The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-03
other animals, under the careful su
pervision of federal inspectors.
Destruction of Carcasses.

Destruction of Carcasses.
Special provision is made for the
destruction for food purposes of all
carcasses and parts of carcasses and
meat food products which, upon in
spection, or reinspection, prove to be
unclean, unsound, unhealthful, un-
wholesome, or otherwise unfit for hui
man food. All such meat will be
placed in tank in the presence of a
government inspector, and all open
ings to the tank will be sealed with
government seal by the inspector.
Steam will be turned on. Before the
carcasses are placed in the tank suf-
ficient coloring matter will be added
to render it impossible that the tank
age can be used for lard or other eat
able product.
Trade Label Regulation.
The meat inspection law und er
which the regulations are issued, con-
tains provision that no meat or
meat food product shall be sold or Of
fered for sale by any person, firm or
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.
Supervision of Stamps.
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 government employe or to
be affixed by an employe of the estab-
lishment under the personal supervis-
ion of government employee.
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 fit
for food, is produced.
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.
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 de-
partment employee to escape the Wig
lance of the inspectors.
Running through the regulations is
carefully prepared scheme which
will effectually 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.
One of the important provisions of
the regulations is the following defini-
ton:
"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, preservatives, chemicals or in
gradients, which render meats or
meat food products unsound, un-
healthful, unwholesome, unclean or
unfit for human food"