Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-06-11
THE STOCK THAT PAYS.
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERlNG ES-
ADJUSTMENTS.

Regulations Prescribed by the Govern
ment for Such Inspection-Pork Must
Be Subjected to Microscopic Examina-
tion-NIeat Products Above Suspicion.
Secretary Rusk has promulgated the
following rules for inspection of live
stock and meats intended for expectation
or interstate transportation:
The proprietors of slaughter houses, canning,
sailing, packing or rendering establishments
engaged in the slaughter of cattle, sheep or
swine, the carcasses or products Of which are
to become subjects of interstate or foreign
commerce. will make application in writing to
the secretary of agriculture for inspection Of
animals and their products, stating the Local
ton and address of the slaughter house or
other establishment, the kind Of animals
slaughtered, the estimated number Of animals
slaughtered in week, and the character and
quantity of the products to 60 into interstate
or foreign commerce from the establishment,
and the applicant shall agree to strictly con-
form to all regulations or orders taat may DO
made by the secretary of agriculture in carry
ing on the work of inspection at his establish
ment.
The secretary upon receipt of the application
sill give the establishment an official number
~ which all its inspected products will there
after be known, and this number will be used
both by the inspectors of the department OF
agriculture and by the owners of the establish
ment to mark the products Of the establish
ment.
The veterinary inspector in charge Of the es-
adjustment will carefully inspect in the pens
Of the establishment all animals about to be
slaughtered, and no animal shall be allowed to
pass to the saughtering room till it has been
SO inspected. Whenever any animal is found
inSn tn he a
BIO condemned by the inspector, and the owner
shall at once remove it from the premises and
dispose of it in such manner may be pro-
vided by the laws of the state.
The carcasses of cattle which leave establish
ments as dressed beef will be stamped with a
numbered stamp, issued by the inspector, and
record will be sent to the department at
Washington. Each and every article of food
products made from the clrcasses Of animals
inspected will be labeled or marked in such
manner as tho owner of the establishment may
direct.
The inspection of swine for export or inter-
| state trade will be conducted in the same
| manner prescribed i'll tic foregoing rules
| with the addition, however, that n micro
scopic examination for trchinp will be re-
| quired for all swine products.
The inspector in charge of the Strengthening
| and other establishments will issue a ccrtiii-
cato of inspection for all carcasses of animals
| or food products which are to be exported into
| foreign countries, which certificate will citl
| the number of factory and the name of ths
owner with date of inspection and the name
| Of the consignce, and the country to which the
| same is to DO exported. The certificate will
| also contain the numbers Of the stamps at
| tached to the articles to be exported.
After this no nation need be afraid oil
! American beef or pork. Not the small
est germ of trichina will be able to
| smuggle itself out of the country, ap
parently