New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-14
BAD FOOD DESTROYED
In Nine Months POSSESSES
Pounds Have Been Condemned.
RECORD FOR 1911 DOUBLED
Eggs and Milk Show Falling
Off, While Vegetables Show
Enormous Increase.

In the last nine months aO,t6s, ssS pounds
of foodstuRs have been condemned and
destroyed by order Of the Department OF
Health, IT was learned yesterday from
report made to Health Commissioner
Lederle. This enormous supply OF bad
foodstuffs practically doubled the amount
condemned in the same number Of months
last year, when the total for the first nine
months of the year was 10.5O2.S5 pounds.
II was said yesterday that Commits
sioner Bederle. to bring about a more
widespread enforcement OF the Sanitary
Code provisions regarding the sale Of food
in this city, had asked for an additional
force OF fifty food inspectors, at salary
OF 1920 each. The appropriation in the
food inspection division I'm 1912 was ES.9So.
That requested for 1913 Is s125,s06.
1t is proposed to create new division
by the consolidation Of milk inspection
with general food inspection. Under this
system the total increase in the working
force requested is 1862 additional inspectors
Of food. at sl,2CO. This would, 1t was
said yesterday at the Department OF
Health. make 125 inspectors available for
the Inspections Of all places within the city
in which foodstuffs other than milk were
prepared. handled and sold.
There are total of A,7iS retail estab-
lishments in tho greater city to be In
spected OF that number 1854 are grocery
stores, 1895 confectionery shops, SIG
butcher shops and 2,SS2 bakeries.
II was said that the department had
been making special efforts TO supervise
bakeries, restaurants, wholesale manu-
facturers, hotel kitchens, packing houses,
smokehouses and premises where meats
and fish were preserved. But at the pres
ent tmo only sixteen sanitary inspectors
are attached TO the food division. Many
more inspectors are needed.
OF the POSSESS pounds OF foodstunS
that have been condemned by inspectors
In the last nine months, 10, D3,7Ss POUNDS
have REPRESENTED vegetables. Fruit has
come next. with 7,al,6ls; canned goods
l.3Z7. 6j5; fish, 81. 9ll. and groceries. o@ 40
Eggs ard milk are two food products
that show a falling of In condemnation
as compared with last year. The amount
OF eggs destroyed so far this year Is
a, go pounds, as against 65,6B POUNDS IN
the same time last year, and li,eis quarts
OF milk have been condemned so far TINS
wear. compared with 1878 quarts IN the
corresponding nine months In lsll'
In the first nine months last year only
l,957.ss8 pounds OF vegetables were ordered
condemned, compared with the enormous
total OF lO,s0S,73S pounds this year "hiIee
only 45.s42 pounds OF groceries were con-
demned in the same months last year
524 40 rounds were condemned this year
All canned goods that are condemheu
arc removed to the offal dump by oroer
OF the Health Commissioner In former
years when canned goods were con-
demne6 the retailers would receive re-
bates by sending the same back 10 tne
wholesalers, and the latter In turn Wouio
receive n rebate from the manufacturer
II was found, however, that Some Oh ,no
.,,,5a,,nad atnr. after being treated,
had been placed on sale again. This
caused the decision 10 destroy all con-
damned canned goods.