PREVENTION 403 



" blown can"), or on opening a can a foul smelling gas escapes, it is 

 a warning to the consumer that the contents should be destroyed, 

 not salvaged, fixed up into salads, mincemeat, or made-over dishes 

 for human consumption, nor should it be fed to lower animals as 

 there are many cases in which chickens and other animals have been 

 killed by such products. This probably distributes the organism 

 on the premises. 



At other times the products have a peculiar rancid odor resembling 

 spoiled butter which becomes more pronounced on standing. Such 

 vegetables should not be tasted, but destroyed. All vegetables 

 which have been put up by any other than standard methods should 

 be boiled before being eaten or even tasted, and no such products 

 should be served as salads unless they have been cooked after remov- 

 ing from the container. 



REFERENCES. 



Boldnau: Food Poisoning. 



Jordan: Food Poisoning. 



Tanner: Bacteriology and Mycology of Food. 



Dickson: Botulism Monographs of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. 



