Evening star., 1925-06-22
FOWLER DEFENDS
FOOD INSPECTIONS;
DEMANDS EXPLANATION
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and State Representatives of retail as
sociations. local health authorities and
others well informed on the sub
ject of meat distribution, the official
statement explained.
The other cities and towns included
in the study are New Haven, Conn; ;
New York City: Binghamton, n. Y:
Baltimore, Md; Jacksonville, Fla;
Birmingham, Ala: New Orleans, La. j;
Oklahoma City, Okla; Cleveland. Ohio:
Detroit, Mich; Minneapolis, Mimi;
Chicago. ILL.,; Lincoln, Nebr.; Denver,
Colo; Salt Lake City, Utah: Seattle,
Wash; Portland. Greg; San Francisco,
Oakland and Los Angeles, Calf.
Foreigners Worst Offenders.
while efficient. practical and pro-
gressive dealers take pride in follow
ing sanitary practices. there are many
in the industry who have little or
no regard for sanitation in any form, +"
the department. says. "These dealers
hamper effective administration OF
existing sanienby regulations and use
every means IA their power to evade
the law.
"The greatest offenders in this re-
spect are foreigners or those of re-
cent foreign descent who are slow to
adopt modern methods. As a rule
they have no conception of the value
of strict sanitation. and regard its
forced application to their business
as interference with rights.
Most cities have adequate laws
or ordinances governing sanitary
methods and practices of retail food
distribution, but few are enforced eff
fectively. Local board of health Off
cials when consulted about their
problems stated that they were handi.
capped because of insufficient funds
and salary limitations which prevent
| ed employment Of men qualified for
the work. Outstanding exulnples
where sanitary methods were lacking
| were found IN New Orleans, La;
Birmingham, Ala. Oklahoma City
Chicago, ILL.,, and Detroit, Mich
More than SO per cent of stores in
which studies were made had no fixed
method of determining prices for all
retail cuts, which would insure a fair
and satisfactory average return on
| the Investment. In every large city
| a percentage Of retail meat dealers
take advantage of consumers lack
of knowledge Of quality in meats to
practice every conceivable means of
deceiving the public.
Clean Up When Accused.
Such dealers are known locally as
| Cleanup men. In all their contacts
with the public they stress excep
tionally high quality meats handled
yet limit their purchases to meats OF
the most inferior quality. A term
commonly used in advertisements ir
local daily papers and displays il
| prime steer beef yet common ant
medium steer beef. COW beef and ir
some cases, bull beef is offered the
unsuspecting public.
| Because consumers know so little
about meats, opportunities for substi
| tuting meats of low value and in
ferior quality for meats of good quail
ity and higher value are many ane
varied. Unscrupulous dealers Offer
bull beef and COW beef unhesitatingl,
for steer beef. mutton and goat leg:
for lamb legs, lamb livers for calf liv
ers, beef suet and tripe for 'porE
sausage old roosters for roastins
chickens.
Short weighing and overchargins
are also common practices with un
| scrupulous dealers, many of them re
| quiring their clerks to make THEN
| weekly wage by such methods. De
spite adequate ordinances governing
weights and measures in the large,
| cities, many stores were visited ir
which scales had been manipulated SC