Arizona republican., 1920-11-11

nr. S. "A. King. licensed veterinarian 1 and chief inspector at the Arizona Taking plant. was appointed to this | position by the bureau of animal in- dastry Of the United States department | cf sk-lculture and has been in this | branch ct government service since De- ccmber I. 1906. He came to Phoenix | at the opening Of the big local plant | Iron nes Moines. Iowa. where he had l been engaged in similuar service. Graduated from the United States College or Veterinary Surgeons, Dr. King passed the civil service exam nations in this line of work soon after obtaining his diploma. with high cred and immediately entered upon gov err-~ent service.
 Like Dr. King. his two assistant lay Inspectors. David Donaldson of San Francisco and Edward Schirmer of Omaha are making the betterment of the meat and food products industry their life work. Mir. Donaldson was in military service during the world war, spending eighteen months in France, and Mir. Schirmer saw service on the. Mexican border. Back in the days Of the spanish American war he acted as official meat inspector for the Porto Eican government
 Dr. Fred Segellxen, the fourth vet ertnfary surgeon on the killing floor cf the biz plant, has charge of the beef and hog chilling rooms where the meat Is cared for immediately after IL has passed government inspection and been branded as in first class condi- ten. He Is an intelligent young man who has had experience on the Mexi- can borden in the service of Uncle Sam during the world war as veterinary and inspector. He is employed. not by tho government. but by the Arizona Packing company. in order to see that er meat inspected and approved by the government receives correct care and attention from the time it leaves the Killing floor until it is ready to leave the plant In cars or trucks for the mar kets.
 Federal Law Passed
 Tho federal meet inspection law .Dr. King explained the process of in Uspection to a reporter. was passed rrcne 90. 1906, for the purpose of seeinI that an meat and food products of fcrcd for sale in shipments from on state 10 another or exported from tn United States 10 foreign countries should be prepared under federal in srection and should be guarantee sound. healthy, wholesome and fit fo human food. Of course. local butch CTS are able to evade the law becaus they do not ship their meat out of tn
 
 der federal but state Jurisdiction. Tn amount of meat. however. which doe come under federal inspection include 60 per cent of all the meat consume Tn the Cnite1 States ar it is up to tn public of this state that has not yt done SO to obtain legislation within th state making meat inspection com poisory in order to insure the cor sumer meat and meat products fri from disease.
 Federal insection of meat and met fcod products, as we interpret the la in the Arizona Packing plant, consis Of rigid inspection Of all animals fro the time they land in the yard un they pass out of the factory to the ma kets. Of course we cannot follow l the meat after it leaves our care al goes to the local markets, but ' car and do guarantee that all our me and products are sound and whole some and free from disease when leaves our hands.
 An animals. cattle, calves, hot sheep and goats are given caref ante-mortem examination in the var when they first arrive at the plai Any suspicious animals are tagged wi tic U. s. suspect tag. When slaug tered on the killing floor a rigid pos nlorten examination then takes pla and if the suspected animal is found be diseased the carcass is condemn and chuted down to the tank room the fertilizer house where it is re dered into fertilizer in it's entirely.
 The regular kill of all animals every variety on the killing floor thoroughly examined. including he lungs. stomach, heart, liver and, fact. all vital organs. for tuberculo hog cholera, swine plague, hemorha sopticemia- pyemia, cysticerous bo and numerous other diseases. If carcass is found to be diseased, il marked 'U. $. inspected and c demned.' and is immediately taken the tank room to be rendered into tilizer without delay. The entire ( cass of condemned animals Is destro in this process.
 Washed and Scrubbed
 ~AI carcasses that pass governn inspection creditably are then tn orghly washed. scrubbed with brus