The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-06-15
good quality.

| SOOu quanCy.
Very little fresh frozen beef and
mutton have been rereive6 from Ar
| gentina and Uruguay during the past
mand and the srarrity Of steamers
equipped with refrigeration.
| Practically all of the imported dried
beef comes from Uruguay. This is
product peculiar to that country and
Argentina, large quantities of which
are consumed by their own people.
All kinds of meat and meat food
products are imported from Canada.
| Such products are shipped to this
country by rail in the same manner as
our own meats are shipped from one
State to another. The quality of
Canadian meats is good, and certain
| ializes are in great demand.
Since 1913 importations from Eng
| land, France, Italy, Denmark, and
Spain have been gradually increasing.
Meats from these countries, however,
have little effect on the meat market
| of this country, as the shipments are
| small and consist mainly Of meat deli
| cacies, such as pate de foie gras, fancy
sausage, hams, ETC., which are con-
sumed by epicures and foreign resi-
| dents.
Canned beef and beef canned with
mushrooms are received from Japan,
| but in very small quantities, and are
| used exclusively by Japanese resi-
dents.
Great Variety of Labels and Container
Chinese meats consist of hams and
| sausage. The hams are cured in a
| manner similar to ours, have pecu-
liar odor, are small, and of poor quail
| lty, Judged by American tastes. The
sausage is prepared from pork. and
is about the size of thin frankfurter,
is hard and oily, and has an odor pro-
nounced unpleasant to the occidental
nose. These products are consumed
exclusively by the Chinese, who con-
slider them quite a delicacy
The cases and cans in which foreign
meats are shipped vary in accordance
with the customs prevailing in the
country of origin. These containers
are marked or labeled to show the true
name of the product, the name and
address of the manufacturer and
the net weight of the contents. The
reading matter on the containers is
in the language of the country of
origin, and on some containers are
shown odd pictures of animals and
birds. The meats in most instances
are also marked tagged to show that
| tney nave Deen properly inspected by
the Government Of the country from
which they were shipped
All Imported Meats Must Pas.
| Inspection.
| Under the import meat inspection
regulations, no meat or meat food pro-
duet is eligible for importation un-
less accompanied by certificate sign
ed by an official of the national gov
ernment of the country from which it
is shipped, showing that the animals
had received an ante-mortem and
post-mortem inspection at the time Of
slaughter, and that the product is
sound, healthful, wholesome, and
otherwise fit for human food, and has
not been treated with and does no :,
contain any preservative, coloring
matter, or other substance not permit
ted by the regulations of the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
In other words, meats from foreign
sources lust, before admission to this
country, comply with essentially the
same regulations as domestic meats
that are shipped interstate. The
foreign certificate, though giving the
importer permission to have product
inspected, does not cntitle him to for
NAL entry of meat. Actual entry Dc