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Show Sickness and Disease Caused by Eating Unclean Un-clean Meats PROTECTIVE MEASURES AVAILABLE. In the MorninR Fxamlner of Juno 2Gth. the following description Is given giv-en of one of tho local slaughterhouses slaughter-houses by "An Old Subscriber": ' Here Is a place where the meats wo eat aro prepared. Tho blood from the animals slaughtered runs through the cracks of the floor. The entrails aro thrown rlfiht outside the door. (In under the lloor and outside the door') In all of this corrupted matter, mat-ter, the mat'Kots thrhe by tho millions. mil-lions. Tho meats that are put on the blocks the next day in Ogden banc In tho center of these disease-breeding disease-breeding surroundings, tho air so foul that It compels neighbors for miles around to complain. "To complete tho scene, we nave swarms of flies allphtlnc: on this corruption cor-ruption and carrying this filth onto tbo moats, and et we wonder whero all our sickness and disease come from when such meats actually aro sold at somo of what we call our best meat markets In the city." Compare above with tho following extracts from U. S. Regulation No. 10: Governing U S. Inspected packing pack-ing plants: Section 3. "Official establishments shall ho suitably lighted and ventilated ventilat-ed and maintained In a sanitary con dltlon, and shall be provided with efficient drainage, having properly trapped or other approved sower connections." con-nections." Section 4. 'Ceilings, walls, pillars, partitions, etc.. shall be kept In a sanitary condition, and when necessary, neces-sary, they shall be washed, scraped, painted or otherwise treated as required." re-quired." Section 5. "All I ruck?', trays and other oth-er receptacles, all chutes, platforms, racks, tables, etc., and all knives, saws, cleavers and other tools, and all utensils, machinery and vehicles used in moving, handling, cutting, chopping, mixing, canning or other processes :all be thoroughly cleaued before uslnc." Section 7. "Persons affected with tuberculosis or any other communicable communi-cable disease shall not be employed in any of the departments of establishments." estab-lishments." Section 9. "The rooms or compartments compart-ments In which meat or meat food products are prepared, cured, stored, packed, shall be kept free frvm flies nnd other vermin by screening, or other methods." Section 11. "All yards, fences, pens, chutes, alles, etc.. belonging to the premises ot such establishments, whether they are used or not, shall be maintained In a sanitary condi tlon." Section 11. "Butchers who dress or handle diseased carcasses or parts shall cleanse tbelr hands of all grease and then Immerse them In a prescribed disinfectant and rinse them In clear water before dressing or handllug healthy carcasses" There Is only one government Inspected In-spected plant In operation In PL'ih. This is tho r'ant of the Ogden Packing Pack-ing & Provision Co., with Ogden and Salt Lake City as Its main distributing distribut-ing points. Hero th covernment has (stationed one Veterinary sur- geon and two moat Inspectors to see that all the abovo regulations are complied with, besides a host of others. You guard In many ways against disease, but if ou use uninspected meats, you allow disease to enter your homo. To use Inspected meats will reduce your doctor bills, eliminate sickness and sufferlnc. and prolong the lives of yourself and family. Government Inspected meats aro handled exclusively at the meat markets mar-kets listed below. Is your market listed? Sawyer Bros.. Chicago Market; Bal lard & Belnap, California Market; BI1 & Son, Ogden Meat Co.: Moulding Mould-ing Meat & Grocery Co.; Wright Meat & Grocery Co. and Seagcr Meat & Grocery Co. |