Heated Senate debate on tuberculous beef inquiry
The attorney-general's opinion is sought to resolve if infected beef can be sold under existing law. Senators clash over probes by the State Board of Health and the role of district attorneys. Support for the O'Connor order includes Bunting Pixon Doyle Mahoney Ness Salter and Turner.
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Senate
Potter
O'Connor
Cowee
George Birch
Milford
Parker
Boston
Committee On Rules
O' Connor
State Board of Health
Cower
State Board
Washington
O’connor
Bunting
Methuen
Pixon
Doyle
Mahoney
Chicopee
Ness
New Bedford
Salter
Lynn
Turner
Fall River
Council Votes for Beef Probe in Boston
The Boston Common Council and Board of Aldermen unanimously backed a state or legislative commission to investigate beef tainted with tuberculosis and opposed selling infected beef. Doctors and officials urged labeling and stricter control, while debates cited health risks and public concern from recent exposes.
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Common Council
Board of Aldermen
State Cattle Bureau
Cummings
Ward 20
Committee On Public Health
Tvitzgerald
Ward 14
Boston
House of Representatives
Senate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Doctors Call for Halting Sale of Infected Beef
Nearly all physicians agree that meat from infected animals should not enter the food supply. Dr. Cleveland Ployd of Brooke Line and Harvard Medical School warns that knowingly selling such meat endangers public health.
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Cleveland Ployd
Brookeline
Harvard Medical School
London Officer Finds Bad Meat From U S Sheep
London reports a public health investigation after an officer finds diseased meat from American-sourced sheep. The inspector notes 25 percent of a sample of 200 sheep show illness, prompting concerns about imports and safety standards. March 4.
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Williams
Port of London
Guild Hall
London
Beefs Inspection Question Sparks Boston Charter Debate
Yon T Moors urged that beef inspection be satisfactory, asking who bears the burden if inspectors fail. He spoke during a discussion on whether a proposed city charter should become law, advocating the measure while W T A Fitzgerald opposed it. Joseph P Day of the New York Board of Real Estate Brokers also spoke on local board power.
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T. Moors
Massachusetts Real Estate Xchange
Boston
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Joseph P. Day
New York Board of Real Estate Brokers
TEST IS BIG FARCE IN STATE TB REPORT
Jeremiah Smith, chairman of the board at the Massachusetts State Sanatorium in Rutland, cites a 1997 incident where about half the herd tested for tuberculosis were killed. He questions the tuberculin test’s accuracy and suggests bad stables as a cause, noting concerns about milk and beef safety.
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Massachusetts State Satunatorium
Rutland
Itis
Jeremiah Smith
Post
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Brookline Board of Health
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Chelsea
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Revere
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Randle C. Rosenberger
Jefferson Medical College of
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