The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-07-04
USE CARE ABOUT
FOOD, I'm SUMMER
Department Of AgrIeulturs's
Practical Advice.


osetsria Multiply Much More Rapidly
During the Heated Term Than In
Cold Wsathsr-eoil Water and Keep
All Food Covered - Examine All
Goods However Labeled.
The department Of agriculture has
issued the following practical sugges-
tions In regard to keeping food and
drink In hot weather with view to
helping the public to avoid sickness
from eating spoiled 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 watchful during
the summer months. In hot weather
bacteria multiply far more rapidly
than In cold weather and produce
chemical changes In some foods,
which greatly lessen their nutritive
value and often make them unfit for
human consumption.
''The housewife will Hnd eyes and
nose the safest practical detectives Of
bad food In hot weather. II any nrti-
Gle has any suspicion Of an unusual
OdOr 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 bad
taste or warning odor. Only sweet
smelling. clean fooi should be eaten.
taste, Of course, Ii supplementary
test, but one to be used after eyes,
nose and fingers. A mother before she
allows her child to eat anything should
examine 1t carefully In good light.
smell It and finally taste II.
Keep All Food Covered.
"Milk particularly deteriOrates rapid
ly under summer heat. especially II It
already contains bacteria. Housewives.
therefore should see to 1t that their
milk after being left by the milkman
does not stand for any length Of time
on a hot back porch or st0Op before 1t
10 put In the icebox. MIX bottles
should be kept closed. both in the Ice.
box aud out Of 1t. II there Ii any
doubt at all a. to the excellence Of the
local milk supply. pasteurise all milk.
"All foods should be kept covered or
wrapped and always out Of the reach
Of dies. which. are deadly carriers OF
typhoid. All vessels, pitchers, ETC.. In
which food ls to be stored should first
be scalded. Food should be handled
as little as possible. The icebox. cs.
pecially Its drain pipe. should be clean
cd thoroughly and frequently with boil.
Ing water and washing soda and given
an occasional airing. A persistent bat
tie should be waged against dies In all
parts Of the home.
'UncOokcd foods as general propO-
sition should be avoided. Children
should not be allowed to eat the skins
Of fruits, especially fruits which have
been exposed to dies or street dirt on
unscreened stands or pushcarts.
"The possibility Of typhoid fever ev-
erywhere IL always present Insist on
boiled water. II you absolutely cannot
get boiled water make very sure about
the reputation Of springs. wells or tnp
water. Refuse absolutely to take any
water that comes from source near
an clubhouse or stable or In nelghbor-
hood where fever Is at all prevalent.
Boiled Water Palstabis.
"Boiled water can be made Just M
palatable as unbOiled water. The Gat
taste which boiled water has soon fter
It has been boiled Is due to the fact
that boiling drives out Of II the air
which It held In solution. If the water
after boiling Is put In scalded shallo W
open pans and allowed to stand Tor
twenty -four hours where fiies or dirt
cannot get at 1t. It will regain It's air
and have Its usual taste restored by
the second day.
"Finally 1t Is particularly important
In summer that people should not he
misled into believing that the label
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act on cans and packages means that
the government has tested these foods
and pronounced them pure and desira.
BILE. The government does not make
the guarantee The guarantee ls made
wholly by the manufacturer and means
no more than when your own corner
grocer guarantees that the sugar he
weighs out for you IL all right Ex.
anime goods labeled guaranteed Just
AZ carefully IA any other kind