The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-07
USE CARE ABOUT
FOOD IN SUMMER
Department Of AgricuIturo'S
Practical Advice.
DANGERS NOW ARE MANY.

Bacteria Multiply Much More Rapidly
During the Heated Term Than In
Cold Weathe-5oiI Water and Keep
All Food Covered - Examine All
Goods However Labeled.
The department of agriculture has
issued the following practical sugges-
tons In regard to keeping food and
drink In hot weather with a view to
helping the public to avoid sickness
from eating spoiled articles OF diet:
"While people should be careful
about the condition of the food they
eat at all seasons OF the year, they
should be particularly watchful during
the summer months. In hot weather
bacteria multiply far more rapidly
than In cold weather and produce
chemical changes In some foods,
which greatly lessen their nutritiye
value and often make them unfit for
human consumption.
THE housewife will find eyes and
nose the safest practical detectives OF
bad food In hot weather. III any arti-
Gle has any suspicion of an unusual
odor or looks abnormal 1t should be
avoided. People eating In doubtful
restaurants should be particularly
careful about meats or fish cooked
with a highly spiced or aromatic
sauce. which might disguise a bad
TASTE or warning odor. Only sweet
smelling. clean food should be eaten.
Taste, of course. is a supplementary
test, but one to be used after eyes,
nose and fingers. A mother before she
allows her child to eat anything should
examine 1t carefully In a good light,
smell IL and finally taste II.
Keep All Food Covered.
"Milk particularly de~teriorates rapid
ly under summer heat, especially If It
already contains bacteria. Housewives,
therefore should see to IL that their
milk after being left by the milkman
does not stand for any length of time
IN a hot back porch or stoop before 1t
is put In the icebox. Milk bottles
should be kept closed, both in the ice
box and out OF II. If there Is any
doubt at all as to the excellence of the
local milk supply, pasteurize all milk.
"All foods should be kept covered or
wrapped and always out of the reach
of flies, which are deadly carriers of
typhoid. All vessels, pitchers, etc. In
which food Is TO be stored should first
be scalded. Food should be handled
as little as possible. The icebox. es-
pecially Its drain pipe, should be clean
ed thoroughly and frequently with boil
Ing water and washing soda and given
an occasional airing. A persistent bat
tie should be waged against files In all
parts of the home.
"Uncooked foods as a general propo-
sition should be avoided. Children
should not be allowed to eat the skins
of fruits. especially fruits which have
been exposed to flies or street dirt on
unscreened stands or pushcarts.
'The possibility of typhoid fever ev-
erywhere Is always present. Insist on
boiled water. II you absolutely cannot
get boiled water, make very sure about
the reputation OF springs, wells or tap
water. Refuse absolutely 10 take any
water that comes from a source near
an clubhouse or stable or In a n~elghbor-
hood where fever Is at all prevalent.
Boiled Water PalatabIe.
Boiled water can be made Just as
palatable as unboIled water. The fiat
taste which boiled water has soon after
IL has been boiled Is due to the fact
that boiling drives out OF IL the air
which 1t held In solution. IL the water
after boiling Is put In scalded shallow
open pans and allowed to stand for
t~wenty-four hours where flies or dirt
cannot get at Ii, 1t will regain its air
and have Its usual taste restored by
the second day.
Finally Ii Is particularly important
In summer that people should not be
misied into believing that the label
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act on cans and packages means that
the government has tested these foods
and pronounced them pure and desira-
BILE. The government does not make
the guarantee. The guarantee is made
wholly by the manufacturer and means
no more than when your own corner
grocer guarantees that the sugar he
weighs out for you is ali right. Ex-
anime goods labeled guaranteed just
as carefully as any other kind"