—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8. 1972
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analysis of products on a random
selection basis. In addition, some
items must be produced under
government inspection and
others must carry a Food and
Drug Guaranty as to their ac
ceptability,” the Under
Secretary said
Campbell explained that
compliance controls vary
depending upon the product,
process and plant practice.
Recently many USDA methods
have incorporated the plant’s
quality assurance programs into
the USDA system This offers
increased consumer protection
because of improved surveillance
given the product during
production and also affords the
processor a chance to correct
production faults before large
quantities of unacceptable food is
produced, the Under Secretary
emphasized
Trneds that have lately typified
the food purchasing and eating
habits of consumers are also
having an effect on the turkey
industry, Campbell said These
developments include (1)
demands for consumer con
venience foods, (2) the growth of
fast food service facilities and (3)
the increasing percentage of
meals being eaten away from
home
The Observer of Newberry,
South Carolina, quoted the
National Wildlife Federation
Conservation News as saying
“Although your next camping
trip might be without any
mosquitoes, if two researchers
from India are right, it will also
be without any friends' Two
biology researchers from
Bombay have reported that
garlic (that’s right folks—
garlic') may provide a deadly
diet for mosquitoes, houseflies,
and certain other major insect
pests while posing none of the
hazards of DDT The researchers
reported that, particularly
considering its nontoxic nature,
‘garlic oil could be used as a
pesticide ’ So the next time you
get out in those woods, just rub a
little garlic all over and relax
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This trend has led some in the
turkey industry to suggest fur
nishing turkey rolls or roasts in
lieu of whole carcass birds for
purchase for the school lunch
program in fiscal 1973 This has
generated some controversy
whole carcass birds vs. con
venience items, he said.
However, USDA’s final decision
when reached will be aimed
toward two objectives; meeting
school needs and desires and
having the greatest impact on
producer prices
A change made last week in
USDA regulations already has
opened the way to move more
turkeys, Mr Campbell said This
was an amendment June 22 in
specifications on canned boned
poultry to include canned boned
turkey The Department is
buying substantial quantities of
canned boned poultry—about 70
million pounds, costing $42
million in fiscal 1972, which is
going primarily to needy families
but also is being used in the
school lunch program in lieu of
some of the more expensive
canned meat items
Despite the fact that turkey and
other foods are being continually
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wholesomeness as well as con
venience, “we do have small
numbers of consumers who turn
to fads such as the consumption
of so-called ‘organic foods’,” the
Under Secretary pointed out.
“With respect to this we
doubtlessly have a considerable
amount of fraud in two respects:
(1) There is the sale of much
more such food than is produced
under the prescribed conditions
to be a so-called ‘organic food’
and (2) Advantage is taken of the
buyers by setting abnormally
high prices when in some cases
the elimination of processing
costs may actually warrant the
reduction of price to the con
sumer,” Mr. ' Campbell ex
plained
“All milk should be pasteurized
as milk is one of the finest
cultures of any food for the
growth of bacteria which make
humans ill,” he continued.
“Many years ago health officials
established the fact that
pasteurization of milk should be
mandatory by law to keep this
wonderfully wholesome product
free of contamination harmful to
human health.
“For years practically all milk
in the U.S. has been required by
law to be pasteurized. Yet now,
because of the ‘organic food’ fad,
efforts are being made by some
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local dairy distributors to repeal
these laws in order to sell non
pasteurized milk at a higher
price although it will cost the
distributor less by saving the cost
of pasteurizing.
“In Georgia the milk
pasteurization law was almost
repealed this year in that
legislature although the
dairymen, the state health
department, other distributors,
and many other groups were
fighting strenuously to stop the
repeal of the milk pasteurization
law,” Mrs. Campbell explained.
The Under Secretary declared
that the pendulum of consumer
interest in ‘organic foods’ is
swinging back and forth, “but I
am sure that the leadership
among the consumers wishing to
purchase ‘organic food’ will
discover ways to identify food
grown under conditions which
they desire and stop the deceit in
the marketplace of food inac
curately labeled ‘organically
grown’ with an abnormally high
price tag.”
He said the noted columnist,
Sylvia Porter, recently wrote “a
most revealing series of articles
on the current situation on the
sale of organic foods I recom
mend a reading of her ob
servations.”
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vironmental movement are
urging that aJJ food in America be
“organically grown,”
eliminating the use of fertilizers,
pesticides, herbicides and other
chemicals which have con
tributed to American’s current
ability to produce an over
abundance of food, Mrs. Camp
bell observed.
“But as Secretary Butz has
observed, this will bring us face
to face with the stark question of
which 50 million people in
America we must allow to starve,
for this is what we firmly believe
the elimination of fertilizers and
other chemical helps the farmer
has from food production will
eventually bring about by
reducing food output.”
The Under Secretary assured
the turkey group of the total
commitment of President Nixon
to improving America’s En
vironment. The Environmental
Protection Agency, he pointed
out, was created under this
Administration. But he added
that environmental actions must
be tempered with the needs of
people.
“Given the opportunity to
carry forward the great work
that has been begun, I am con
fident that all Americans can
enjoy a more rewarding, more
peaceful and more healthful
life,” he concluded.
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