The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-05

forced to spend their working hours necessary and unpardonable. and whlch are constant menace not only to thelr own health, but to the health or those who. use the food products prepared
 Vi.-Government Inspection.
 We observed carefully the inspection before slaughter the ,,,in insPecbed beds a'te tse more minute examination of animals tagged on the killing floors, and the microscopic examination Tor trichi-
 Inspection Before slaushter-1n- spection before slaughter appears to have little value in most cases. That undue asdvantafs or oriis. ,his hels is ohapeed q and opportunities for :ucn are aoun- dant, but no specific evidence was pre- scented to us. That tnis unlmp1rtahI compulsory under the present law, whereas the more scientific examina- tion after slaughter Is only permissive.
 Inspection After Slaushter.-Inspec- tion after, slaughter appears to be care fully and consistently made. Ihe GOV. ernment veterinarians msintain ssinn tnai It U examination of certain glands, of the viscera, and of the general condition of the carcass Is sufficient to enable work. 10 detect at once the presence ditions. On the slightest indications of disease or abnormai sna M condiei9ns enide 9ns a later and more careful examination. There should, however, be more pre- cautions taken to insure that the in struments used be kept antisepticaliy
 Microscopic Examination.-The mi croscopic examination of hogs to be exported to Germany apears to De made l. .r1 asked why the same inspection is not made of hogs killed for the American market. The statement that ham, pork and sausage, that are frequentiy eaten raw in Germany, are not so used in America, is not strictly true. Large numbers of our foreign born population eat ham and pork comparatively raw, and hence db aeeo of thIs pork Soes into sausage to be eaten without being cooked.
 Number of Inspector.-The. present number of inspectors is certainly mad equate, as the Secretary of Agriculture has often complained. We noted that some large establishments had an obvi. ously insufficient force. A few small concerns have no inspectors at all. and may sell uninspeeted meat wherever they please in the United States.
 VII. Legislation.
 First-Examination before slaughter is of minor importance and should be permissive instead of mandatory. Ex- animation after slaughter. is of su- preme importance and should be com pulsory. Ns
 Second--Goats, now exempt from in- spection, intended for foreign or inter- state commerce, should te fncluded Tn the list subject to the Inspection of the Bureau of Animal Industry. and should be equally controlled by the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.
 Third--The examination of all meat products intended for interstate com nt Cta n treatment should be consigned to the Bureau of Animal Industry, and no mark or sign declaring that inspection has been made by Government officials should be allowed on any can. box or other receptacle or parcel containing food products unless the same has been subject to Government inspection at any and every stage of the process of preparation, and all such labels should contain the date of issuance, and It should be a misdemeanor to erase, al- ter or destroy any such labels. Meat products. and canned, preserved, or pickled meats. when sent from any packing or canning establishment, If returned to the same, should be subject to such further inspection, regulation, and isolation from other meat products as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe.
 Fourth-Power should be given to the Secretary of Agriculture to make sanitation and construction Of all build ings used or intended to be used for the care of food products for interstate or foreign trade. and to make such reg ulation as he may deem necessary to otherwise protect the cleanliness and whoiesomeness of animal products, pre- pared and sold for foreign and inter- state commerce.
 Fifth-It should be forbidden to any person, firm. or corporation to trans port or offer for transportation from one State to another any meat or meat food products not inspected and la beled.
 General Suggestions.--First-T num- Der of inspectors should be largely in- creased so that special assignments may be made for night inspection, for the examination of animals at the plat forms or stock yards. for the following of dead animals to their alleged desti- nation, and for other special work.
 Second--Special Government inspec- tion should be carried on continuously to prevent violations of the law and general abuses in the trade, and to se- cure evidence when necessary.
 Third-A careful study of the stand ards of inspection in other countries should be made. and the results of the study should be published and circulate ed for the public information.
 Fourth--Considerati should be gfv- en to the question of specific labelling of all carcasses sold as fresh meat, which, upon examination after slaugh- ter. show signs of disease, but are still deemed suitable for food.
 James Bronson Reynolds,
 Chas. F. Neill.
 Washington. D. C., June ?, 1906.