B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4,1970
USDA Announces Plans To Up
Poultry Moisture Standards
The U.S. Department of Agri
culture has announced plans to
increase safeguards to consum
ers from excess moisture m
poultry.
It proposes to prevent exces
sive pickup of moisture during
processing, to provide lor cor
rective action where needed,
and to require Federal inspec
tors to retain immediately any
lots of poultiy found to con
tain too much moisture.
The USDA’s Consumer and
Marketing Service proposes to
bring this about through
amendments to its poultry in
spection regulations
The proposed amendment
would permit processors to ad
just methods of chilling poultry
so long as moisture limits are
not exceeded The mspector-m
-charge will retain any poultry
exceeding such limits Such ac-
Sampling tests would consist
of weighing individual car
casses in accordance with ap
proved sampling plans. Com
pliance procedures, as part of
the Poultry Inspectors’ Hand
book, will be available on re
quest from the Slaughter In
spection Division, Consumer
and Marketing Service, U.S. De
partment of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C. 20250.
The proposal will oe publish
ed in the Federal Register
March 20 Comments will be
welcomed from anyone interest
ed. They should be sent, ac
companied by a copy, not later
than May 19 to the Hearing
Clerk, Room 112-A, U.S. Depart-
County Poultry Group ment of Agriculturei washmg-
Studies Egg Promotion ton, D. C. 20250 There, they
will be available for public in-
The Lancaster County Poul- spection.
try Association board of direc- Persons who want to give
tors will look into possible pro- t jj eir yi ews orally should get in
motion of eggs through place w ith the Slaughter In
mats in county restaurants this spectlon Division, Consumer
summer, it was decided at a and Marketing Service, US. De
regular meeting Thursday partment of Aguculture, 1735
night at the Farm and Home North Lynn Streetj Room 550(
Ce ™ er 'j- , , .. Pompomo Plaza, Arlington, Vir-
The directois said this is a 22209. Transcnp t s 0 f all
means of encouraging the mil- oral comments will also be filed
lions of touusts who pass Wl th the Hearing Clerk for pub
through Lancaster County each hc mspec t 10 n
year to consume eggs
Price of the mats and means Copies of the pioposal will be
of distribution are under study available from the Consumer
The organization also decid- Protection Progiams Services
ed to travel by bus to Penn Staff, Consumer and Marketing
State for educational purposes Service, U S Department of Ag
early in August. Exact date will nculture, Washington, D C
be decided later. 20250
tion is not permiltod under cur
rent regulations
Under the proposal, present
moisture tolerances would re
main unchanged except to up
date the turkey tolerances now
in effect.
Lancaster County farmers Inspect irrigation equipment
displayed by Hamilton Equipment, Inc., Ephrata, following
discussion of irrigation as a farm management tool at the
Farm and Home Center this week.
Lebanon County Man Working on Silo Killed
“A 26-year-old Richland man Kurtz was operating a front end
died Wednesday afternoon at loader to lift bundles of steel
Ephrata Community Hospital for a silo at the Triple G Farms,
after a bundle of steel rods Stevens RDI. He was employed
fell and crushed his chest as he by Weaver’s Star Silos, Myers
was working on a silo near town.
Stevens. Kurtz reportedly lifted the
-r • ~r tr * , u load high and a bundle of steel
N evm W Kurtz of 203 Burch f u ant f pinne d him to the seat.
St., Richland. Lebanon County, Donald Grayblll one 0 f the
was pronounced dead at the owners q£ the farm> attempted
hospital at 12.10 pm, accoid- to a( j mm ister first aid after
ing to Dr. Paul Neidhardt, of the steel had been lifted f ro m
Denver, deputy coroner. Kurtz , chest> the doctor said>
Dr. Neidhardt said witnesses and received a temporary re
to the accident reported that sponse
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