are really
ero-ace stuff The State Commissioner OF
EIan|rr also vested WIN IAlt power anu
s5t1Oritv 70 inspect and supervise all cold
STORAGE plants and 10 see that they are
T,ainfei ueC in q clean and sanitary man
ner.
Immediate Prosecutions Ordered.
rn-Dectors Of the state Department OF
Health have been quietly at work securing
data which until now have been Witnheid
IRON the public IN order that evidence
uIzht be secured and prosecutions begun
against the most faCrant viOlators OF this
INV The INVESTIGATIONS the department
hss conducted particularly in the cities
of New York. Albany. Utica, syracuse,
Rochester and Buffalo, have demonstrated
fre great need for this legislation, espe-
eiaIly from a public health standpoint. In
several cities violations or the Jaw We're
found and the district attorneys In mo q
counties have been notified 20 immediately
he-u pros eCuuOns.
An exanl.na ion OF the cold storage ware
houses Id New York City shows that the
extent of this Industry is far greater than
was ever imagined, and the public can
scarcely conceive Of the immense Quanu-
ties of goods held in storage. In twelve
storage houses alone IN New YORK CITY
visited by the inspectors there were found
NOR. than 100000 pounds OF poultry ana
meat. $4,000 pounds Of fsh, 2,VAOJ
pounds Of cheese. 6,0D.0oo pounds Of butter
and $4,000 cases Of eggs. a thorough eN-
animation OF all the plants is being COM
"eta1
The department states that although in
the modern plants the conditions are falr-
d. satisfactory. in others. as many as in
four of The first twelve inspected, condl-
taus were far from satisfactory.
THE temperatures al which the food IS
stored varies considerably in many cases
Al being but far7lcal 10 call II cold Slor-
age as the temperature IS . degrees
r-1er than that acknOw edged by experts
1e necessary for The proper protection or
tre food. butter having been FOUND Kept ar
90 degrees. the proper temperature being