Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-27
Are Stringent, Covering Slaught-
erlng, Packing, Canning Salt
ing and Like Plants.
MUST REPORT ON SANITATION.
Other Rules VIII be Promulgated on
transportation aud Inspection
OF Pork.

Washington, July 27.-secy. Wilson
today made public the regulations un-
der the new law governing the inspec-
ton OF meat products for interstate and
foreign trade. They do not, however,
cover the subject Of interstate trans
portation of meat or the microscopic
Inspection Of pork for export Regula-
tions on these subjects. Il was stated,
viii be- Issued later. The regulations
Issued today are stringent throughout,
and are IN line with the best au-
th0rities on the subjects OF sanitation,
presery1tiyes, dyes. chemicals and con-
demnation OF diseased carcasses.
The general regulations provide that
the scope Of the inspection shall cover
all slaughtering, packing meat canning,
sailing, rendering or similar establish
ments whose meats or meat food prod
ucts, In whole or in part, enter into
Interstate or foreign commerce, unless
exempted from inspection by the Sec
Rotary Of agriculture, Under the law
the only establishments which may be
exempted by the secretary are retail
butchers and retail dealers supplying
their customers In interstate or foreign
trade, but even these exempted classes
are required TO submit TO the secretary
an application for exemption.
All animals, carcasses and meat food
products will be subjected 10 rigid
inspection ReinspectlOn viii be had
wherever necessary.
The sanitation regulations require the
ii aatr IA aN. aHal
slaughtered or meats and meat food
products are prepared, cured, packed,
stored or handled TO be suitably light
ed and ventilated. and to be maintained
Ion a sanitary condition. All work IN
such establishments must be perform
ga In a clearly and sanitary manner
an portions OF the buildings must be
whitewashed or painted, or where II is
impracticable, they must me washed.
sCaped. or otherwise rendered sani-
tary, old floors and old equipment
which cannot be made sanitary must
be removed and replaced by suitable
materials. All trucks, trays, chutes,
Platforms, racks, tables. knives, saws,
cleavers and all utensils and machin-
cry used In handling meats must be
thoroughly cieansed daily Employees
Of the establishments must wear outer
clothing OF a material that is easily
Cleansed and made sanitary. and all
toilet rooms. urinals and dressing rooms
arc required TO be, entirely separate
from apartments IN which carcasses
are dressed or meats and meat fool
products prepared Butchers who dress
diseased carcasses are required 10
cleanse and disinfect their hands and
implements before touching healthy
carcasses. Employees who are unclean
and careless OF person VIII not be al
lowed to handle meats.
Weekly reports on sanitation are 10
be made by the employees In Chicago OF
the war departments to the inspector In
charge Of the station, who In turn must
report weekly 10 the chief Of the bureau
Of animal Industry at Washington, but
II any unsanitary conditions are de-
tected By any department employe.
such conditions must be reported Inn
mediately 10 the inspector In charge.
who viii report 10 Washington.
The provision relating to dyes. chem
icals and preseryatives Is stringent No
meat or meat food product Of interstate
commerce shall contain any substance
which lessons its wholesomeness, nor
any drug, chemical or dye. unless spe-
officially provided for by a federal stat
ute or any preseryatlye other than
common salt. sugar. smoke, wood. Vine
gar pure spices and pending further
inquiry, saltpetre.