The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-08-20
CAPE FOOD SHOPS
SCORE HIGHEST
SANITARY MARKS
Deputy Pure Food Commits
sioner Cook Says Excel
in Southeast Mo.
YEARS IMPROVEMENT
WINS OFFICIAL PRAISE
Looks Vainly For Rubbish.
Finds Purity Laws Well
Known.

cape Glrardeau's grocery stores,
meat markets, restaurants, lunch
rooms, confectioneries, ice cream fac
tories, bakeries, slaughter houses, in
fact all kinds of establishments hay
ing anything to do with the prepara-
ton of food, are the cleanest of all
cities in Southeast Missouri.
This is the kernel of a report Depu-
ty Pure Food an Drug Commissioner
G. B. Cook of Fredericktown, last
night sent to his chief, Commissioner
F. H. Fricke, of the State department
Of Pure Food and Drugs, having head
quarters in st. Louis.
Cook yesterday afternoon completed
his inspections in the Cape after MAX
ing thorough examinations of the san
itary conditions of 81 places in this
city. He declared the food supply is
assured of being cleaner here than
any place$in his territory.
He was forced to serve notice upon
ten men, he said to have slight altera-
tions made in their buildings to con-
form with the pure food laws. He will
return in about a month to ascertain
if these things have hnen done.
For the most part, the proprietors
of establishments handling food in any
way, have taken a deep interest in the
cleanliness of their places, and Mr.
Cook says the improvement over the
condition of the Cape year ago is
remarkable.
"The owners of grocery stores, res
taurants and similar food establish
ments have been studying the pure
food laws" he said, "and tho appear,
ance of this city shows the difference
The streets are clean here, too. II
looks like an awakening tiv;c pride in
being clean from the top - bottom.
"The food supply is one Of the most
important things to be console ir
sanitation, too, he remarked. Wher
Mr.. Fricke and | were here q year ago
we looked into many of the back yards
and found much rubbish and dirt
Stuff that had been thrown away and
left lie there till time when it could
be hauled to a dump.
81 have looked for that feature in
the Cape in vain on this trip. Mer-
chants have realized that it means
good business to keep those things
cleaned out
"The movement for sanitation in the
food establishments has been spread
ing over the entire State. The work
that was done in st. Louis where, con-
ditions normally are very bad in this
way, has done a great deal of good
throughout the State.
"You have three slaughter houses
that are as nearly perfect with up-tO-
date and thoroughly sanitary appli-
ances as | ever have seen.
eff l were to give white list cards
for places scoring a grade of 90 per
cent or more, | would have given white
list cards to a great many places in
the Cape"
The inspection work is recorded on
a series of cards prepared especially
for the pure food and drug depart
ment. The various features of store
are graded and totals added.
Features that are taken into con-
sideration are, the condition Of the
floor, ceiling, walls, shelves, counters,
ventilation and light, screens, refrige-
rator, meat block, sausage machine,
meat scraps, garbage, protection of
goods, backrooms, toilets, restaurant
chairs, glasses, cups, plates and sau-
GERS, flies, kitchen, washing and rims
ing of tableware and the personal ap-
pearance and physical condition of the
persons employed as clerks.
Mr.. Cook inspected 9 durg stores, 4
restaurants, s meat markets, 2 ba-
keries, a lunch rooms, Is groceries, 2
confectioneries, 2 ice cream factories,
fruit stand and 2 hotel dining rooms
In Haarig he gave a mark of 100
per cent to c. D. Rage for the clean
condition of the Rage meat market on
Good Hope street and complimented
Louis Waldman, the butcher in charge
Mr.. Cooks territory comprises the
following counties: Madison, Boiling
er, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Missis-
sippi, Scott, New Madrid, Dunklin,
Pemiscott and Perry.
He will depart to Fredericktown this
morning. He was stopping at the
Idan-Ha.