Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
WOULD Use PROD
ON HEALTH BOARDS
State Department Seeks More
Power to Have Its Recommen-
dations Carried Out.
LspeclaI to the Ne,rnrk stnr.1

TRENTON, Jan. 1O.-The State
Board OF Health in its annual report
today declares the demands upon It's
various departments are rapidly in
creasing, and TO keep pace with them
more power, additional inspectors and
larger appropria lions are necessary.
The report states the I greatest
weakness 1t has encountered in it's
work Is to secure uniform and neces-
sary action by local boards of health.
The boards powers over local boards
Is only advisory. Greater efficiency,
the report thinks, could be obtained
by giving the State board power to
enforce Its advice and orders. On this
point the report says:
In some States the State Board of
Health Is given power to enforce It's
orders by actual taking charge OF
The work which the local authorities
should themselves do, and charging
the cost of such work against the
community benefited. It is believed
that some such power as this would
prove of great service both to the
State and the several municipalities
because 1t would insure the carrying
out o. really necessary local regllla-
lions. Further II seems hardly like
ly that q local community would per-
mis- the State board to exercise this
authority because that locality could
not then control the expense. II the
State board had the power to assure
absolute control where its orders were
disobeYed that power alone would be
sufficient very often to accomplish
the end desired
Continuing the report says:
Certain changes in the food and
drug legislation now In force In this
State should be made, In order to
secure more effective enforcement of
these laws. An amendment to the
food law, which would permit the
commencement of an action by war
rant, would materially strengthen the
act It 10 also desirable to provide
for the arrest, without warrant, of
persons violating the act In the pres
ence OF an officer OF employee of the
State Board of Health, or of local
boards The law should also be
emended SO as to make 1t include the
Shirley act, recently passed by Con-
gress, as an amendment to the Fed
eral food and drugs act. This amend
ment prohibits the making of fraudu-
lent claims regarding the curative or
also provides that articles of food
which are put up in packages shall
be labeled with the correct net weight,
measure or numerical count of the
articles contained therein. Sc
On Broken Esss
Investigations made by the board
during the past three years have
shown that the business Of breaking
esgE for food purposes is one which
needs such close supervision, in order
that cleanly and healthfu1 product
may be insured, that legislation is
recommended providing for the licens-
ing Of all such establishments, and
fixing penalty for breaking eggs for
food purposes without a license. A
requirement should also be made that
eggs, which are broken for tanners
use, should be denatured by the ad-
dition Of some suitable substance
which will make 1t impossible to use
the product for food. Eggs in the
shell, which have been candIed and
found to be decomposed should be
required to be labeled in such a man
ner that their true character is dis-
closed.
To Curb Coloring.
at is also recommended that Iegis.
lation be enacted to prevent the use
of coloring materials and preserva-
tives in meat and meat products, and
to define the terms blend mixture
and compound. At present much
confusion exists as to the exact mean
ing of these words.
There is no system OF meat inspec-
ton in force in this State, and large
numbers of animals are slaughtered
annually, q considerable proportion
of which are diseased and which re-
ceive no inspection whatever. This
Is condition which should not exist,
and legislative action is required
which will result In some method OF
supervising the slaughtering Of ami
mails for food"