114 PRELIMINARY COLD STORAGE STUDIES. 



Dr. E. X. Eckard, commissioner or health of Peoria, 111., caused 

 to be instituted an examination of drawn and undrawn chickens, 

 such as were found offered for sale in the markets of Peoria, coming 

 from cold storage plants. On the basis of the reports submitted to 

 him by the bacteriologists in whose hands the practical investigation 

 was placed, an ordinance was passed by the city council of Peoria, 

 which reads as follows: 



Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation within the 

 limits of the city of Peoria to sell, offer, or expose for sale, any animal, fowl, or game 

 used for food purposes, refrigerated or otherwise, which has not been properly drawn 

 and prepared by removing the viscera (bowels, entrails) at the time of slaughter. 



Sec 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this 

 ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 

 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN NEW YORK. 



In the State of New York in Januarj^ 1907, there was offered the 

 following amendment to Section 165 of the agricultural law, defining 

 certain foods the sale of which is prohibited. 



If it consists of any slaughtered game, animal, poultry or fowl, unless the carcasses 

 of such slaughtered game, animal, poultry, or fowl shall have been divested of its 

 lung tissues, entire digestive and intestinal tracts, gall receptacle, craw, and gizzard 

 lining, within twelve hours after its slaughter; and any slaughtered game, animal, 

 poultry, or fowl found in any refrigerator, ice chest, cooler, storage apartment, or 

 market, whether exposed for sale, or in stock, shall be presumed to have been slaugh- 

 tered for a longer period than twelve hours. 



This amendment has been referred to under the discussion of the 

 work of Doctor Cavana and Doctor Higley, respectively. 



PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



There was presented to the Fifty-ninth Congress on March 12, 1906, a 

 bill relating to the sale of poultry in the District of Columbia, which 

 bill recommended that the shipping of any poultry into said District, 

 intended for sale, refrigerated or otherwise, which has not been prop- 

 erly drawn and prepared by removing the viscera at the time of 

 slaughter shall be considered unlawful, a fine and imprisonment being 

 provided as a punishment for the violation of this act. In the report 

 of the committee to which this bill was referred there is a recommenda- 

 tion that it be passed. 



CANADIAN COLD-STORAGE ACT. 



An interesting contribution to the subject of cold storage is found 

 in the report of the dairy and cold storage commissioner of the 

 Dominion of Canada for the year ending March 31, 1907. The 

 Dominion of Canada has already secured the enactment of a law 



