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DISPOSAL, OF CONDEMNED MEATS OR MEAT PRODUCTS. 



17. Agents of the State Livestock Sanitary Board are also authorized to ex- 

 amine, in any way that may be necessary, any animals, meats, or meat food 

 products found in such establishments, for the purpose of determining whether 

 such animals, meats, or meat food products are or may be made into sound, 

 wholesome and healthful human food. Animals, carcasses or parts thereof, 

 that are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for humaia food, 

 shall be rejected or condemned, and said animals, carca,sses, or parts or prod- 

 ucts thereoi, snail be treated and disposed of as follows: 



(a) Where an offal tank is Immediately available, the lower opening shall be 

 first sealed by an agent of the State Livestock Sanitary Board or an author- 

 ized local meat inspector, then the condemned carcasses, parts, or meat food 

 products shall be placed theiein, in the presence of such agent or local meat 

 inspector, after which the upper opening shall be sealed by the said agent or 

 local inspectur, whose duty it shall be to see that a sufficient force of steam is 

 turned into the tanks and maintained a sufficient time to render the contents 

 unfit for any edible product. Tanks for this purpose shall be so located that 

 the fumes and odors therefrom shall not pervade the rooms in which carcasses 

 are dressed or stored, or meat food products prepared. 



(b) Where an ofl'al tank is not available, the condemned carcasses, parts, or 

 meat products shall be slashed with a knife, or otherwise disintegrated, and 

 shall then be saturated with a solution of coloring matter to be provided by the 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board, or with kerosene, in such a manner as to 

 destroy them for food purposes. 



METHOD OF DISPOSING OF SUSPECTED ANIMALS. 



18. Any cattle, sheep, swine or goats showing symptoms or suspected of being 

 affected witli any disease or condition which, under these regulations would 

 probably cause their condemnation when sl9.ughtered, shall be marked at the 

 time of examination by affixing to the ear a numbered metal tag bearing the 

 words "Quarantined. Pennsylvania Livestock Sanitary Board," and said tag 

 shall remain on the animal until it is slaughtered. No animal so marked or 

 tagged shall be slaughtered for meat or be rendered into meat food products, 

 except under the supervision and with the permission of an agent of the State 

 Livestock Sanitary Board, or an authorized local meat inspector, nor shall it 

 be disposed of in any other manner, except by permission of the Board or an 

 agent of the same. 



Any agent affixing such a tag to an animal shall make a report of the num- 

 ber of the saine, together with a description of the animal, the location of the 

 same and the name of the owner and his address, to the State Livestock San- 

 tary Board, and any agent of this Board or authorized local meat inspector 

 super^-ising the slaughter of such an animal shall send the tag to the State 

 Livestock Sanitary Board with a report of the conditions found and the dispo- 

 sition made of the carcass and other parts. 



AUTHORITY OF AGENTS TO ENTER ESTABLISHMENTS OR PREMISES. 



19. Agents of the State Livestock Sanitary Board are authorized, without let 

 or hindrance, to enter upon any premises, or to enter any place, building, ve- 

 hicle, rr vessel used for the storage, preparation or transportation of animals, 

 or their products, for the purposes of making such examinations as are defined 

 in these regulations. 



LOCAL MEAT INSPECTORS. 



20. Whenever any city, or borough, or township of the first class, shall ap- 

 point and provide for the compensation of local meat inspectors the qualifica- 

 tions of such local meat inspectors, if found satisfactory, shall be certified by 

 the State Livestock Sanitary Board, and they shall then have the same author- 

 ity and duties as are by lavv^ conferred on agents of the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Board, and shall be subject to these rules and regulations. Such certificates 

 of qualification may be withdrawn or revoked at any time by the State Live- 

 stock Sanitary Board, for incompetency or neglect of duty. Local meat in- 

 spectors shall have jurisdiction only within the limits of the city, or borough, or 

 township of the first class, by and for which they are appointed. Such local 

 meat inspectors s'lall not be governed by ordinances, rules, or regulations that 

 are incompatible with, or that conflict v/ith, these rules and regulations of the 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board or the law under which they are made. 



APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL AGENTS FOR ESTABLISHMENTS. 



21. Upon the written application of owners or managers of such establish- 

 ments the State Livestock Sanitary Board will appoint local agents to make 

 complete examination of all animals, carcasses, meats, and meat food products, 

 used, prepared, or stored in local slaughtering, packing, canning, rendering, or 



