The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-06-22
MEAT INSPECTION
Majority of House Committee on
Agriculture Favors Taxing
Cost on Government.
$4,000, 900 TO PAY EXPENSE
Provides for Rigid Oversight Dur
ing All Stages of Preparation ana
Provides Penalty for Failing
to Comply with Rules.

Washington, June 15.-The substi-
tute for the Beveridge meat inspection
bill as prepared by the house commit
tee on agriculture has been finished.
1t is declared by the committee that
the provision will insure that American
meats and meat products are healthful
clean, and in every respect wholesome
and fit for food.
The important features of the legis-
ldtion are that it places the cost of the
inspection on the government and
makes an annual automatic appropria-
tion of 100000 to pay the expenses.
1t requires a rigid post norton ana
ante norton inspection of all animals
killed for food. 1t requires a govern
ment label as a passport for all meat
state commerce, and in addition to this
label a certificate of purity to the car
rier and to the secretary of agriculture
for such products which enter foreign
commerce.
To secure this label, the product
must be handled in accordance with
sanitary regulations to be prescribed
by the secretary of agriculture, who is
authorized to employ, without regard
10 the civil service law for the first
year, an adequate corps Of efficient
inspectors to supervise the enforce
lnent of his regulations.
1t prohibits the use of personalities
or chemicals deleterious to health in
the preparation of meat foods and
leaves the determination of this ques-
tion to the secretary of agriculture.
The label on the product is to indicate
the ingredients, but the date of manu-.
facture is not required
The sanitary requirements which the
secretary is to prescribe and enforce
must insure complete sanitation as to
all buildings, whether slaughter houses
or canning establishments.
Many penalties are provided for VIC.
lations of these provisions. The COM
mon carrier is subject to a heavy pen
atty if he accepts for transportation
any goods not bearing the government
label, or in case of foreign shipments
in addition to the label, the required
certificate. The packers are subject 10
"a heavy penalty for false labelling as to
contents of packages. Trade names
are to be allowed in some cases, in the
discretion of the secretary, but in ali
cases the contents of the package must
be stated
The violation of any of the regula-
lions is made a misdemeanor punish.
able by a fine not to exceed $4,000, or
imprisonment not to exceed two years.
There is special penalty for bribery
OF inspectors, this being Imprisonment
for from one to three years and fine
sof from $1,000 to $4,000, the same pun.
ishment being provided for the accept
ance of bride by an inspector.
Farmers and small butchers are ex-
'cepted from the operation of the reg
ulations.
These conclusions of the committee
were reached after three days of COLI
sideration, following the exhaustive
hearings held in connection with the
official reports regarding conditions in
the packing houses at Chicago and the
statements of the packers and repre-
.sentatives of the livestock raisers.
A new measure represents the judg-
ment of nine members of the commit
tee as against seven who preferred the
-Beyeridge amendment. slightly altered
A minority report will be made to the
house by some of the dissenting men,
bers-