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be remembered that sausage and other forms of meat not canned have also 

 at times been contaminated with B. bolulinus. 



Moldy Silage Suspicious. — In the case of live stock, the one who has charge 

 of feeding them, with silage especially, should look with suspicion upon moldy 

 portions. Neither molds not their products have been proved to be poison- 

 ous, but, because of the possibility of the presence and growth of B. holulinus 

 under such conditions, spoiled silage should be fed with great caution. How- 

 ever, other feeds, such as hay and grain, which have been found to be con- 

 taminated at times, appeared perfectly normal. 



Necessity of Further Experimentation. — Thus it is very evident that more 

 exhaustive experiments should be performed in the preparation of human 

 foods in order to revise the time and temperature tables for processing canned 

 goods of all sorts, in all kinds and sizes of containers, and in the handling 

 and preparation of stock foods, so that the possibility of spoilage from organ- 

 isms of the botulinus type may be reduced to a minimum. 



Modern Canning Factory Methods Safe. — The modern canning factory 

 in Michigan as well as in other states is, at the present time, putting up the 

 various food products in a sanitary, safe and economic manner and in ad- 

 dition, maintains a rigid inspection service which serves to eliminate prac- 

 tically all spoilage among canned foods on the market. This means then 

 that the house wife need not hesitate in buying foods canned in any up-to- 

 date factory. The canner has at stake not only his reputation but his profits 

 and thus for a selfish reason if no other, he is obliged to ehminate to the best 

 of his ability losses from all sources. 



