The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-15
HELME TO WORK
FOR new COLD
STORAGE LAWS
Wants Statute That Will Limit
\ E Time Food Products May
Be Kept
SMALL RESTAURANTS
BROUGHT UNDER PROBE
Those on JeffersOn-ave., Near
Depot, Not in Very Satisfac-
tory Condition

New cold storage laws for Michi'
gan will be passed by the next legis-
lature II we can convince the mem.
bers how badly the laws are needed
said James w. Helme, state dairy
and food commissioner. Saturday
morning. Our recent investigations
here and our experience generally
over the state, have convinced me
that we need a law similar to the one
recently passed In Pennsylvania. The
cold storage men fought the Law
there, and took a case through the
supreme court, but the statute was
upheld.
They do not allow storage com
panies to keep eggs longer than four
months and fish only little longer
When some of the big storage com
panies failed in that state recently
they found Ash that had been In cold
storage for seven years. People can
not be expected to thrive upon food
of that kind, and conditions are al
most as bad here.
I'VE are well satisfied with the re.
suits already obtained In our cam.
paign in Detroit, but there are several
lines we have not started on yet, and
we will pursue them until some re-
forms are affected.
During state fair week our pure
food demonstration car will be here
for the sake of the visitors who have
not seen 1t before and we expect to
accomplish something in the way OF
educational work."
Restaurants and small cafes In the
,,Sotctk,x ~e Tho Mtnbinop Confro1 CT
ton on Jefferson-ave., were visited
Saturday morning by Inspector w. j.
Nickel. He found them generally
crowded, inclined to be careless, and
stocked with inferior materials.
The lunch counter of Adams Broth
ers, No. 22S West Jefferson-ave., was
large establishment with q very
small kitchen. A sanitary notice will
be served on the proprietors order.
ing them to clean up.
John Hall, No. 226 West jefferson
ave., was not over-clean, and samples
Of the hamburg steak which he grinds
himself were taken for analysis.
Robert w. Owens, No. 200 West
Jefferson-ave., operates place OF
passable cleanliness except for a su-
perabundant crop of flies which were
feasting upon his cooking utensils
and food.
The restaurants OF A. Wayne, No
100 West Jefferson-aye., and Mrs
George Sharp, No. Jefferson-ave.,
were satisfactory.
The lunch counter of Tolls Broth
ers, No. 10 Woodbridgest east, was
clean, but a sample of the hamburg
steak was taken for analysis as 1t ap-
peared to contain colOring matter.
Special attention will be given by
the state food inspectors for the next
few days to the habit prevalent
among dealers in fruit Of putting all
the good ones on top of the basket.
This leads the innocent into buying
what they think are excellent baskets
of fruit, but which when turned out
are full of 'nubbins" and rot. The
law specifically forbids this sort Of
deception.
Commissioner Helme is also begin.
ming active work In favor of sterile
eggs. He has been a believer in
sterile eggs for several years. Re-
Gently the federal department of agri-
culture has taken up the theory and
bulletins are being sent out to egg
raisers advising them to produce only
sterile eggs for the market.