New-York tribune., 1906-07-28
NEAT RULES STRICT.
4SsCRE HE4LTHFUL FOOD
TrspectiOn at AD Times and Places
an Packing Plants.
- The Trlbune Bureau. ]

iFrom me tribune Bureau
-r,sshinztor July U-Secretary Wilson issuas To-
s,t the regulations under which al meats ana
est producis in this country will be prepared FOR
.-,ersfate and foreign commerce. They are com
rsfensive and far-resching. and insure Thoroughly
s.,;tary and healthfuI meat foods 70 all con-
syners os American meats. both in this country
sna abroad. See that tag will be the Injunction
n every handler OF first class meats. and the tag
v,n he the consumers guarantee OF strictly
ssst class article.
Under the new law the Secretary OF Agriculture
ss empowered 10 deny federal inspection 20 anv
,acker or siaughterer who refuses 70 permit all
rrhsalthful and rejected meat to be 'tanked" and
,se regulations say that he Will 90 so. This
rs-eies the gravest defect in the old inspection
lag whereby condemned meats sold 20 local
consumers and the government was powerless to
rFpyeni IL.
'psulatlons covering interstate transportation of
..,ts and the microscopic examination will be is-
sued later
The regulations provide that the scope of the in-
.,,,,lnn shall cover all slaughtering, packing meat
,.oring sating. rendering similar establish
-0sn;s whose meats or meat food products. in
vbole or in part. enter into interstate foreign
commerce unless exempted from inspection by the
secretary of Agriculture. Under the law the only
s,shlisbments which may be exempted by the Sec
erv are those Of retail butchers and retail deal
ers supplying their customers in interstate for
.,vn trade hut these exempted classes are re-
CURED to submit TO the Secretary application
exemption.
Al animals. carcasses and meat food products
vii be subjected TO rigid inspection. Reinspec-
zion will be had wherever necessary.
SANITATION REGULATIONS.
The sanitation regulations require the establish
rneuts in which animals are slaughtered or meats
snd meat food products are prepared. cured.
packed stored handled to be suitably lighted
and ventilated. and 10 be maintained in a sani-
rsry condition. All work in such establishments
must Be performed in a cleanly and sanitary
ner All parts of the buildings must be white
washed or painted or, where this is impracticable
trey must be washed, scraped otherwise
derea sanitary: old floors and old equipment which
cannot be made sanitary must be removed and re-
paced by suitable materials. All trucks. trays.
chYtes platforms. racks. tables. knives. saws.
oJsarers and all utensils ard machinery used in
handing meats must be thoroughly cleansed daily.
Employees Of the establishments must wear outer
clothing Of material that is easily cleansed and
made sanitary and all toilet rooms. urinals and
dressing rooms are required be entirely separate
from apartments in which carcasses are dressed or
meats and meat food products are prepared. Man
ayers OF establishments viii not be permitted TO
employ any person affected with tuberculosis in any
Of the departments where carcasses are dressed
meats handled meat food products prepared
Butchers who dress diseased carcasses required
cleanse and disinfect their hands and implements
bsfoFe touching healthy carcasses. Employees who
unclean and careless os person will not be
allowed handle meats
Weekly reports on sanitation are 20 be made by
The employees in charge Of the various departments
70 The inspector in charge Of the station who in
furn report weekly TO the chief Of the Bureau
Of Animal Industry at Washington but If any un-
sanitary conditions are detected by any department
employe such conditions must be reported imme-
diaiey 10 The inspector in charge who viii report
&c Washington.
DYES AND CHEMICALS BARRED.
The provision relating to dyes chemicals and
pFeseryatiyes is stringent No meat meat food
product for interstate commerce shall contain any
Substance which lessons its wholesomeness. nor
any drug chemical dye. unless specifically pro-
vded for by federal statute. any preservatives
other than common salt. sugar wood smoke. vine
gar pure spices and, pending further inquiry, salt
petfe. Meats ard meat food products for export
may contain preservatives in proportions which do
not conflict with the laws OF the foreign country
10 which they exported but all meats or meat
1oo0 products prepared for export must be
treated and kept in compartments Of the establish
men; separate and apart from those in which meats
and meat food products prepared for interstate
commerce specially labelled and certified and
stamped with the word Special" Such meats may
not enter domestic trade under any circumstances.
The inspection Of animals before slaughter. des-
shsteo IN the regulations the ante-mortem in
sPeciion, Is changed TO conform TO the new law,
ana 70 give the Secretary Of Agriculture authority
% require that all animals suspected Of disease
ms ante-mortem inspection shall be slaughtered
separately and apart from all other animals under
me careful supervision Of federal inspectors Here
toiore the ante mortem inspection has been made
N the stockyards. al the time the animals arrived
ana has covered animals which were TO be slaugh-
tered al establishments where inspection main
lehed and those which were slaughtered for local
trade The law does not authorize inspection
o. animals for local trade II came to the atten-
uon Of the department. that spectators were TAX
Ig advantage Of this form Of inspection. and the
farmers who shipped the animals TO market were
uefeby losing several hundred thousand dollars a
'eef Under the new form of inspection the shipper
Nll be absolutely protected and will receive full
Price for al animals which pass the inspection.
DESTROYING CONDEMNED MEAT
special provision is made for the destruction of
I'll caFoasses and parts of carcasses and meat food
PRODUCTS which. upon inspection reinspection.
Prove 70 be uncIean. unsound. unhealthfuI. un-
wholesome. otherwise unfit for human food. All
s-eh meat viii be placed in a tank in the presence
:" government inspector and all openings 10 the
o IS ss vii ' be fGrned on eors y the the
oaicasses are placed in tank sufficient coloring
.Lauf VIII be added to render II impossible that
- lankage can be used for lard or other edible
he ibso.sI ~ any esta blishment refuses 70 follow
uanking regulation, inspection will be with
not Be- soTes s PToG1ct 95 that = 4Ts WI"
ne Meat Inspection law, under which the regu-
.e-.2ns are issued, contains a provision that no
80 or meat food product shall be sold offered
tof sale by any person. firm or corporation in in
ssale or fore gn commerce under any false or de-
a. t.e name, but established trade names which
s.iusu usual - such products and which are not
ne secretary OF Agriculture, are permitted
regulation this subject provides that trade
e. ssnaA not be permitted, and that meat food
e1SSSsucl whether composed OF one or more IN
49,. 80 name stating purporting 70 show that the
~. M meat food product is a substance which is
"''eh such name be an established trade name.