Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-13
WOULD PREVENT
POULTRY WASTE
Health Officer Appeals te
Dealers to Be Careful of
Their Wares.

Appeals to dealers and shippers OF
poultry to use great care in the ham
ding of 1t are being made by the
Board of Health through Health Off
Ger David d. Chandler. The appeal IS
designed to prevent the large loss sui h
as occurred at Thanksgiving. 1t Is
said that $1,000 worth of poultry was
wasted during the holidays preceding
Thanksgiving.
The same careful scrutiny of all
foodstuffs received during the coming
holiday season will be made by CHER
Inspector Sharwell and his staff as
that of several weeks ago and 1t be-
hooVes the merchants to use care and
discretion in making their purchases
IL they wish 10 avoid loss. AS a
starting to the campaign the health
inspectors will first make a general
cleanup of unfit canned goods OF
which there are said to be large
quantity In the city.
Here are the instructions given the
dealers and shippers by Health officer
Chandler: "Ship only in well re-
frigerated cars; see that the poultry
IS in good condition before receiving
from the freight station and then take
the same care of II after 1t passes
into your hands you would OF fowl
you were going to use for your own
consumption. These followed out and
the raids of the inspectors Will be
turned into friendly visits"
OF the causes of a large percentage
of poultry arriving here being In poor
condition, carelessness and the ten
dency of shippers to take chance on
weather conditions are given as the
principal ones.
Just prior to Thanksgiving the
West was IN the throes of a cold
wave and shippers throughout the
country, anticipating it would extend
to the East shipped a quantity Of
the stock packed in straw or In poor
ly refrigerated cars, thereby saving a
few dollars freight AS result a
quantity of it spoiled. owing to the
unreasonable weather here. At that
time $500 pounds of goods were con-
fscated. forcing up the price OF the
better grade poultry and entailing a
loss on each individual buyer.
Another American industry to meet
with a loss is that of rabbit dealers
and this through their own fault, the
health officers say. Today the best
rabbits In the markets are those i'm
poi ted from Australia, these arriving
here after a Journey of thousands OF
miles in better condition than that
of those killed in Jersey. This could
be obviated by the simple process OF
draining out Lne DlOOu Oh the uo-
nestle animal after killing and be-
fore packing, At present the rabbits
are thrown into crates as soon as
killed and the congealing blood makes
fertile ground for decay.
The finding of stocks of bad can
ned goods was accidentiy made by
Inspector Shaiwell and his staff dur
ing the recent poultry raids. At that
time a quantity of cans. bulged from
internal gases. were found In stores
and in each case the dealers said thew
were about to return them for re-
bate. These will be seized and the
storekeeper will be given receipt
so that he will not lose the credit
due him from the wholesaler.
While investigating these conditions
Inspector Sharwell said he learned OF
cases where this class of goods were
| bought up for small sum, the gases
let out by puncturing the tin. then
resoldered and a new label put on.
This gave them q fresh appearance
and were resold. some OF that class
| of good now being on the shelves OF
| local stores, the Inspector claimed.