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ANlSrUAL EEPOP.TS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



The following table shows the condemnations of imported meats 

 and the amounts refused entry on account of lack of foreign certifi- 

 cate or other failure to comply with the regulations : 



Imported meat products condemned or refused entry. 



INSPECTIONS FOR OTHER BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT. 



By request of other branches of the Government, reinspections of 

 meats and meat food products to determine whether they remained 

 wholesome and conformed to certain specifications w^ere made during 

 the year, as shown in the following table : 



Inspections for other branches of the Government. 



Branch of Government. 



Navy Department 



Marine Corps 



War Department 



Interior Department (Indian Affairs) 



Panama Railroad 



Public Health Service 



Treasury Department (Coast Guard) 



Total 



Passed. 



Pounds. 



68, 179, 403 



3, 503, 021 



1,399,490 



458, 799 



71,455 



2,766 



385 



73, 615, 319 



Rejected. 



Pounds. 

 3,601,222 



87,442 



960 

 432 



3,690,056 



LABELING MEAT AND PRODUCTS. 



A large number of labels, cartons, stencils, and other materials 

 were submitted for approval under the regulations, and of these 

 19,719 were approved. The files of approved labels were carefully 

 gone over and labels which had become obsolete were eliminated. 



Correspondence was conducted and conferences were held with the 

 committee of standards and purity of foods with a view to defining 

 terms applicable to various products. The relabeling of large quan- 

 tities of meat and meat food products was supervised, including im- 

 ported meats and some 2,000,000 packages of meat and meat food 

 products purchased from the Army. 



Investigations have been begun with a view to regulating the 

 use, in inspected establishments, of powdered milk, which, because of 

 its water-absorbing properties, might be an adulterant of sausage 

 and similar products. 



MEAT-INSPECTION LABORATORIES. 



The laboratory examination of meats and meat food products and 

 of substances used in connection with their preparation at establish- 



