LaMotte Field Unit for Inspection of Food Stuffs
date: label: date made
content: after 1954
name: label: maker
content: LaMotte Chemical Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: The LaMotte Field Unit for the Inspection of Food Stuffs includes reagents and instructions for conducting the following tests: The detection of sulfites in meat products, The detection of dye in meat, The detection of spoilage in shucked oysters, The detection of spoilage of crab meat, The strength of chlorine in disinfectant solutions, The detection of fluoride-containing insect powders, The detection of cyanide in metal polish, The detection of rodent urine stains, and The concentration of quaternary ammonium compounds in sanitizing solutions.
label: Description
content: The LaMotte inspection kit was developed with the cooperation of Ferdinand A. Korff (1895-1993) of the Baltimore Health Department. See: Korff FA, and Kaplan E. Revised Field Equipment For Food Sanitarians. The Sanitarian 17, no. 2 (1954): 80–84; and Korff FA, Kaplan E. Field Equipment for Food Inspectors. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1942 Oct;32(10):1110-6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Chestertown
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82851X18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Kit, Food Inspection