The Alaska citizen., 1913-10-27
SEIZED MEAT
NOT FIT FOR
CONSUMP TON

Through a notice filed in the dis,
riot court Saturday by District At
iorney James J. Crossley i is learn
ID that the fifteen tons of meat which
were seized from the local meat
market year ago last fall have
been found unfit for human con
sumption by the government pure
food expert. DR.. J. Madsen. of Seat
tie. who sent a report of his find
ings to the district attorneys office
here.
After the meat was seized A the
instance Of the district attorney.
the case came up in the commission
er's court but as there was some
doubt as to the condition of the seq.
ed meat it vas decided that il rr
sent Outside to be examined by ex.
perts. Upon receipt of the doctors
report the district attorney filed the
notice of its receipt in the distric.
court after which the attorneys for
the meat company ann cunced tha,
they would ask the court for permis-
sion TO see the report. which the dis
trict attorney holds is part of the
prosecutors evidence and inadv' s.
able te make public at this time.
The notice as filed in the court
by the district attorney which makes
public part of the findings OF the
government expert. is as follows:
United States of America, Eibellant
VS.. Il Tons OF Diseased. Adul-
terated and Deteriorated Meat. etc.
Notice to Claimants of RECEIPT of
Report of Examination by DR.. !.
Madsen of Meats Seized.
To MCGOWAN & Clark, Attorneys
for Fairbanks Meat Company and
The Pacific Cold Storage Company:
You are hereby notified that the
report of the examination made by
DIR. j. Madsen, of the bureau OF
chemistry. United States Department
or agriculture, located at Seattle
of the meats seized by
the libellant in this cause. the United
States of America has been receiv-
ed at Fairbanks by this office, and
from such report I appears that of
the "a half hog carcasses numbered
consecutively from | to "a. inclusive.
and two boxes OF pork sausage
seized and examined, II half hog
carcasses, numbered /. >, :. u, 10.
IA, Il, IL. Il. % %. respectively.
and the two boxes Ct sausage are
unfit for human consumption, Mile
Of the remaining half hog carcasses,
2. 3, 4, 6 s, 8, 10, II,
Is, 10, 20, 81 and "a, respectively,
the leaflard and other exposed adj
pose tissue thereof was found t. be
rancid, but with sufficiently proper
trimming off of the said leaflard
and other exposed adipose tissue from
sad - half hog carcasses in the
presence of and as approved by DR..
Madsen or some United States pure
food and drug inspector, the same
may be made fit for food.
Whereof, in accordance with said
report and instructions of the attor
ney-general of the United States. |
transmitted to me with sad report
shall ask an order of this court
all OF the II half hog
carcasses numbered l. ), I. ~, IS.
IA, 10 16, II. % and %, respective
y, of said meats seized and all the
seized to be destroyed, and
hat all parts of the remaining Is
numbered 2, 3, 4, g. s. 9.
10, II, Is, 10 20, q and "a that can
De made fit for food by a suffic entity
proper trimming off of the rancid
eaflard and the other exposed adj
pose tissue shall be released and re-
turned to claimants at Seattle CT Ia,
coma. Washington.
Dated at Fairbanks, Alaska, this |
18th day OF October, A. D. 1913
JAMES J. CROSSLEY,
United States District Attorney and
Prosecutor for Libellant"