Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-17
Drastic Measures Will Insure That American Meats and American Meat Products Are Healthy and Wholesome.
GOVERNMENT WILL
 STAND THE EXPENSE.
Regulations Will Be Fixed by Secretary of Agriculture and Severe Penalties Are Fixed for Bribery.

WASHINGTON, June It. - 4 meat inspection provision was completed by the House commmittee on agriculture today. and Will be presented to the House probably tomorrow.
 IL is declared by that committee that the provision will insure that American meats and American meat products are healthy, clean and in every respect wholesome and fit for food. Important features of the legis. lation are that 1t places the cost of Inspection on! the government End makes an annual automatic appropria- tion of $2,000. 900 to pay the expenses. It requires rigid post-mortem and arte-mortem inspection of all animals killed for food. It requires a govern ment label as passport for all meat and meat products which enter inter state commerce, and, in addition to this label. a certificate of purity to : the carrier and to the secretary of az. riculture for such products which en- ter foreign commerce. To secure this label meat products mus: be handled in accordance with sanitary regula- tions to be prescribed by the secretary of agriculture.
 The secretary of agriculture IS authorized to employ. with regard to the civil service law for the first year an adequate corps of efficient inspec. tors to supervise the enforcement of his regulations. It prohibits the use of preSeryatives or chemicals dele terious to health in the preparation of meat foods. and leaves the determina. ton of this question to the secretary of agriculture. The label on the prod uct is to indicate the ingredients, bu, date of manufacture is not required Sanitary requirements. which the sec. retary is to prescribe and enforce, must insure complete sanitation as to all buildings. whether slaughter-houses or canning establishments.
 Many penalties are provided for the violation of these provisions. A com- mon carrier Is subject to a heavy pen. alty if he accepts for transportation any goods not bearing the government label and required certificate.
 Packers are sbiect to g heavy pen. atty for false labelling as to contents Of packages. Trade names are to be allowed In some cases in the discre ton of the secretary. but in all cases contents of package must be stated and the violation of any of the regu lations Is made a misdemeanor, pun ishable by a fine not to exceed S10.00t or imprisonment not to exceed two years
 There is a special penalty for brib' cry of inspectors, this being impris oEment for from one to three years and 8 fine of from 5000 to o,000 the same punishment being provided for the acceptance of a bribe by ar inspector. Farmers and small butch CTS are exempt from the regulations
 These conclusions of the committee were reached after three days of con sideration following exhaustive hear. iDgs held in connection with the of ficial reports regarding the conditions in the packing houses st Chicago and the statements of packers and repre- sentatives of the livestock raisers. The new measure represents the !udg ment of nine members of the commit tee as against seven who preferred the Beveridge amendment slightly al- tered. A minority report will be made to the House by some of the dissent ing members.