BUREAU OP ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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The following statement shows the condemnations of imported 

 meats and the amounts refused entry on account of lack of foreign 

 certificates or other failure to comply wnth the regulations: 



Import meat products condemned or re/used entry. 



INSPECT'ONS FOR OTHER BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT. 



By request of the War and Navy Departments and of the Immi 

 gration Service of the Department of Labor, reinspections of meats 

 and meat food products to determine whether they were wholesome 

 and conformed to the specifications were made during the fiscal 

 year. Inspections were made at 71 camps for the War Department 

 and at 45 pjiaces for the Navy Department. The following table 

 shows the amounts of these and other inspections. 



Inspection for other branches of the Government. 



Department. 



Inspected. 



Rejected. 



War Department 



Navy Department 



Interior Department (Indian Affairs) 



Department of Jjabor (Imnugration Service) 

 Panama Rai.road Co 



Total 



Pounds. 



231,945,641 



81,793,418 



171,350 



114,055 



16,459 



314,040,923 



PouTidx. 



2,805,604 



2,283,396 



2,016 



91 



5,091,107 



MEAT-INSPECTION LABORATORIES. 



In the meat-inspection laboratories maintained in Washington and 

 sLx other cities of the country, samples of each meat food product 

 prepared at official establishments are examined to determine whether 

 they are properly labeled and contain no deleterious substance. 

 Samples are analyzed of the various materials used in the curing and 

 preparation of meat and products, such as water and spices, salt, etc., 

 and of the various substances used in and around establishments, 

 such as inks, disinfectants, and insect and rodent exterminators, and 

 permission for use is based upon the results of such examinations. 

 During the last year all the laboratories did a great deal of work in 

 examining samples of meat food products prepared for the Army 

 and the Navy to determine whether they contained any harmful 

 substances and met the Army and Navy specifications. 



The total number of samples examined by the laboratories during 

 the year was 64,502, of which 57,282 were domestic, 779 imported 

 products, and 6,441 were for the War and Navy Departments. These 

 figures show an increase of 4,686 over the number for the preceding 



