Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-05-29
THE STOCK THAT PAYS.
INSPECTION OF sLAueHTERINe Es-
ADJUSTMENTS.

Regulations Prescribed by the Govern
ment for Such Inspection-Pork Must
BE Subjected to Microscopic Exnmina.
tion-Mcat 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 loca-
ton and address of the slaughter house or
other establishment, the kind of animals
slaughtered, the estimated number of animals
slaughtered in u week, and the character and
quantity of the products to go into interstate
or foreign 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
meat.
The secretary upon receipt of the application
will give the establishment an official number
by 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-
Enlistment 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 Strengthening 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 1t 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
a 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 as 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 tile foregoing rules.
with the addition, however, that a micro
scopic examination for trichine will be re-
quired for all swine products.
The inspector in charge Of the Strengthening
and other establishments will issue a certif-
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 namc Of the
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
tached to the articles to be exported.
After this no nation need be afraid of
American beef or pork. Not the small
est germ of a trichina will be able to
smuggle itself out of the country, ap-
%parently.