The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-05-05

storage" as meaning the deposit nj
food products in warehouses. build.
1ngs or other receptacles where for
longer period than ten DAYS the
temperature is artifcially kent al
forty degrees Fahrenheit or below
except when the products are actin
ally in transit and have been in cold
storage.
Labels Must Tell the Story.
Or direct interest to the consum-
er is the labelling provision. The
Dill requires the original package,
say a barrel, to be labelled plainly
with the date of production, killing.
packing, or manufacturing and the
period during which the article has
been held in cold storage. It adds
-translating into popular terms
that when a customer goes to a
dealer and buys turkey the seller
shall II SO requested by the pur-
chaser, tag the turkey with a label
bearing the exact information to be
found on the original package.
Il want to place some of the re-
sponsibility on the purchaser" ex-
planned Senator Hepburn. "If this
bill becomes law the consumer can
protect himself through this provi-
sion, II he is interested enough to
do so. If he is not, of course he
cannot complain at what he re-
ceives."
While the hearings were in pro-
cess the dealers protested strongly
against the labelling provision, but
Senator Hepburn conducted a little
investigation of his own and con-
founded them all with the discovery
that 1t was the trade practice now
to label meats and poultry and other
articles to which the law would ap-
ply. The only difference was that
the labels were in cipher and of
course meant nothing to the pur-
chaser. The senator proved, too, that
the labels were exceedingly cheap
dozens could be bought for a frac-
ton of a cent; and after he had
produced his discoveries and ex-
patiated on them a little, the vio-
lent cutlery against the labelling pro-
vision suddenly ceased.
Wants to Sell Diseased Meats.
A provision to interest the limo
cent consumer is one that mo food
product enumerated shall be placed
in cold storage If diseased In any
way" Only this morning the sena-
tor received a letter from a large
packer protesting against this pro-
hibition and he is chuckling mer-
rily over it. This man actually
wants the privilege of selling dis
eased meat" he commented. THAT
would seem to be proof enough that
my bill is needed"
The same paragraph prohibits the
storing of products caught, handled
or slaughtered in an unsanitary
manner.
Tuberculosis From Chickens.
You nigh: think that unneces-
sary, too said Senator Hepburn.
but let me give you an illustration.
Take the case of poultry. Il know
specifically of one state where poul-
cry is killed and handled by me-
groes. They pull out the long feath-
ers with their hands and then, wet
ting their fingers in their mouths,
proceed to finish stripping. do
not need to say any more than this
to indicate the danger to health
from such a practice-from tubercu
losis for example"
Three months is the time limit Ak
ed in the bill for eggs. but the COM
mitteo may amend this by adding
another month. The abuses In con-
nection with the sale OF eggs are
of tho most repulsive character. The
courts recently have dealt with
cases where eggs thoroughly rotten
have been compounded together into
solidly frozen mass and sold to
bakers. riots and spots" this nj
thy trade is called, and II Is a very
extensive one.
The scientific researches OF the
committee show that no other acid
produced by a decaylng food pro-
duct is more deleterlouu to health
than that which comes from rancid
butter. The bill proposes that but
ter shall not be in cold storage more
than three months.
The poisons coming from decom-
posed fish are deadly In their char
acter-and the committee found that
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