The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-14
GIVES ORDERS TO CLEAN up
City Health Department Co-operates
With the State In An Effort to Force
More Sanitary Handling of Food
Products Of the City.

George Fl. Eidenberger of Madison,
state food inspector, who spent Tues
day in Kenosha making an inspection
of Kenosha bakeries, declared that the
bakeries here are improving but
that there is still room for much more
improvement. The state inspector got
away from the city late Tuesday even
ing after 'detaining' one man. He
was not a baker, but he was found
selling food products against the state
law and he was given month in which
to make his peace with the state and
to repent in sack cloth and ashes. 1t
is possible that at the end Of the
month he will be brought into court
and fined. The inspector did not make
public the name of this man.
What we are after in Kenosha, =
said Mr.. Eidenberger, lis to secure
the proper protection of food products
offered for sale. Tn defiance to state
laws, food is prepared and offered for
sale in Kenosha without any attention
to many of the laws Of cleanliness. In
many markets of the city we found
chopped meats and sausage without
any covering over them. They were
open to receive the dust and dirt or any
other contamination which might be
found flying around. We found humid
reds of pals Of candy offered for the
children without the least sign of a
covering over it. In many places
high grade stores if you will--we
found honey, sugared fruits and other
things over which there had been plac-
ed no sign of protection from unsani-
tary conditions. The state law has
been read to the men who are respon-
sible for these conditions and if these
conditions are not improved before the
re-inspection is made these dealers are
going to be arrested and fined. Peo-
pie should refuse to purchase these
products which are left open so that
they may receive the dust and dirt.
They are unclean food products.
Bakers in Kenosha have for the most
part showed willingness to attempt
to keep their shops clean and to pro-
vide for sanitary handling of bread,
but some Of them are decidedly ignor-
ant as to just what sanitary conditions
are. We made no arrests among these
fellows, but they understand pretty
fully what the state is going to
demand Of them and we expect them to
clean UP and keep Clean
DR.. Nelson of the city Health De-
partment, was with the state inspector
on his rounds about the city and he
has been given instructions in how to
force Kenosha people to clean up. DR..
Nelson is expected to supplement in
and to go into court and force compli-
ance to- the state laws for protection
of food products.
Men in the city who handle candy
were busy today finding coverings for
the open pals and the open pans and
it is expected that the order Of the
state inspector will result in the
candies being kept in much more
clearly manner.
The state and the City Health De
partment have arranged for the full
est possible cooperation in the en-
forcement of these laws and the en-
forcement of them is going to force a
lot Of dealers to add new equipment to
the stores and markets. Most cf The
dealers have agreed to comply with the
regulations at once.