108 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Meat and meat food products prepared and processed under inspection. 



Kind of product. 



Beef placed in cure 



Pork placed in cure 



All other classes placed in cure 



Sausafje, chopped 



Canned beef 



Canned pork 



All other canned meats 



Canned beef (second class) 



Canned pork (second class) 



All other canned meats (second 



class) 



Meat extract 



Steam and kettle rendered lard 



Leaf lard 



Pounds. 



234,320,254 



2,913,327,776 



3,045,311 



502,674,518 



203,055,782 



23, 796, 541 



5,056,758 



1,261,471 



2, 789, 427 



2,543 



850, 524 



1,167,476,994 



24,552,747 



Kind of product. 



Neutral lard 



Lard oil 



Lard stearin 



Lard compound 



Lard substitute 



Bakers' compound. 



Oleo stock and edible tallow 



Oleo oil 



Oleo stearin 



Oleomargarin 



Miscellaneous products 



Total 



Pounds. 



85,703,981 



4,855,913 



3,690,052 



7,475,031 



513,112,454 



311,797 



62,514,914 



140,429,986 



70,104,224 



145,931,559 



1,416,729,445 



7,533,070,002 



The quantity of meat and meat food products condemned on 

 reinspection because of having become sour, tainted, putrid, unclean, 

 rancid, or otherwise unwholesome was as follows: Beef, 7,629,947 

 pounds; pork, 10,930,149 pounds; mutton, 193,433 pounds; veal, 

 24,435 pounds; goat meat, 2,158 pounds; total, 18,780,122 pounds. _ 



Market inspection was extended to 2 more cities, making 44 cities 

 at whose public markets Federal meat inspection is conducted in 

 order that interstate deliveries may be made in accordance with the 

 meat-inspection law and regulations. 



MEAT PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT. 



For the export of meat and meat food products 87,998 certificates 

 of inspection were issued, covering 409,355,431 pounds of beef and 

 beef products, 976,639,596 pounds of pork and pork products, and 

 6,185,489 pounds of mutton, a total of 1,391,180,516 pounds. This 

 included 308,920,353 pounds specially prepared with preservatives as 

 allowed by foreign governments. The quantity of products certified 

 for export was an increase of 54 per cent over that of the preceding 

 fiscal year. 



There were also issued 1,362 certificates for exports of 18,087,495 

 pounds of inedible animal products. 



EXEMPTION FROM INSPECTION. 



The provisions of the meat-inspection law requiring inspection do 

 not apply to animals slaughtered by farmers on the farm nor to 

 retail butchers and dealers. The department requires that such 

 butchers and dealers, in order to ship meat and meat food products 

 in interstate commerce, shall first obtain certificates of exemption, 

 but no such requirement is made of farmers. The number of cer- 

 tificates of exemption outstanding at the close of the fiscal year was 

 2,130, an increase of 203 over the preceding year. During the year 

 134 certificates were canceled on account of the dealers retiring from 

 business or ceasing to make interstate shipments, 34 were canceled 

 for violations of the regulations, and 4 on account of either regular 

 or market inspection being granted, making a total of 172 cancella- 

 tions. In some cases the certificates were reissued when business was 

 resumed or when the insanitary conditions had been corrected. 



