BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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In addition to the foregoing there were tanked the carcasses of ani- 

 mals found dead or in a dying condition, as foHows: Cattle, 762; 

 calves, 983; swine, 44,778; sheep, 5,162; goats, 10; total, 51,695. 



SUPERVISION OF MEATS AND PRODUCTS PREPARED AND PROCESSED. 



The amount of meat and meat food products prepared and proc- 

 essed under the supervision of bureau employees is shown in the fol- 

 lowing statement, being an increase of 4.9 per cent over the fiscal 

 year 1911. It should be noted that this table is a statement of work 

 performed rather than a report of the actual amount of product pre- 

 pared, and the same product may be included under several headings, 

 as it is reported in the various stages of preparation : 



Meat and meat food products prepared and processed under bureau supervision, 



fiscal year 1912. 



The quantity of meat and meat food products condemned on rein- 

 spection during the fiscal year because of having become sour, tainted, 

 putrid, unclean, rancid, or otherwise unwholesome was as follows: 

 Beef, 7,911,761 pounds; pork, 9,937,949 pounds; mutton, 192,326 

 pounds ; veal, 52,934 pounds ; goat meat, 1,617 pounds ; total, 18,096,587 

 pounds. This is a decrease of 14.2 per cent compared with the fiscal 

 year 1911. It should be stated, however, that the quantity condemned 

 in 1911 was unusually large on account of an extensive fire at one 

 establi.shment where over 3,000,000 pounds were condemned. But 

 after deducting this amount and aHowing for the increased amount 

 inspected in 1912, there is still a decrease, showing a continued 

 improvement in sanitary conditions and in methods of preparing and 

 handling the products. 



INTERCHANGE OF MEATS BETWEEN INSPECTED ESTABLISHMENTS. 



Considerable quantities of meats and meat food products that have 

 been inspected and passed are transferred between inspected estab- 

 lishments, this trafTic being clo.sely supervised and the meats and 

 products identified by means of marks and seals. During the fiscal 

 year there were transferred in this manner 3,392,828.258 pounds of 

 meats and meat food products, part of which was contained in 20,354 

 sealed cars and 13,764 sealed wagons. 



