The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-21
All Meats Put Under
Food and Drug Act

than by slaughter,
The official action of the board of.
the three secretaries is in full as fol-.
lows:
Applications of Regulations.
Regulation 80 of the rules and reg
ulat1ons made in. pursuance of the
authority conferred by section 8 of the
food and drugs act, June 80, 1906 ga
Stat. 1883, which reads as follows:
ulations.
These regulations shall not apply
TO domestic meat and meat food prod
ucts which are prepared, transported,
or sold in interstate or foreign COM
merce under the meat inspection law
and the regulations of the secretary
of agriculture made Hereunder
is hereby revoked.
w. G.. McAdoo.
Secretary of the Treasury.
d. f. Houston,
Secretary of Agriculture.
William G. Redfield,
Secretary of Commerce,
washington, d. c., June 16, 1912
The revocation of regulation SO now.
gives the department. of agriculture
the power to- treat meats and meat
1000 products exactly like any other
food in interstate commerce. The
change, however, in no way fnterferes
$500 HSN'' "a - Va. NIASE0 u.
~agriculture conducted under. the meat
inspection law. It simply brings meat,
under the food act, as we'll as under
the meat inspection law, and thus
gives the government control over
meat foods. not only in the federallys
inspected establishments, but after the
meat product has left such establish
ment on an interstate journey.
naa the meat inspection law,
meat inspectors have absolutely no
power to seize meat or meat food
products that have become bad or.
have been adulterated after they have
left a federally inspected establish
ament. n only remedy possible under.
the meat act is to- proceed criminaIly
against anyone selling bad meat. but
even in this event, bad meat cannot.
be seized nor its sale prevented.
The department of agriculture can
now seize and prevent the sale Of bad
or adulterated meat, once it has cross
ed state line and remains In inter-
state commerce. In case spoiled meat
again reaches a. federally Inspected
establishment, it OF course comes
under the Jurisdiction of the meat in.
spection law, andtcan. be DESTROYED. al
heretofore has been, done. Under tho.
new decision, the government can now
control maa.. foods in interstate COM
merce from the haof to the retailer.
subject only to the limitations of the
poWer OF the federal government in,
interstate commerce. Under the opinl
lon OF the attorney general. and the
action OF the three secretaries. the.
department. of agriculture is en-
powered to require all manufactured
meat products to conform fully3sto its
iapellng regulation, and can enforce
lis penalties, prosecutions and seiz-
he n q IN II n1< gG n q Arn - - - NZE y t.. EZE
ton. The definition of tsmisbranding.n
under the food and drugs act. is far
more stringent than the rule
ing the sale of meat products undensa
false or deceptive name under the
meat inspection law. Section 84nf the
p and drugs act. to which manu-
~facturers of meat must now conform.
provides that the term "~mishranded,,
shall apply toRtall articles of food. or
articles which enter into the COM
position Of food the package or label
iof winch q bear any statement,
design, or device regarding slehs
article, or the ingredients OF sub
stances contained therein, which shall
be false or misleading in any parti-
.cular. and9to any food product which
is falsely branded as to the state.
territory, or country In which it liz
manufactured or produced The de-
partn1ent ofSagriclltnrescana now also
apply fully to meat products its rules
regarding statements as to- weight or
volume OF number off pieces in al
package, required OF other foods.
"A committee has been appointed by
the secretary of agriculture to provide
effectiVeaplan for c~o-operatiens be-
tween the bureau of chemistry and the
bureau of animal industry to exercise
control to the full extent authorized |
by law over domestic meats and meat
food products With effective co.
operation between these two bureaus,
the seizure arm Of thesfood and drugs
means Of regulating traffic ia ursound
meats.