The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-10-18
HEALTH STATUIE II
Q|0tAT0RS FACE
Federal ACTON
Food Commission To Prosecute
All violators Of Sani-
tary Regulations 10
THREE CHINESE FIRST TO
FEEL UNCLE SANS POWER
Wastage Of Food Through Un-
sanitary Conditions Must
Stop, Says Commissioner

Violations Of the health regulations
relative to the handling Of foodstuffs
will be prosecuted through the federal
food commission rather than through
the police courts, as has been the Gus.
tom in the past, it was indicated yes.
terday when three Chinese meat deal
ers were cited to appear before Food
Administrator Child and show cause
why they should not be placed on tho
unfair" list and their licenses can
ceIled, because it was charged their
places of business were in a filthy and
unsanitary condition.
See Sang, a meat dealer at the fsh-
market, was the first offender 70 feel
the new order of things. A board Of
health inspector made an inspection
or room the Chinese had rented in
the Oahu lee COmpany's plant and re-
ported the conditions found there 70
rood Administrator Child rs being
unsanitary, over-crowded, food adult
Grated and evidence Of wasted food. -
After receiving the report Mr.. Child
addressed the following letter to See
Sang:
"Comp!aint has been brought by the
territorial health inspector that the
cold storage apartment in the Oahu
Ice Company ice house, Containing
merchandise belonging to you, is in
an unsatisfactory condition and that
scraps of meat, meat bones, refuse and
filth were found scattered about the
floor that there were two pigs in the
room in the first stages Of decomposi-
ton and that there was unneeessarv
waste of food, caused by unsanitary
conditions in your room in the ice
house. M
"YOu will please show cause WHY
all licensed dealers should not be pre-
vented from selling you merchandise.
Unless satisfactory reply Is had
within tYPty-four hours, an unfair
order wih be issued against you.n
See Chang Gets Busy
Upon the receipt Of this notice, See
Chang Immediately had the offending
! room in the lee house cleaned and then
called upon Child with profuse and
abject apologies and q east.iron prom
ise that he would sin no more. See
Chang has been given until this morn
ing TO secure n certificate from the
board of health showing that his place
of business is in a sanitary condition.
secORd violation of this kind will
mean the cancelling of See Chang's
dealers license.
Hardly had this case been disposed
of yesterday when two more violators
we're reported for similar offenses. They
! were c. Q. Yee Hop 4 Co. and Chun
Kow, both doing business at the fish
market. According to Food Adminis-
| traitor Child, both of these dealers
rooms in the lee house were in an
equally unsanitary and filthy condi-
tion. So
The same form of letter as sent to
See Sang has been sent to c. Q. Yee
! Hop Il Co. and Chun Kow. These
dealers have been given the usual
twenty-four hours to make a satisfac-
tory reply and in the event one is not
forthcoming, summary action will be
| taken.
U. g. Has Authority
Although these violations are pri-
marily health violations, the charge Of
wastage of food gives the food ad-
ministration jurisdiction in the matter.
Food Inspector BairOs laid the matter
before Food Administrator Child and
asked him to take action, as he felt
dissatisfied with the manner in which
cases Of this nature had been handled
in the past in the police court.
BairOs said that when these cases
came up for trial in the police court
the usual continuances and postpone
ments were so common that they
dragged along from week to week and
then some slight punishment, if any,
was administered. Much Of Bairps
time was taken up by endless trips
to the pos..ee court, he said, and he de-
cided that quicker andS more drastic
action could be gained by having the
viOlatOrs handled by the food conl-
mission.
Mr.. Child said last night that not
only meat dealers would be prosecuted,
but also restaurant keepers, bakers and
other food dispensers who allowed their
places to get into a filthy and un-
sanitary condition. In allowing their
places of business to get into this
condition, they are thus contributing
toward the wastage of food, he said.
W, q, q - Is