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Pure Food Vigilante Warning on Beef Trust Abuse
A 1906 to 1907 compilation argues for strict pure food laws and recalls, citing boric acid and sulphites in meats, Chicago inspections withdrawal, and state reports from North Dakota and Kentucky. It warns of the Beef Trust’s influence, calls for enforcement, and links adulterated meat to public health dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
City of
Health Department of
Chicago
Michigan
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Pure Food Departments
E. F. Ladd
Mime
Harrington
Harvard Medical College
The
Food Commission
North Dakota State Laboratory
Food Commissioner of
Lab
Armour & Co
Armour Packing Co
Kansas City
Swift & Co
Chigo
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Kentucky Packing & Provision Company
Louisville
Joan Huffman
Cincinnati
Schwarschild & Gulsberger
Falla, Niles, Mich
Coolidge
Hird
Bird
Chicago Record-Herald
Lincoln
Neb
William Huxtable
Claude Dyron
District Court
Cudahy Company
Chicago Health Department
American Meat Packers’ Association
New York
Chicago Daily News
New York Post
Lancet
London
Reginald Harrison
Hunterian
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Harrison
Denver
Philadelphia
Richard Jones
North Wales
British Medical Association
Berkshires
Health Department
Union Stock Yards
T Louis
Kansas
Europe
America
C. J. Whalen