The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03
MEAT INSPECTION
Rules Under Which the New LaT
Will Be Operated Made PUBLIC
by Secretary Wilson. ~
THEY ARE VERY STRINGENT
an Effort Has Been
Made to Close Every Avenue ~
which Evasion Would
BE Possible.


son Friday made public the reguia-
lions under the new law governing the
inspection of meat products Tor inter
state and foreign trade. They do not
however cover the subject of inter-
state transportation of meat or tha
microscopic inspection of pork for eX-
port. Regulations on these subjects
it was stated, will be issued later The
regulations are stringent throughout
and are in line with the best au-
thorities on the subjects of sanitation
preservatives, dyes, chemicals and
condemnation of diseased carcasses.
The general regulations provide that
the scope of the inspection shall
cover all slaughtering, packing, meat
canning, sailing, rendering, or similar
establishments whose meats or meat
food products, in whole or in part
enter into interstate or foreign COM
merce, unless exempted from inspec-
ton by the secretary of agriculture
All animals, carcasses and meat
food products will be subjected tY
rigid inspection Re-inspection Will
be had wherever necessary.
The sanitation regulations require
the establishments in which animals
are slaughtered or meats and meat
food products are prepared, cured
packed, stored or handled to be suit
ably lighted and ventilated, and to be
maintained in a sanitary condition
The provision relating to dyes, chem
icals and personalities is stringent
No meat or meat food product for in
terstate commerce shall contain any
substance which lessons its whole
someness, nor any drug, chemical or
dye, unless specifically provided for
by federal statute or any preserva-
tive other than common salt, sugar
smoke wood, vinegar, pure spices, and
pending further inquiry, saltpet.e.
Meats and food products for export
may contain personalities in proper
ton which do not conflict with the
laws of the foreign country to which
they are exported but all meats or food
porducts so prepared for export must
be treated and kept in compartments
of the establishment separate ami
apart from those in which meats and
meat food products are prepared for
interstate commerce, specially labelled
and certified and stamped with the
word Special" Such meats may not
enter domestic trade under any cir
cumstances.
The inspection of animals before
slaughter, designated in the regulations
as the ante-mortem inspection, is
changed to conform to the new law and
to give the secretary of agriculture
authority to require that all ami
mails suspected of disease on
this ante mortem inspection shall
be slaughtered separately and apart
from all other animals. under th4
careful supervision of federal inspec->
tors.
Special provision is made for the
destruction for food purposes of all
carcasses and meat food products
which, upon inspection or re-inspec-
ton, prove TO be unclean, unsound,
unhealthful, unwholesome, or other
wise unfit for human food. All such
meat will be placed in a tank in the
presence of a government inspector,
and all openings to the tank Will be
sealed with a government seal by the
Inspector Steam will be turned on.
Before the carcasses are placed in
the tank sufficient coloring matter
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that the tankage can be used for lard,
or other eatable products. If any es-
tablishment refuses to follow the
tanking regulations, inspection Will
be withdrawn and the product of that
establishment will not be. allowed in
interstate or foreign trade.
The provision in regard to labelling
carcasses which are found to be dis
eased and which have been condemned
are very complete. Inspectors and
other government employees must have
access to the establishments at al
times, by day or night.
The entrance into sausage, curingf
canning and other, chopped meat es-
tablishmehts of any carcasses which
were. not inspected and passed by
federal inspectors at the time OF
slaughter will effectually be prevented
The proprietor Of any establishment
may take an appeal from the decision
of an inspector to the inspector In
charge and from him to the chief OF
the bureau Of animal industry or to
the secretary of agriculture, where
the decision is final so far as the de-
partment is concerned.
| Three Months Accidents.
| Washington, July 24.-The accident
bulletin which has just been issued
by the interstate commerce commission
for the three months ending March 81
1906. shows the total number of cas-
ualties to passengers and employees to
be 1926 q, 126~killed and 1910 in
jured). The total number of collisions
and derailments was 3,490 Q,921 coll
lisions and 1869 derailmeDts) of which
2S9 collisions and 167 derailments af-
fected passenger trains.
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