Arizona republican., 1891-07-21
THE STOCK THAT PAYS.
INSPECTION OF SLAuGHTERlNG ES-
 ADJUSTMENTS.

Regulations Prescribed by the Govern
 ment for Such Inspection--Pork Must
 Re Subjected to Microscopic Examins-
 tion--Meat Prod ucts Above Suspicion.
 Secretary Rusk has promulgated the following rules for inspection of live stock and meats intended for exportation or interstate transportation;
 The proprietors of slaughter houses, canning, salting, packing or rendering establishments engaged in the slaughter of cattle, sheep or swine, the carcasses or products of which arc 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 loca- 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 go into interstate or foreign commerce from the establishment, and the applicant shall agree to strictly con- form to all regulations or orders that may be made by the secretary of agriculture in carry ing on the work of inspection at his establish uoent. The secretary upon receipt of the application will give the establishment an official number by which all its inspected products will there
 
 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- tablishment 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 slaughtering room till it has been so inspected. Whenever any animal is found on inspection to be diseased the animal shall be condemned by the inspector, and the owner shall at once remove it from the premises and dispose of it in such manner as 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 carcasses of animals inspected will be labeled or marked in such manner the owner of the establishment may direct.
 The inspection of swine for export or inter- state trade will be conducted in the same manner as prescribed in the foregoing rules with the addition, however, that a micro scopic examination for trichinte will be re- Quired for all swine products.
 The inspector in charge of the slaughtering and other establishments will issue certifi- cate of inspection for all carcasses of animals or food products which are to be exported into foreign countries, which certificate will cite the number of factory and the name of tho owner. with date of inspection and the name of the consignee. and the country to which the same Is to be exported. The certificate will also contain the numbers of the stamps at tsched to the articles to be exported.
 After this no nation need be afraid of American beef or pork. Not the small est germ of trichina will be able to smuggle itself out of the country, ap- parently