Milford chronicle., 1913-07-18
KEEPING FOOD in SUMNER.

The Department of Agriculture has Is
sued the following practical suggestions
| in regard to keeping food and drink ln
/ hot weather with view 70 helping the
public 10 avoid sickness from eating
spoiled articles of diet
while people should be careful abont
the condition Of the fool they eat al al
seasons Of the wear, they should be par
tcularlv watchful during the summer
months In hot weather, bacteria null
tiplv far more rapidly than IN cold weather
/ and produce chemical changes in some
foods which greatly lessen their nutTiuve
value and often make them unht for
/ human consumption. UntOrtunauy there
lis no quick. absolute, simple practical way
OF determining the presence OF burtiul
bacilli il foods, or of obtaining positive
evidence Of the existence Of ptomalnes.
! The average family does not have the
delicate apparatus needed for these tests
nor the skill to detect these uliCro-oTgan-
isms.
/ .Ibe housewife will hud eyes and nose
( the safest practical detectives Of bad food
| in not weather II any article has any
! suspicion Of an unusal odor OF looks ab-
normal il should be avoided People
eating in doubtful restaurants should be
/ arhcularly careful about meats or hsh
cooked with a highly spiced or aromatic
sauce which might disguise bad taste
or warning Odor Only sweet smelling
clean food should be eaten. Spotted,
green. Shiny, OF frothy raw meat, OF meat
which is soft in spots also should be re-
pa-ded with suspicion. Taste al course
lis a supplementary test, but one 10 be
used after ewes. nose, and fingers q
mother before she allows her child 70 eat
| ANYTHING should. examine II carefully in
| a good light. smell ii, and finally taste u.
milk particularly deterorates rapidly
under summer heat. especially II II already
contains bacteria. Housewives. therefore,
should sse 10 IL that their milk after being
left bv the milkman does not stand for any
! length of time on a not back porch cr
stoop before it is put in the lce-hoN.
/ MIX bottles should be kept closed, both
| in The ice-box and ont Of il. i there is
anv doubt at all as to the excellence Of
the local milk supply pasteuTize al milk.
"All foods should be kept covered or
wrapped, and always ont Of the reach Of
| flies. which are deadly carriers of typhoid.
| All vessels pitchers, etc, IN which food
is 30 he stored should FIRST lie sCalded.
Food should be handled as little as pos
sib1e. The iCe-b box especially It's drain
pipe, should be cleaned throughly ana
| frequently with boiling water and Washing
soda. and given an occasional aiung.
persistent battle should be waged against
| flies in all parts of the home.
"Uncooked foods as a general propoa-
ton should be avoided. Children should
not be allowed 10 eat the SKINS Of trmts,
especially fruits which have been exposed
to flies OF street dirt on unscreened stands
oIipush carts.
Those who so away for vacation
should not get the idea that every thing
in a summer resort or strange city Is
necessarily pure and wholesome. The
danger Of typhoid fever in country resorts
is verv great. MANY Of the cases ottyphold
fever recorded in the fall in cites where
the water is pure had their origin N
water or contaminated substances drunk
OF eaten at some summer resort Insist
on boiled water. Ifyou absolutely cannot
get boiled water, make very sure about
the reputation of springs, wells, OF tap
water. Refuse absolutely to take any
water that comes from a source neT an
clubhouse or stable. or in a neighborbood
where fever is at all prevalent.
Boiled water can be made Just as pal
atable as unboiled water The fat taste
which boiled water has soon after it has
been boiled is due to the fact that boiling
drives out Of it the air which II held IN
solution. II the water after boiling is put
in scalded shallow open pans and allowed
to stand for "a hours where flies OF dirt
cannot get at it, it will regain It's air and
have its usual taste restored by the second
day.
Finally il is particularly important N
summer that people should not be misled
into believing that the label Guaranteed
under the Food Drugs Act on cans and
packages means that the government hasI
tested these foods and pronounced them
pure and desirable. The government does
not make the guarantee. The guarantee
Is made wholly by the manufacturer and
means no more than when your own cor
ner grocer guarantees that the sugar he
weighs ont for you is all night. Examine
goods Tabled guaranteed just as care
fully as any other kind.