The Washington herald., 1906-10-31
RULES FOR MEAT INSPECTION
Department Issues Regulations for
Shippe.s and Carriers.
when Farmers May ship Slaughtered
Carcasses-The Conditions Under
which inbeIs May BE Applied.

The Department OF Agriculture yester-
day issued its formal rulings Ia regard
10 the inspection OF meats. in conform
ity with the pure food and inspection
law. Portions Of the report. especially
the parts referring to transportation and
to inspection labels will be Of interest to
the general public as well as TO packers
and butchers.
Section / Of the rules. under transpor-
tatlOn, provides that no shipment Of meat
shall be accepted for interstate traffic
unless covered by a proper certificate
Section provides that shipment Of
inspected meats may be diverted without
reinspection IF new certificate, show
ing the changed destination be given the
carrier by the owner or shipper. who may
or may not be the original shipper IN
case of wreck or other extraordinary
emergency. shipments may be diverted
without new certificate but the Bureau
OF Animal Industry must be given fun
particulars bearing on the case.
Section deals with the right OF the
farmer 90 ship in interstate or foreign
commerce the carcasscs slaughtered on
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right personal TO the farmer. and ap-
plies only when the shipments are made
by the farmer or his gent The carcasscs
of animals slau ;htered by the farmer on
the farm, which are shipped by the farm
er 10 a commission man for sale. may BE-
reshipped by the commission man. by
signing farmers certificate as agent for
the original shipper. It IS incumbent upon
the commission man to know that the
carcasses covered by the certificate he
issues are those Of animals slaughtered
by a farmer on the farm, and 10 have
authority to sign for the farmer in MAX
ing the reshipment. Wholesale dealers,
who are not acting as agents for farmers.
but who own CarcasSes Of animals
slaughtered by a farmer on the farm,
may not reship said carcasses IN interstate
or foreign commerce.
Section I says. Reshipmcnts of inspect
ed meat and meat-food products which
are sound and wholesome at the tine OF
reshipmcnt may be made without rein
spection, when the meat or rneat-fOOd
products. o. the containers thereof, are
marked u. = Inspected and passed. " and
the neat or meat-toOd products have not
been prOCcss6d. other than by smoking.
since they were originally shipped.
Section holds that shipment originat-
ing at one point and destined to another
point OF the same State, but which IS
carried through portion OF another
State in order to reach its destination,
constitutes interstate commerce.
On the subject OF labels. the following
instructions are laid down:
Labels OF stickers. bearing the inspection
legend, separate and apart from the trade
label may. under the supervision OF a
Department employe. be used on inspected
meats which are wrapped in paper or
cloth. or which are placed in pasteboard
containers.
Products not classed as ''meat-food
products" which are perepared 1t estab-
lishments where inspection IS not main
tained. and which contain small quaint
ties OF meats which have been inspected
and passed under the meat-inspection law.
and no other meats, may bear = label
approved by the Bureau OF Animal IN
dustry. With a personal statement Of the
manufacture that the meat contained
therein has been Inspected and passed
II an establishment where inspection Is
maintained.
No label will be approved for use after
January l. next which contains an IN
correct or false statement OF the weight
OF the package; or which does not show
that the weight. il given is net or gross.
When the words meat o. 'meat-f0Od
products arc used in the regulations they
mean meat or neat-food products of cat
tic. sheep. swine, or goats. and do not
include meat or meat-food products o.
other animals
NonedibIe grease aud nOneCible tallow.
derived from cattle. sheep, swine. or
goats are not considered meat-food pro
ducts. Carriers IN interstate commerce
should require a written statement from
shippers that the tallow or grease Is non
edible. and that IL IS so marked