Show PLAN TO STOP THE WASTE IN EGGS poultry and egg shippers to cooperate with the food administration HOPE TO TD SAVE shippers W who ho purchase eggs to 0 o poy pay only for those thoe fit for human consumption prompt chill ing of eggs Is 1 advocated washington new methods find equipment to savo tho the BO worth of eggs wasted every year in III this country and make the poultry industry nil all effective ally in the cause of food conservation were discussed recently at a conference of representative poultry find egg shippers with the lie food administration tho the conference conf crenca was addressed by tho the food administrator G n H powell and B hearty of hta his staff and dr miry pennington of tho the united states food research laboratory philadelphia and W P F of tho the food administration presided tho the waste in ili eggs in ili 1014 ar according cordIng to tile alio of agriculture yearbook cost the country this year it will bo be fully as largo large for although the supply has got aono I 1 0 down prices have increased materially wasteful methods nic thoda in handling poultry were also exceedingly expensive the food administration made practical suggestions to remedy conditions oil all of which received tho the approval of tile tho conference pay only for good ones it was recommended that shippers who purchase eggs pay for only those it fit for human consumption the custom lias has been to buy eggs fly by the case anso without candling before purchase linae candling later was almost always suro sure to show that if 11 large percentage of the lie eggs were bad f to got ills his lioney back the shipper then had to throw away awny the lio bad eggs and raise its ills price which was felt all along the line to tile tho consumer chilling of eggs to degrees fahr or below na As soon after purchase na as possible was advocated most eggs are fertile and tile life germ will deteriorate fast it not chilled arven in infertile eggs tho the bacterial growth deve develops lopi very soon wholesalers were urged to equip their plants with tile latest cooling inaction ery cry all second grondn arilde eggs heated shrunken or cracked should he bo marketed ns lie often nud and ns as near tho the source na As po isIble tile these so nrc are usually dessl or frozen and tire used by con and linkers bakers Il ilford foro shipping nil all eggs be enre fully re handled find and those badly cl leckel tant Is with shells clicked should be ba remove removed packing 9 adl it in standard cases Is reco recommended inmon to 0 prevent breakage eggs 11 ggs should lio be gathered Rathor cd ly by farmers laity dully find market ed lit fit least twice A week cause of many scandals tho the practice of poultry with feed sand band or gravel in their croci which Is paid for by weight with the bird Is discouraged this crafty device has ahna caused ninny many scandals in the industry bali several municipal investigations notably one in new york dressed poultry should bo be sold with tile tho crop entirely empty all birds should ile be kept in ili sanitary coops rold yards find and as soon boon as dressed should be chilled to 40 degrees or lower t to 0 prevent bacterial growth the conference passed reso resolutions of support for tile lie whole food administration program including federal license for dealers |