The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-03
INSPECTION OF
MEAT Will Be
MORE STRICT
diseased Animals to Be Condemn
ed Prior to Slaughter

erning the slaughtering Of catu
sheep' swine and goats and the prer
aration of meat food products in in
speeted establishments. were signed b
the secretary of agriculture on Jul
Is, 1914.
All the regulations become effectiy
November l, 1914. except those GOV
erning imported meats, which 90 int
effect January /, 1915.
The department of agriculture I
limited by law to Jurisdiction over -,
Strengthening and packing establish
ments which sell their products in in
terstate or foreign commerce. Tbes,
establishments slaughter 60 per cen
of the meat used in the United States
The Strengthening and packing esia5.
iishments which sell their produc
wholly within the state in which the
animals are slaughtered are beyond
the Jurisdiction of the department
Inc new regulations, which occupy
81 printed pages, codify the many
amendments and rulings made since
the adoption of the old regulations
on April l, 1908, and also add 70 the
requirements IA number IF feature.
suggested by eight years experience
In meat inspection and conforming
with recent scientific discoveries.
The more important changes made
as the result of the development Of
veterinary science and practical ex-
perlence in meat inspection, are as fol
lows:
Condemn Diseased Animals.
The new regulations provide that in
spectors shall make a rigid ante-mor-
TEN inspection. and If they lind cleor
evidence in the live animal Of the ex-
istence of a disease which units its
meat for food. they shall condemn the
animal and prevent its entry FOR
slaughter into the food preparing de-
Of the establishment. The
animal so condemned must he slaugh
tered in a separate place and put at
once into the denaturing tank to be
turned into fertilizer or other non
edible products. This rule is more
strict than the ante morton inspec-
lions prescribed in the old regula-
tons.
Heretofore, animals showing some |
of disease on ante-mortcm |
inspection were slaughtered on the !
same killing floors as healthy ami |
mails, and were not finally condemn. Il
until they We're subjected to 20 y..moi-
EN- examination.
Under the new rules, where the an
e-mortem inspector suspects a live |
lnimal of having n disease which Il
night render it unfit for food, but IL
lot certain of this condition h. will. H
ls In the past, mark the animal ~. s.
Suspect" which will make it's carcass
subject tc special post-mortem ex-
The ante-mortem in
pector is also authorized to dctain
he animal for further observation ana
aking Of temperature in cases where
hat seems desirable in reaching a
ecision.
All animals at the time of slaugh-
er. even though no symptoms of DIS
ase are visible on ante-mortem rx-
''''''''''iis fiN oubJ'Nl w vi IbiSl- III
1ortem examination before the meat
an be marked ~. $. Inspected and i
'assed' and allowed to leave the es-
lblshment.
Withdrawal Of inspection.
The regulations prescribe that nny
establishment which violates
ny regulation may suffer the penalty /
having all inspection withdrawn.
his would mean that such establish
tents could not ship any meat in in
'rstate commerce or abroad. This is
esigned to strengthen the depart
tents authority to compel establish
tents To observe sanitary conditi lns.
In view of the present shortage and
Ugh prices of meat, and the fact that
very pound of meat that is condemn
necessarily adds To the cost of
reducing meat that is passed, the
NV regulations provide measures
hereby the packers can sterilize aud
'ok thoroughly certain classes of
eat and sell II in cans or sealed con-
liners. labeled plainly Second class
This stcrilized cooked meat which
10 packers are TO be permitted 20 sell
Second class Stcrilized' is the
eat Of portions Of animals the fat
which the old regulations permitted
It. packers to make into edible lard
id tallow. The process OF rendering
rived TO sterlize the fat ana make
entirely hygienic. The new plan ex-
nds the same principle so as to util-
g the lean portions of this meat
hich heretofore packers b. have not
en allowed To sell for food purposes.
This action follows scientific inves-
cations made by specialists of the
and by Independent vet
inarians and psychologists, which
I'VE made II clear that large quaint
rs of meat which are perfectly good
cd when thoroughly cooked have
en- condemned because of the pres
ce of strictly localized cysts or le-
pms In animals This meat is Of the
pc which the German and Austrian
vernmcnts have long permitted 5hcir
ckcrs 10 sterilize by cooking and
u AT shops In cooked condition.
This meat which, cooked. finds
ady sale ut lower price than raw
Eat In Germany and Austria, con-
Sta Of portions of the flesh of ami
ais which have been localized cysts