Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-10
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ment of agriculture has issued the
following practical suggestions in re-
gard to keeping food and drink in hot
weather. with view to helping the
public to avoid sickness from eating
spelled 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 watcl1ful dur
ing the summer months. In hot
weather, bacteria multiply far, moro
rapidly than in cold weather and pro
duce chemical changes in some
foods which greatly lessen their nu
tritive value and often make them
unfit for human consumption. I'm
fortunately, there is NO quick. abso-
Lutte simple, practical way of deter1
mining the presence of hurtful BAG
I'LL In foods, or of obtaining positive
evidence of the existence CT ptos
maines. The average family docs not
have the delicate apparatus needed
for these tests, nor the skill to detect
these micro-organisms.
"The housewife will find eyes%and
pose the safest practical detectives of
bad food in hot weather. If any ar
,ticle has any suspicion of an unusual
cdcr or looks abnormal, il 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.
Spotted, green, Shiny, or frothy raw
freat, or meat which is soft in spots
also should be regarded with suspi-
-eion. Taste of course is supple
mentary test. but one to be used after
eyes, nose and fingers. "A mother be-
fore she allows her child to eat any
thing, should examine it carefully In
"a good light, smell it, and finally
taste it.
milk particularly deteriorates RAJ
pidly under summer heat, especially
if 1t already contains bacteria. House
WINS, therefore, should see to 1t that
their milk after being left by the
milkman does net stand for. any
length CT time on hot back porch
or stoop before ii is put in the ice.
box Milk bottles should be kept
closed, both in the ice-box and out
CT it. 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 car
riers of typhoid. All vessels, pitch
ers, ETC., in which food is to be stored
should first be scalded Food should
be handled as little as possible. The
ice box, especially its drain pipe,
Should be cleaned thoroughly and fire.
Guently with boiling water and wash
ing soda, and given an occasional air
ing. A persistent battle should be
waged against flies in all parts of the
hone.
'Uneooked foods as general prop
ositien should be avoided. Children
should not be allowed to eat the skins
or fruits, especially fruits which have
leen exposed to flies or street dirt
on unsoreened stands ors push-carts.
These who go away for vacation
should not get the idea ma: every.
thing in a summer resort or strange
city is necessarily pure and whole
some. The danger of typhoid fever
in country resorts is very great.
Many CT the cases of typhoid fever
recorded in the fall in cities where
the water is pure had their origin in
water orr contaminated substances
drunk or eaten at some summer re-
sort. Insist on boiled water. If you
absolutely cannot get boiled water.
make very sure about thes reputation
Of springs, wells, or tap water. Re
fuse absolutely to take any water that
comes. from a source near an out
house or stable, or in neighberhood
where fever is at all prevalent.
Eoiled water can be made just as
palatable as unboiled water. The
flat 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 it held in solution. If the
water after boiling is put in scalded
shallow open pans and allowed to
stand for "A hours where flies or dirt
cannot get at it, it will regain its air
and have its usual taste restored by
the second day.
Finally it is particularly import
ant in summer that people should not
he misled into believing that the label
Guaranteed under the Food and
Drugs Act on cans means that the
government has tested these foods
and pronounced them pure and de-
slrabie. The. government does not
make the guarantee. * guarantee
Is made wholly by the Manufacturer
and means no more than wnen your