The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-10


barred from employment in any of the
departments where carcasscs are
dressed, meat is handled or meat food
products prepared, aud any employee
Of such an establishment who may be
suspected of being so affected shall be
reported to the manager of the slaugh-
ter house and to the city board of
health.
Butchers dressing or otherwise hand
ling carcasses shall cleanse their hands
of all grease and then immersc them in
a prescribed disinfcctant and rinse
them in clear water before dressing or
otherwise handling healthy carcasses,
and all butchers implements used in
dressing diseased carcases shall be sterl-
lizcd before being used again,
Separate sanitary trucks approprl-
ately marked must be furnished for the
handling OF diseased carcasses; and fol
lowing the slaughtering of animals at
fected by an infectious disease the
plant shall be shut down until fresh
Implements are provided or the old ones
are properly disinfccted
Carcasscs shall not be inflated with
air from the mouth and the splitting on
whetstones or stccls used for sharpen
ing knives is forbidden. Each killing
csta blishment must be provided with a
hot and cold water system TO facilitate
the cleansing of the establishment and
its maintenance In 4 sanitary condition.
The feeding of hogs or other animals
on the refuse of slaughter houses shall
not be permitted. and all tank rooms.
water closets. toilet or dressing rooms
shall be entirely separated from COM
partmcnts In which carcasses are killed
or dressed or meats arc cooled, cured,
stored, packed or otherwise handled.
Veal killed when less than four weeks
old and weighing less than forty five
pounds is barred, and lambs killed less
than eight weeks old are also barred.
Pigs less than certain weight and age
are also barred as human food,
No person shall bring into the city
for sale, or offer to sell, the meat of
any cattle, sheep, swine or game which
when killed was within two weeks of
parturitlon. Animals dying from dis.
ease or accident also arc barred.
No meat shall be transported through
the streets or alleys without being prop
crtX protected by a covering from the
dust or the heat of the sun.
Slaughter of Animals.
The slaughtering Of animals shall be
conducted on week DAYS between the
hours Of 6 a. m. and $50 p, M, except
in cases of emergency, when permission
10 slaughter otherwise must be obtained
from the veterinary inspector. and no
slaughterlng shall be conducted on Sun
days after noon, except III cases of
emergency, without the permission of
the inspector. which must be obtained
twenty four hours in advance.
An ante-mortcm examination shall be
made of all animals intended for
slaughter at abattoirs when such ami
mails arc weighed. or, if not weighed.
this inspection shall be made in the
pens, and all animals found upon ante
moriem examination TO be affected with
any OF the conditions or diseases named
| below shall be rejected and marked by
placing in the car a metal Tag bearing
the words "Salt Lake City. Rejected -
and q serial number, or by such other
marks as may be necessary TO insure
the Identification Of the animals: Hog
cholera, swine plague, anthrax or char
bon, rabies, malignant cpizootic ca
| tarrh. pyaemia and scpticaemia, mango
, or scabs (uuIcss the animals are salts
factoriy dipped), actiuomycosis or
( lumpy Jaw. pneumonia, pleurisv, cnteri-
! It's, paritonitis and mctritis; Texas fe-
yer; tuberculosis, hcmorrhagis septicac-
mia, blackleg.
ANY disease or injury which, causing
elevation of the temperature or affect
ing the system of the animal, will make
the flesh unfit for human food,
Animals TOO young and immature to
produce wholesome meat.
Animals which arc bruised. injured or
show tumors, assesses or suppuratlng
| sores.
Animals too emaciated and anaemic
to produce wholesome meat.
Shall Be Removed.
Sucb animals shall be removed from
| the pens and disposed OF to the satls
fction Of the Inspector in charge. When
animals are not inspected In the stock
wards the inspector in charge shall care
fulIv inspect such animals about to be
slaughtered IN the pens OF the estap
lishment, and no animal shall be al
lowed to pass the slaughterlng room un
ill it has been inspected. CarcasseS
found by post-mortem examinations tt
be found diseased to the extent that
thew are unfit for human food shall &c
10 the tank 10 be made into fertilizer.
The rejection Of animals upon Tho
ante -mortcm examination does not nee
cssarilv mean that tho animal Is TO be
condemned This depends good dca
on the progress Of the disease to whIcE
the animal is victim. The ordinance
sets out that il is TO be understood tbat
owing TO the impracticability Of formu
lating rules covering every case and the
designating at just what stage pro
cess becomes loathsome or disease be
comes noxious the final disposition o1
carcasses Of animals not covered by tho
ordinance will be eft 10 the judgment
Of the inspectors in charge, All con
demncd carcasses shall be disposed o.
ultimately in the presence OF an III
spector
The penalty for violation Of the or
dinance is a fine of not less than $5(
nor more than $299, or by imprison
ment not less than thirty days or more
than six months, or by both such fin'
and imprisonment, The offense is Z
misdemcanor.
1t is not likely that the ordinance
will pass tonight. as considerable tim'
will be required for discussion aud pos
sibIe amendments. but the advocates o
the measure hope TO get it through b,
next Monday night.