Show City Approves roves Sanitary Conditions At Three ree Meat Packing Plants Abattoirs Make Changes Asked by Board Sanitary conditions at three Salt Lake City abattoirs were approved informally by members of the city commission and health officers Tuesday during a tour to check checkon on improvements made at the plants in compliance with recommendations recommendations recommendations of officers of the state department of agriculture Mayor Ab Jenkins led the in inspection inspection inspection in- in party which visited in turn the plants of the Block Guss Cuss Packing company 1672 Beck street Archie McFarland Son 2922 South Main street and the Jensen Brothers Packing company 2900 South Second West street Commissioners John B. B Matheson Mathe- Mathe son William Murdock George D. D Keyser and P. P H. H Goggin Dr T T. J. J Howells city health commissioner commission commission- er Dr Louis R. R Curtis chief sanitarian sanitarian sanitarian sani sani- and Dr O. O H. H Jacobson in charge of meat inspection for the city health department made the tour Other Visits Deferred Because it was necessary to return return return re re- re- re turn for a commission meeting visits visits visits vis vis- vis- vis its to other plants supplying meat for city markets were deferred The state report Mayor Jenkins and Commissioner Murdoch said was requested by Dr Howells and was received in April It recommended several Improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments at the Block Guss Cuss Packing Packing Packing Pack Pack- ing company plant including replacement replacement replacement re re- re- re placement of wooden vats and meat cutting tables with metal construction that a greater supply of water be made available at the plant and that the floors In the slaughter room be repaired to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent leakage to rooms below Dr Howells said The inspection party found most of these improvements either completed completed completed com com- or under way The wooden vats h have ve been replaced and the floor repaired and basement rooms where tallow and such products are stored have been whitewashed Another basement room where byproducts byproducts byproducts by by- products are handled is to be similarly similarly simi simi- arly treated as soon as possible the visitors were told Improvements Under Way ay The company has under way a improvement program program Dr Howells said declaring the plant plantis is in a a better condition than it has ever been in the six years I 1 have been in office I think they have done a pretty good job of it but the structure is rather poor Commissioner Murdoch Murdoch Murdoch Mur Mur- doch said At the McFarland plant the visitors visitors visitors tors were impressed by a completed completed completed com com- portion of a improvement improvement improvement im im- provement program and plans for other work to be done which will make the plant one of the most modern in the country the health officers said A new cooler room equipped with violet ultra-violet ray lights to kill bacteria was inspect Inspect- ed The company is modernizing its slaughtering and meat cutting facilities ties Coolers the slaughter room and other facilities were inspected at atthe atthe atthe the Jensen company plant and were declared in m first-class first condition condition condition con- con a y ra t I A r rN N a o ok or k r P Y r h kyr i k COMMISSIONERS Il GIVE MEAT OVER ONCE John B B. Matheson l P. P H. H Goggin Dr O. O II IL Jacobson j r r y H Ti R 1 r A rr tr wa waN i 6 r N f 5 R 5 OFFICIALS TOUR CITY ABATTOIRS Commissioners William Murdoch and George D. D Keyser |