Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-10-17

the chief OF the bureau OF animal
industry"
The bringing of animals exposed
to communicable diseases onto tho
premises Of a licensed establishment
is prohibited. on this point thc
order provides:
NO animal from pubic stock
yards, abattOir pens, or similar places;
no animal which is infected with, or
which has been exposed to, any in
fictitious, contagious or commune
cable disease shall be brought onto
the premises Of any licensed cstab-
l!shment at which any anti-hog-
cholera serum or ~hOg-cholera virus
is prepared"
The bringing Of products Of I'M
licensed establishments onto licensed
premises is also forbidden. This in
hibition reads:
mo virus, serum, toxin or analog-
GUS product which has not been pre-
pared, handled, stored, marked,
treated and tested in accordance with
methods prescribed by the chief of
the bureau Of animal industry, or
which is worthless, contaminated,
dangerous or harmful, shall be
brought onto the premises Of any Ii
censed establishment at which any
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era virus is prepared"
Shipment Prohibited.
These regulations have been pro-
mulgated under the national serum
law, approved March 4, 1913. This
law prohibits manufacturers from
shipping or delivering for shipment
in Interstate commerce virus, serum,
toxin, or analogous product, or pre-
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District OF Columbia or the terri
tories, unless and until the said prod
uctS shall be been prepared at an
establishment holding an unsus-
pended and unrevOked license.
In order to obtain this license, the
establishment must comply with the
requirements prescribed by the sec
rotary Of agriculture, and shipment Of
the products in interstate commerce
or their preparation or sale In the
Distict Of Columbia or the territories,
without the necessary license, is pun
ishable by fine or imprisonment.
Licenses may be suspended or re-
vOked in cases where establishments
fail to comply with the law and the
regulations.
The department has no authority
over establishments which dispose Of
products in the same state in which
they are manufactured. Such estab-
lishments are amenable only TO state
laws and regulations. No authority is
vested in the department to guarantee
or certify any commercial serum, and
the law makes no provision for a con-
tinuous examination and inspection Of
serum establishments similar to that
which Is enforced under the meat in
spectiOn law in paCkinghOuses doing
an interstate business In meat and
meat-foOd products. Without such
supervision the department cannot
undertake, nor has il ever undertaken
to certify or guarantee the potency Of
the products Of serum establishments
Must Approve Plant.
Since the primary control Of the
department over serum establish
%r,entssis its power to issue or with
hold licenses. II IS required that, be-
fore any license Is issued. the plants
equipment and sanitary condition
shall meet an approved standard
and that competent men be employed
to make and handle the serum and
virus. These products are not tested
by the department unless there is
reason to believe that they are worth
less, contaminated, or harmful.
The manufacturers must do their
own testing. and must maintain COM
plete records OF the preparation and
shipment Of their products. This lat
ter requirement enables the depart
ment, in ease of need, to trace all
shipments of any suspected product.
Should it be found that any estab-
lishment has shipped an unfit pro-
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