The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-04-03
MEAT INSPECTION.


Additional EsuIes For the inspection oE
Keats Promulgated BY the Secretary or
rlcuIture-SzaU Eheer Houses 20 BE
ny Governments onl1Iaia.
WAsHLN GTONg, March 27.-The follow
ing rules and regulations, being addi-
tional TO those made under an act of
of congress Of August last, are pre-
scribed by the secretary OF agriculture
for the inspection OF live cattle, hogs
and their carcasses;
The proprietors of slaughter houses,
canning, sailing, packing or rendering
esta Adjustments engaged in the slaughter
of cattle, sheep or swine, the carcasses
or products Of which are to become sub
jects of interstate or foreign commerce,
will make application in writing to the
secretary OF agriculture for inspection OF
animals and their products, stating
the location and address Of the slaught-
ter house or other Adjustments, the
kind of animals slaughtered, the esti-
mated mum Der of animals slaughtered
per week and the character and guam
tity of the products to go into inter
state or foreign commerce from the es-
tablishment; and the applicants shall
agree to strictly conform with all reg
ulatiOns or orders that may be made by
the secretary OF agriculture in carrying
on the work of inspection at his cstab-
lishme Mt.
The secretary. upon receipt of the
application, will give the establishment
an official mum Der, by which all its in
sPected products will thereafter be
known, and this number will be used
both by the inspectors of the depart
ment of agriculture and by the owners
of the establishment
The secretary viii appoint a veterin-
airy inspector to take charge of the ex-
animation and inspection of animals
and their products for each establish
ment which has been officially num-
bered. The inspector appointed and
all employees under his direction shall
have full and free access at all times to
all parts of the building or buildings
used in the slaughter Of live animals
and the conversion of their carcases
into food products.
The veterinary inspector in charge OF
the Establishment will carefully inspect
all animals in the pens of the esta blish-
ment about to be slaughtered, and no
animal shall be allowed to pass the
Strengthening room until il has been so
inspected. Whenever any animal is
found on inspection to be diseased, the
animal shall be condemned by the in
sPector, and the owner shall at once re-
move it from the premises and dispose
of it in such manner as may be provided
by the laws of the state.
The veterinary inspector, or his as
sistants, shall carefully inspect at times
of slaughter all animals slaughtered at
said esta bIishments and make a post
norton report Of the same to the de-
partment. Should the carcass of any
animal on pOst-mOrtem examination be
found to be diseased and unfit for hui
man food, the carcass shall at once be
removed from the establishment under
the supervision of the inspector and be
disposed of in the manQer provided by
the laws of the state where Slaughfered
' The carcasses of the cattle which
leave an stablishmcnt as dressed beef
will be stamped with a numbered
stamp, issued by the department of
.griculture, by the inspector and a
record will be sent to the department at
Washington.
Each and every article of food prod
ucts made from the carcasses of ami
mails inspected will be labeled or marked
in such manner as the owner of the es-
Establishment may direct.
The inspection of swine for export or
inter state trade viii be conducted in
che same manner as prescribed in the
foregoing rules, with the addition, how
ever, that a microscopic examination
for trichina will be required for ali
swine products
The inspector in charge Of the sIaugh-
tering or other establishments will is
sue a certificate of inspection for all
carcasses OF animals or food products
which are to be exported into foreign
countries, which certificate viii cite the
of factory and the name of the
owner, the date of inspection and the
name Of the consignes to which the
same is to be exported. The certificate |
will also contain the numbers of the
stamps attached to the articles to be
exported
THE MALTA LYNCHINo.