The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-24
Seven Butchers and Grocers At
tended Meeting of Health
Committee Last Evening
NOT A FAD THAT WILL
QUICKLY PASS OVER
Suggestions Made and Interest
Will Increase When Women
Purchase Food Only From
Dealers Who Comply

csted in furnishing their customers
with clean food to attend a meeting
of the health committee at the Com
mercial club rooms Thursday night
This. too. despite the fact that every
butcher, baker and grocer in the city
was personally interviewed and given
an invitation to attend the meeting
at which proper food regulations
would be talked over.
The demand for cleaner food how
ever. said DR.. Lynch, is not a fad
which will soon pass over It has
come to stay, and resolutions show
ing signatures Of women connected
with practically all the clubs and
church organizations of the city
promising to purchase of the dealers
who comply with the regulations may
do something to persuade the mer-
chants that North Yakima is in earn
est. At the suggestion of City Ply
stefan Tetreau all of the women's or
carnations will be asked to appoint
visiting committees to go to the stores
butcher shops, bakeries and slaughter
houses and to make reports to their
clubs of conditions found to exist.
Danger From Dus. and Flies
DR.. Lynch made the fact that with
meat, the prime necessity is that the
animals slaughtered be not infected
with tuberculosis or some other dis
ease. EXtrinsic deleterious matter is
far overcome. of course. in cooking.
In the matter of bread and vegeta bles
which arc not cooked. there is grea
danger from dust, flies and especially
in,
ton to the health regulations of the
city Of Tacoma the committee from
the medical society of which DR..
Keller is chairman. reported rules
providing that vegetables and other
food not cooked be not contaminated
with ditch or other impure water
That milk, bread and cheese be not
contaminated and that bread be
wrapped with paralin paper.
The Tacoma regulations endorsed
are as follows:
Rules that apply to all places where
food is manufactured, kept, prepared
or sold.
/. Every person being in charge of
such place shall keep it in clean, sani-
tary condition.
>. shops must be well lighted, ven
tilated and free from offensive udors
:. Shelves, trays, baskets or other
receptacles for food must be kept
clean and free from decayed matter
4. All provisions must be raised two
feet from the floor unless in glass
cases
,. Dogs are prohibited in food
stores.
6. There must he Iavatory conven-
lent for use of employees.
I. Toilets must have outside ventil-
alton
s. Personal cleanliness must be ex-
acted of employees, and no soiled
clothing kept in the shop
9. No person suffering from tuber-
culoss or other communicable disease
shall be employed where he or she
will come in contact with food or
food stuffs.
10. Smoking and eNpectorating must
be prohibited and signs to that effect
exposed.
IL. All garbage must he covered
and removed as frequently as posi-
BILE
II. Shops must be closely screened
during the ny season.
13 Refrigerators must be kept
clean and free from odor.
A. Cellars must be ventilated and
kept clean.
Meat Markets.
/. Meat, pork, lard or other food
must not be exposed in open doors or
windows.
:. Cut meats, fish, fowl, shellhsh or
prepared foods shall be kept in venti-
lated recepticles which shall exclude
flies and dust.
.. only such preservatives as are
permitted by federal law shall he
used in curing or preserving meats.
t All meats must he raised two feet
from the floor unless enclosed in glass
cases.
>. 40 diseased, decaAed or other
wise unWholesome meat shall be Of
lcred for sale or gift.
>. Cut meats, fish, fowl, shell fish
or prepared foods shall be kept in
ventilated rcceptacles which shall
exclude flies and dust
3. Only such preserNatiVes as are
permitted by federal law shall be
used in curing or preserving meats
feet from the floor unless enclosed
in glass cases.
). No diseased, dccayed or other
wise unWholesOmc meat shall be Of
ferad for sale or gifts
g. Floors must be clean, sawdust
| fresh and free from blood or other
| deleterious matter
:. Hides must not be thrown Or
floors Of rooms or refrigerators.
Groceries
1. Berries, fruit vegetables o'
other foods must not he exposed in
open doors or windows.
All prepared foods, cheese
cooked meats, honey pickles, olives
sauer craut. mince meat. bread cake
lard, butter figs, dates and mackere
or other prepared fish must be S,
covered as to exclude dust and flies
g. Proper utensils muse be used II
lscrving the above foods, as littl,
handling with the hands as possible
4 All foods ma 81 be raised ~,
teet from the door unless enclosed !,
glass cases
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