Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1920, Page 2

PAGE TWO LOOK OUT FOR POISON IN FO0D| Pederal Food Officials Warn Con- sumers to Watch for Signs of Spoilage. RIPE OLIVES KILL SEVERAL Sotulinus Polson Responsible for Fa- talities—No Method of Preserving Food Found That Eliminates Oocoasional s(zolled Package. Washington.—Botulinus poisoning, which recently killed six In one fam- tdy tn New York, is caused by eats g spolled food Infected with the ba- us' botulinus, say the officlals of » bureau of chemistry, United States department of agriculture, who have fovestigated this and other polsoning dases i connection with the enforce- ment of the food and drugs act. In the New York case death was caused botulinus polsony in ripe olives. e olives remaining in<the bottle in 18 case had an offensive odor. The e condition was found in the food other cases investigated by the de- ent. All spoiled food does not mnln this polson, but any spoiled , even though the spoilage be dlight, may contain it, and for this reason, say the officials, all food show- ing even the slightest unnatural odor, unnatural color, swelling of the con- tainer, sign of gas, or any evidence of decomposition whatever, should be discarded. - Trace Polsonous Food. The department of agriculture has used every possible effort and gone to the limit of its legal authority to re- move all dangerous foods from the market by selzure under the food and drugs act, say the officlals. Each time when botulinus poisoning has occurred food inspectors have traced through the channels of commerce the batch from which the poisonous food came and have used all measures under the law to remove it from the market. Samples from all other brands put - out by the packer have been examined. Bince the law authorizes seizure in such cases only when the foods are ‘.actually found to be decomposed or ito contain poisonous ingredients, since -only an occasional package in millions 18 infected with bacillus botulinus, ;and since it 1s physically possible to ‘open and examine but a comparatively few of the milllons of cans entering interstate commerce, it 18 beyond the power of the authorities to protect the public completely. For this rea- son they emphasize the necessity for . scrupulous care on the part of per- sons opening and serving foods to dis- card anything which is spoiled. In products not obviously spoiled, if there s doubt in the recognition of the odor, proper to the product, thorough Cco0k= ing will remove the possibllity of dun- ger from botulism. If spoilage is ap- parent, destruction s recommended by the specialists, Mystery About It. Nobody knows just how the bacil- Jus botullnus gets Into any partien- lar food. It has been found in artl cles put up in the home by the care- ful houscewife and In goods packed in commerclal estahlishments, It may be present in n few packages only of any lot. There is no method. the offi- élals say, by which the packers or home canners can assure themselves hy casual examination before canning “hat the product does not contain the bacillus botulinus. If the ¢ood was in all cases proper- Iy sterilized and perfectly sealed. the development of the poison would be fmpossible, hut no method of preserv- fng food has yet been found, the apeclallsts say, that eliminates the oc- caslonal spolled package. Fallure to sterilize may not become apparent for weeks, or cven months after the can- ning of the article. If signs of spoil- age have appeared when the can is opened, It Is clear warning that the product is no longer edible. There is no greater probability of botulinus poisoning in olives than in many other food products, efther commercial or domestic. Until this year it has bheen more commonly found In string beans, asparagus, and the like, Tt'was original- 1y found insausage. It has beeu found in cheese: It Is present sometimes In stock food, such as moldy hay and | other kinds of spofled forage, but it} has never bheen found in the depart- ment investigations in any kind of food that was not spoiled. NOTED FACTORY OPENS SOON Famous Chauny (France) Mirror Plant Prepares to Operate Again, Chauny, France—The historic mir _ror factory established here by Jean Baptiste Colbert, famous minister of Louis XIV, which gave employment be- _fore the war to 2,000 employees, will resume operations within a short time. This information was given the cor- respondent of the Assoclated Press when he visited the.quaint old town m .the devastated regions of France, where he is observing reconstruction work under special arrangement of the French government. In more recent times a chemical fae- ‘tory was established at Chauny, and this also is being rebullt. It will sup- ply employment for about 1,000 per- sons. Both plants were heaps of stones “and tangled masses of debris when hostilities ended. lo Here’s Dan Larkin of Minneapolis, who comes to Bemidji determined to pin the shoulders of L. C. Curtis of Bemidji to the mat, at the Grand theatre February 26. He will bring with him plenty of ‘“backers” who feel This fact is arousing considerable interest among local Curtis supporters and indications are that the Grand theatre advance sale of seats will all be spoken for before the night of the match. certain of victory. L = Starting the Baby Right. There are various methods of Aas- suring good luck to an infant. In rural England, if its right hand 1s bound up for a short period soon after birth it will surely become wealthy. The Spaniards sweep their children’s faces with pine boughs to assure good fortune, while to keep the Irish baby from harm a belt of woman’s hair 1s placed ahout it, and to achieve a sim- flar object Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons around the ankles of their off- spring. In Holland garlic, salt, bread and steak are put in the cradle of the new arrival, while to protect thelr bables the mothers of Wales put in their cradles a pair of tongs or a knife. In Iceland, when the first tooth makes its appeurance, a lnmb is presented: to the child, to be fts “very own. Berlin.—America has had no time for European and Asiatic problems in view of its own negro problem. At least, that is the information a local news agency imparts to the German public. The article adds that the negroes are leaving the farms, endan- gering the cotton crop harvesting, and that ““a new movement in favor of negroes” is noticeable in the nor- thern states. . Bees as Architects. A famous mathematician of the early eighteenth century who perceived that the bottoms of the cells in a beehive were formed by three lozenge-shaped plates measured the angles of the loz- enges. The greater were 109 deg. 28 min., the lesser, 70 deg, 32 min. An- other man of science, marveling at the precision of the angles, pro- pounded the following problem to Koenig, the geometrician: “What are the angles of a hexagounal cell with a pyramidical bottom- formed of three similar and equal rhomboid plates that require the least possible mate- rial?” Koenig, ignorant of what had suggested the problem, found by cal- culus that the greater angles of the rhombs should he 109 deg. min.,, and the lesser angles, 70 deg: 34 min. He was wrong by two minutes in each dimension. 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