The Detroit times., 1913-08-23
COLD STORAGE
PLANT RAIDED;;
FOOD SEIZED
Flies Found preserved" With
Canned Eggs in Big Booth
Refrigerator
STATE INSPECTORS TO
VISIT OTHER CONCERNS
Helme Determined to Clean Up
All Plants-PrOsecutiOns Are
Probable

A new line OF attack In the pur,
food fight being waged in Detroit b!
the state dairy and food department
was opened up Friday afternoon wheI
Commissioner James w. Helme led
group OF the inspectors of his depart
ment in raid upon the questionable
products belonging to Detroit dealers
In the keeping of the A. Booth & Co
cold storage plant, at Sixth-st. and
Jefferson-ave.
Alleged infractions of both state and
federal laws were discovered and about
$4,000 worth OF foodstuffs placed I'm
der ban pending the analysis of sam
pies by the state chemist. Whether
prosecutions will follow the investiga.
tion will depend on the results of the
analysis.
All the cold storage plants of the
city will be inspected in the next few
days
The bulk Of the material inspected
was the whites and yolks Of eggs
which had been treated with pat.
ented substance. and turned into q
product called by the producers "froz.
en- compound" More than two score
tons OF this product was gone over by
the inspectors, who took samples from
numerous cans. The rnateriaf was all
frozen solid so that 1t was necessary
to take hatchet to chip of the bits
for analysis.
In some of the cans flies were to
be seen frozen into the substance, and
in other instances the compound
was exposed to the air, showing q
coating of dust, as II II had been there
a long time.
The inspectors did not find the
manufacturers names upon the cans
or any mention on the, label Of the
fact that a preservative was used in
the preparation of the substance, both
OF which omissions are In violation OF
the federal statute, as we'll as the
state law.
Meats in the cold storage plant also
came in for notice by the state off,
GERS and several samples were seized.
Two turkeys in bad condition were
confiscated. Commissioner Helme de-
clared that the habit Of keeping tur-
keys In storage till this time Of year
is dangerous TO health and that he
would seize every one found
The general fault with cold storage
products" he said, lis that they usu.
ally are not In good condition when
they go there. Dealers have products
on hand and hold them as long as
there is any hope of selling them
fresh. AS a result the first stages of
decay have already set in when the
stuff goes into cold storage. When
it Is taken out and sold the decom no.
sition sets In with greater rapidity,
and so the product often spoils on the
customers hands"
Much OF the egg compound belonged
to Schmidt Bros. and other dealers, In
the eastern market. II Is the asser-
ton Of the inspectors that the eggs so
prepared are those too stale for use
otherwise. The compound" is mar
keted among bakers who use 1t in
making cakes and pastry.
One of the concerns whose prop.
erty was inspected, the Keith. Ken.
nedy Co., operates its plant at NO.
Slxth-st The investigating party
paid visit there and were shown
the process OF manufacture in which
the eggs are broken and sorted into
four grades according to the pungency
of the odor they give off. Later
they are churned up with the patent.
ed mixture which, 1t is claimed by
the manufacturers. makes tehm fresh
again.