The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-19
Ordinance Has Been Recon-
mended for Passage by SAM
tary Committee.
MEASURE PROVIDES FOR
RIGOROUS SUPERVISION
Meat Men Active Against Some
of the Provisions: Will
Come Up Tonight.

ordinance providing for meat lnspoc-
tion by the city council tonight. After
hearing representatives of most of the
slaughter houses about the city, the san
itary committee last Friday evening
decided TO recommend the measure for
adoption. but sent it 10 the city at
torney first for slight alterations and
additions.
The ordinance establishes q system
of municipal meat inspection and pro-
vi6cs for federal inspection of slaughter
houses, with business of sufficient
magnitude to Justify it and municipal
inspection OF the smaller places.
Under this ordiusucc. with two eX-
ceptions every piece of meat sold or
produced in salt Lake City VIII be
subjected 10 competent inspection cltuer
az the hands of federal meat inspect
prs or by the city's own corps OF IN,
spectors These exceptions arc yea.
and swine hutchered ON the farm and
offered for sale here. As i would he
practicable besides being too eXpcn-
sive, to send an Inspector all over the
farm territort 10 inspect meats Killed
in such small quantities these meats
will be exempted from inspection, put
10 certify 20 their soundncss, whole
soneness. hoalthfulncSs and fitness Tor
human food and that they contain n"
preserVatiVcs or col0rIng matter or
other substance prohibited hy the fed
eral meat laws or the state laws or clty
ordinances.
All other cattle, sheep. swine or
goats produced or sold here must pear
either The government stamp or inc
stamp of the city health and food com
Meat Men Active.
Representatives of meat men arc
making fight, though. on this part of
the meat inspection ordinance and may
succeed in defeating it. They claim
that ,be clause requiring farmers TO
certify that hogs or veal killed on
the farm by them and shipped here
for sale. are sound and heal thful and
fit for human food viii work hard
ship upon tho farmer butcherer. be-
sides being impraeticabie. Inc farmer
butcherer. they claim. frequently gets
such meats after they have passed
through several hands in quick success,
sion. and that for this reason IT VIII
be impossible for him 20 make affidavit
10 the purity of the meat without per
iuring himself, they allege- The result
will be. some of the meat men assert,
that farmer butcherers VIII be atraid
10 certify TO the soundnoss OF meat
that has lust come into their hands for
fear Of laving themselves liable 10 pros
ecution. and Salt Lake City viii prac-
ticallv be cut off from pork aud veal.
This contention is not taken seriously
by the sanitary committee of the city
council. however.
The ordinance provides for the IN
aupuration of the inspection system
. L. at,g m O1V
cherers more time to get ready for 1t
the date probably will be advanced
month or So As shown by the recent
visit Of inspection Of the special com
mittee. several of the places are III
disgusting condition and viii have TO
be given some time to clean up, After
the measure goes into effect, the IN,
spcctors, whether city or federal, VIII
refuse 10 place their stamp upon meats
produced in unsanitary slaughter pens
and as the ordinance prohibits the sale,
or Offering for sale. of such meats.
these pens will be robbed OF market
for their products and Will have to
come 10 the requirements of the Jaw or
go out of business.
The ordinance also VIII set high
standard for qualification as a city in
spector The qualifications of city IN
spectors will be fixed the same as those
Of federal inspectors and the require
nents OF purity in meats will be the
same standard as required by the fed
eral government. The ordinance was
sent back 10 the city attorney TO have
embodied in it clause 10 this effect
How many city. inspectors there Will
have to be is not certain vet, but it
is expected that at least three will be
required Under the new ordinance,
slaughter pens. the products of which
90 out of the state. will be under
government inspection and the pens
with smaller business will be under
city inspection. There will be in the
neighborhood of five pens under city
inspection, it is anticipated.
The New Ordinance.
The ordinance, which amends section
654, chapter 40. OF the revised or
dinances of 1908, is as follows, after
eliminating the preamble:
:. 1t shall be unlawful for any person,
licensed as q butcher or slaughterer. to
fail TO keep a book in which he shall
record a true description OF the age.
size and color OF all animals slaughtered
by him. with the brands and marks there =
on, together with the name OF the per
son from whom received and the time
when killed which book shall be open 10
'the inspection of the public.
That on and after June 1. 1909. it shall
be unlawful for any person. firm or cor
p9rati2n Ii: ION to bring or send into salt Lake
tail. or 20 offer for sale. or TO have in
his, their or its possession with intent
10 sell therein. any dressed cattle, sheep
swine or goats. unless the same bears
the stamp Of being inspected and passed
upon by the food and dairy commissioner
OF Salt Lake City, or by an Inspector .,
the United States department OF agricui
turc: Provided. that when any veal or
swine have been slaughtered by any farm
or on a farm, and the Carcasscs or part:
or carcasscs. are offered for sale in the
city. the original shipper OF said mea
must subscribe 10 u certificate IN dupll.
cate in the following form:
Date
Name OF shipper ......................
,nnSlSiec ....'.-.. ..,.'...,....
Point OF shipment ....,..-........,...
Destination Observation-Disclosures.
| herein subscribe that the following
described uninspccted meats are from
animals slaughtered by myself ON tn
farm and are offered FOR sale in th
city OF salt Lake: and at this date the,
are sound wholesome. hcalthful and q
Tor human food. and contain no preserva
tive o. cooriug matter or other substanc
prohibited by the laws OF the Unite
States. the state OF Utah and the ordi
1lanceS OF salt Lake CITY. governing mea