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to make shipments, and 4 for violations of the regiiuitions. During 

 the year 31,470 shipments -were made by retail dealers and butchers 

 holding certificates of exemption, as compared "with 45,524 shipments 

 during the fiscal year 1918. The shipments of the j^car covered prod- 

 ucts as shown in the following table : 



i'-lLipmenis hy rciall dealers and butchers under certificates of exemption from 



insjicction. 



During the year r)0;107 interstate shipments were made of meats 

 and meat food products from animals slaughtered by farmers on the 

 farm, as compared with 73,T4G shipments made during the fiscal year 

 1918. The following table shows the products covered by these ship- 

 ments : 



Shipments (.f farni-slauf/Jitered products under exemption from inspection. 



Product. 



Number. Pounds. 



Pecf, carcasses (2,662 



quarters) 



Calves, carcasses 



thcep, carcasses 



Swine, carcasses 



Beef, fresh 



Veal, fresli 



Mutton, fresli 



CG5 



82, SSI 



2,809 



8,716 



259, 985 



7, 382, 960 



89, 157 



1,140,824 



39,052 



49, 014 



4,643 



Product. 





Pork, fresh , 



Cured meats 



Lard 



Sausage 



Miscellaneous (scrapple, 

 tripe, headcheese, etc.) 



Number. Pounds. 



Total. 



161,910 

 f48,713 

 151,248 

 118,049 



20,500 



95,071 I 10,066,055 



INSPECTION OF IMPORTED MEATS. 



The following table shows the inspection of imported meats and 

 meat food products for the fiscal year, representing an increase of 

 204.8 per cent over the inspections for the preceding year. 



Impxirted meat and meat food products inspected. 



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