Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-30
Department of Agriculture
Points Out Heated Term
Dangers and How Best to
Avoid Them.
Especial Csrrs~ponssnvs 90 shs msrnldl

Especial CarrsuUsnuenes a. shs msrnldl
Washington. y. c.. June 2s.---The
department OF agriculture today rs
sued the following practical sugges-
lions In REGARD 20 keeping food and
drink in hot weather. with view TO
helping he public 10 avoid sickness
from eating spoiled articles Ga diet.
While people should be careful
about the condition at the food they
eat az all seasons of the year. they
should be particularly watchful dur
ing the summer months In hot
weather bacteria multiply far more
rapidly than IN cold weather and pro-
duce chemical ohanges in some foods
which greatly lessen their nutritive
value and often make them Unfit for
human consumption. Unfortunately.
there Is no quick. absolute. simple.
practical way of determining the
presence az hurtful baciill in foods,
or Of obtaining positive evidence Of
the existence of ptomaInes The av-
erage family does not have the dell
cate apparatus needed for these tests,
nor the skill 40 detect these micrat
organisms.
The housewife VIII find eyes and
nose the safest practical detectives
of bad food IN hot weather II any
article has any suspicion Of an un-
usual odOr or looks abnormal, IL
should be avoided. People eating IN
doubtful restaurants should be par
iicularly careful about meats or fish
AA 4asl.l a
matte sauce which might disguise a
ond taste or warning odor. only
swee, smelling, clean food should be
ea'en. Spotted, green, Shiny, or
frothy raw meat, or meat which Ia
soft in spots also should be regarded
with suspicion. Taste OF course Is a
supplementary test, but one 60 be
used after eyes. nose. and fingers a
mother before she allows her child
% eat anything, should examine Il
carefully In "a good light, smell u.
and finally taste Il.
MIX particularly deteriorates rap
Idly under summer heat. especially
II u already contains ancterla.
Housewives, therefore. should see 10
it that their milk after being left by
the mlikman does not stand for any
length OF time on "a hot back yard
porch or stoOp before II Is put IN the
iee-hox. MIX bottles should be KEEP,
closed, both In the ice-box and out
Of II. II there In any doUbt az al a.
the excellence of the local milk sup
ply. pasteurixe an milk
"All foods should be kept covered
or wrapped. and always out OF the
AT t.l a.
riers OF typhoid. An vessels. pitch
ers etc, IN which food u 30 be stored
should first be scalded. Food should
he handled az little as possible. The
ice-box, especially It's drain pipe
should he cleaned thoroughly and
frequently with boiling water and
washing soda. and given an occa
sional airing A persistent battls
should be waged against lilies in al
parts Of the home
"uncooked foods as a general prop
osltion should be- avoided. Children
should not be allowed 10 cot the
skins OF fruits. especially fruits
witch have been exposed 10 flies OF
street dirt on unscreened stands on
push carts.
Those who 20 away for vacation
should not get the idea that every
thing IN a Hummer resort or strange
city IL necessarily pure ana whole.
some. The danger ~ typhoid fever
IN country resorts ~ very great
Many OF the cases OF typhoid fever
recorded in the tan ia cities whers
the water IL pure had their origin IN
water on contaminated substances
drunk or eaten "a some summer 70