Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-09
RULES MADE FOR
 PACKING HOUSES
Summary of What War Has Done for Benefit of Consumers of
 Animal Products.
DOWNFALL OF STACKER CAN
Government has Refused to Tolerate Use of Tin for Canning Air-Pei- sonous 0isinfeetants Are
 Also Forbidden.

While the various governmental agencies have always taken more than ordinary precautions to safeguard con- sumers against any evils that might result from canned meats, contingen- ctes arising out of the present state of war have resulted in even more perfect protection for soldiers and civilian alike.
 An old evil In the canning industry was what has recently been called the 'slacker can." It was not able to survive the state of war. The partly filled can. like other slackers. had to go. The mere bringing of cans up to the low net-content weight printed on their labels is no longer all that is re- auired. The can must be filled. The war brought a shortage of tin and the government refused to tolerate the use of tin for canning air.
 Poisonous oislnfeetants Forbidden.
 Extraordinary precautions are being taken also in other particulars. A re- cens regulatory announcement from the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture, for bids the keeping ofssuch odoriess pol sons as bichl0ride of mercury in pack ing houses and directs that hot water containing approximately 1 per cent of salsoda (sodium carbonate) shall b used for disinfecting all instru- ments.
 The bureau has supplied all sta- 0ons with special thermometers for making temperature tests of meats, and inspectors arc instructed to close ly supervise the handling of all meats and products of . kind prepared GUS tomarily to be eaten without cooking and which contain any muscle tissue. The inspectors are instructed also to zee that al meats which are not ren- dered into lard or tallow and which are utilized for food purposes shall be sterilized by heating % that all DOT tons of the meat arc brought to . temperature of TO degrees Fahren- heit and maintained at this tempera- ture for not less than 30 minutes.
 DIMsrsnt ceoi<ine Methods.
 The bureau of animal industry does not specify the cooking necessaFy to insure that all parts of the mest are heated to the minimum temperature. That was regarded as imprscticable on account of the fact that different methods of cooking are used in difIer- ent packing establishments for vari- ous weights of products. The inspec- tors arc instructed to apply good judg- ment to each individual case, to make the necessary test. to determine the facts and to be kuided accordingly.
 maDsiWS Meat by DippiWs Tieka
 In the campaign to 'help the na- tion's meat and milk supply" million and . quarter head of cattle in Z75 counties of the Southern states are making fortnightly pilgr1mages to the dipping vats. There are 23yOO0 of these vats h active operation- enough, if the Huns were attempting m invasion af America hy way cs the gulf, to make ( solid concrete bar fer from New Orleans to Pensacola. Operating the vats are 1,565 federal. state and county employees-enough te paacs . guard every 80 feet along that barrier: ea0agA. fl arDed with naeAipe guns. to hold 1t agninst any eed1nary aftaek.
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