Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-09-27
MEATS MUST Be
CLEAN HEREAFTER
NO MISLEADING LABELS
Fifty-one inspectors VIII Be on Duty
In Milwaukee AbattoIrs and Pack.
Ing Rooms Violation 4 Serious
Matter-Large Force Of Govern
nnent Employees Required.


ment Employees Required.
After October /, when pater fam
lies or the better half of the partner.
shiJ purchases a smoked ham, can
of ported chicken, pail of lard, or
even an old-fashioned roast OF beef.
he OF she may be certain that it has
been prepared from animals that are
free from disease and II it be q by
product that is being purchased, an
inspection Of the label will tell what
Is contained In the compound. ATT
or that date no more cottonseed oil
and oleo stearine will masquera lie I'M
der the name Of Snow Drift" an al
legged lard, but the name Snow Drift"
or whatever it may be, win be fol-
lowed by an inscription stating its
composition.
Uncle Sans ia. has gone forth
and the packer who desires to sell a
substitute for lard, without ANNOUNCE
ing the fact win be liable to heavy
penalty. Potted chicken made from
bob veal will be q thing Of the past.
Potted chicken will be potted chick
en-. unless otherwise s.,ecs'ied on the
label. Il MOI, the firm preparing the
product viii be amenable to the laws
Of the United States to the tune OF
$1,000 fine, or Imprisonment ior not
more than two years, or both
Labels to Tell ingredients.
Sausage labeled as such may con-
tain other meats than pork, but that
labeled pork sausage" will contain
nothing else or the maker will be sub
ject TO punishment. So-called pork
sausage containing potato -four or
other ingredients will be illegal, I'M
Jess the label expressly states this
fact and then the word pure" must
be omitted
Shoulders and butts under the
name picnic ham will be forbidden. IT
will be labeled what 1t Is, and no
fancy name win bring 1t to the table
OF an unsuspecting purchaser.
inspectors to Examine Meat.
It will be q pleasure for the house
wife to 90 to market to purchase a
slice OF ham, and know that when it
has been prepared for the table, it
ray be eaten with impunity. There
will be no disease in 1t II 1t is from
an animal slaughtered by a packing
house employee, for it Will be labeled,
~. s. Inspected and Passed, Under
the Act OF Congress Of June 80, 1906.
Establishment No -
When that label is placed upon the
meat, it shows that the animal from
which the ham was taken was exam
ined before killing and showed no evil
dence Of disease and that an expert
examined the meat after the sIaugh-
ter and found 1t healthy. The same
will he true Ct all kinds OF meat, beef,
veal, lamb, mutton. pork or fowls.
Every animal and essry bird will De
examined before and after killing, BY
experts, who will place upon it a label
stating that It Is at food product.
All other meats will be labeled. but
the label Will never be seen BY the
public. That label win brand the
meat as examined and condemned"
All condemned meat will be placed in
q large rendering tank, which will
then be Theoretically closed and the
ofIlcial seal placed upon It. The rem.
dering tank will then be heated ~.
several hours to temperature CT 800
or 400 degrees. When that has been
done, no meat win be left. 1t win be
nothing but mass Of animal matter,
with large amount Of grease fioat-
Ing upon 1t. The grease win be used
for mechanical purposes and the mass
Of what was once meat will be use1
for fertilizer.
More inspectors Required.
The government has at present SIS
inspectors In Milwaukee employed In
the United States bureau Of animal
industry, q branch OF the department
Of agricultwA When the new law
goes into Eject there will b. hair as
many more. These ffty-odd inspes-
tors will be stationed In the various
departments Of the packing houses
and they will report daily in writing to
DR.. A. p. Behnke, chief inspector IN
Charge The report win contain tho
number Of animals killed. portions OF
the various carcasses. or by products
Inspected and labeled. and other in
formation.
These men are expected to be abso-
lutely free from suspicion. and to At
tempt to bride one Of them Is q serious
offepse Giving a present or money