Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-08-02
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Trade Label Regulation.
The meat inspection law und 81
which the regulations are issued. con.
tains provision that no meat OF
meat food product shall be sold or. Of
fered for sale by any person. firm 81
corporation In interstate or FOREIGN
commerce under any false or decep.
tive name, but established trade
names which are usual to such prod.
ucts and which are not false and de.
ceptive and which shall be approved
by the secretary Of agriculture are
permitted.
The regulation on this subject pro.
vides that trade labels which al
false or deceptive in any particular
shall not be permitted. and that a
meat food product whether composed
Of one or more ingredients, shall not
be named on the trade label with a
| name stating or purporting to show
that the said meat food product is a
substance which is not the principal
ingredient contained therein, even
though such name be an established
trade name. "
Supervision Of Stamps. /, j
All stamps, labels and certificates
showing that meat and meat food
products have been inspected and
passed are required either to be af-
fixed by q government employee or to
be affixed by an employee of the estab-
l1shment under the personal supervis-
ion of government employee .es Il
Certificates are required for exports
Of cattle, sheep, swine and goats, and
the meat and meat food products
thereof. and no vessel having on
board any such animals, meat or meat
food products for export will be al
lowed to clear by the customs officers
until the certificate of the secretary
of agriculture, showing that the meat
is sound, healthful, wholesome and TT
for food, is produced.
49, Free Access to Houses. :
For the purpose of enforcing the
law and the regulations, inspectors
and other government employees un-
der the direction of the inspector,
must have access to establishments at
all times by day or night, whether the
establishment be operate or not.
4 The regulation directs attention to-
the fact that it is felony, punish
able by fine or Imprisonment, for any
firm or corporation or any agent or
employe thereof, to give or offer, d.
rectly or indirectly, to any depart
ment employe engaged in meat inspec--
ton any money or other thing of
value with intent to influence the en-
ploye In the discharge of his duty.
Labelling Carcasses.
= The provision in regard to labelling
carcasses which are found diseased
and which have been condemned, are
very complete. A system of tags
numbered in duplicate, with reports
to the inspector in charge, who, in
turn, reports to, Washington, will
make it impossible for any carcass
which has once been tagged by a de-
partment employee to escape the ,vig-l
lance of the inspectors. .
Running through the regulations is
carefully prepared scheme which
will effectuany prevent the entrance
into sausage, curing, canning and 9TH
er chopped meat establishments of
any carcasses which were not inspect
ed and passed by federal inspectors at
the time of slaughter
Method of Appeal.
Whenever the proprietor of an es-
tablishment questions the action of
the inspector in condemning any car
cass or meat, he may take an appeal
to the inspector in charge, and from
the inspector in charge if he desires.
to the chief of the bureau of animal
industry, or to the secretary of agri.
culture, whose decision is final, So far
as the department is concerned.
One of the important provisions Of
the regulations is the following defini-
ton: a. 5,...,..e@. - .s,.
: ".'U. S: inspected and passed. This
phrase shall mean that the carcasses..
parts Of carcasses, meats and meat
food products so marked are sound.
healthful, wholesome and contain no
dyes, preservatfves, chemicals or in.
gradients, which render meats or
meat food products unsound, un-
healthful, unwhdesome, unclean or:
unfit for human food"
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