The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-05-11
Board Of Health
Opens LESS Waste"
Campaign In City
Butcher Shops Of Honolulu win
Be Forced To Obey Regulations
Thus Cutting Down Losses Due
To Condemnation Of Meat
Found To Be Spoiled Ess

Joining forces with the "More Food''
campaign, the food commissioner and
analyst of the board of health, A. W.
Hansen and his deputies, have inaugu.
rated the ''Less Waste ~ campaign and
as a preliminary have dropped, like the
proverbial ton of brick, upon the butch
er shops of Honolulu.
Already four Chinese butchers have
been on the carpet In the commits.
sioner 8 office to show reasons why
they shouldn I be prosecuted for the
conditions in which their shops have
been found, and managed TO evade pun.
ishment-s so far by instant correction of
the faults. 2H-t..
M. B. Bairos, deputy food commits.
sioner of the board, and Mr.. Hansen,
personally, are in charge of the cam.
paign. A new twist has been given to
it, to put it in line with the present
nation wide campaign to increase pro.
ddction and decrease waste and the
policy of the board Of health will here.
after be, to avoid condemnation of
foodstuffs by eliminating the causes of
their deterioration. sTs u E.#s+.sI..
, Heretofore, the amount of provisions
which have been destroyed or rendered
unfit for sale by chemical treatment
has been quite large. The inspecting
force at the disposal of Mr.. Hansen il
not large and by the time the rounds
Of the shops have commenced again
many of the proprietors have forgotten
their previous lessons and have in stock
another batch of goods that have to be
thrown away. 70 &c.. Il, + FEs -
The main feature of the butcher shop
phase of the campaign is to prevent
spelling of meats by exposure to flies
and handling which results in the
housewife cutting off and throwing
away portions of it. To the ordinary
observer the percentage Of waste which
is thus caused is not large but as an
actual fact, as shown by the experience
and records of Mr.. Hansen 3 bureau,
the loss of meat through this agency il
material. Reports are continually
gathered Of individual cases where
from third to half the amount of
meat purchased has been thrown away
because Of the discovery of thousands
of fly eggs. H... ..,. 3. ..@.f..E
Meat exposed to flies and to promis.
euous handling will have to 90 from,
Honolulu markets. The practise of
hanging up meat for sale just back of
the side walk, exposed TO every eddy
of air with its dirt and dust from the
street has been shut down and the shops
notified that they win be prosecuted IL
it continues. Prosecution will b In.
stituted under the sections prohibiting
promiscuous handling Of foods BY pa.
irons. Most Of the proprietors denied
that II was done and said they had men
stationedsat the counters to prevent IL.
Ocular demonstration that this "pre.
yention = was joke was quickly given
by making the proprietor stand out on
the sidewalk and watch the patrons.
Meat on the counters exposed to
flies and to handling must 20, too. Mr..
Bairos has secured pieces of meat
which he placed in jars and bred flies
from, the eggs having been laid while
the meat was on exhibition for sale.
He points out that the eggs win hatch
into maggots in from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours and that meat SO In.
fected and placed in ice boxes not too
cold viii spoil over night and result In
that much addition TO Honolulu 3 un-
necessary daily waste.