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with. This self-imposed and self-conducted inspection has the ad- 

 vantage that inspections are conducted by a cannery specialist who 

 is thoroughly familiar with all details of approved cannery construc- 

 tion, canning machinery, cannery operations, and cannery problems. 

 It is open to the objection that it is applicable to members only and 

 that the association has no police power with which to enforce com- 

 pliance with its sanitary requirements, and that the association and 

 its inspectors are legally powerless to enforce regulations against 



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any canner who may be inclined to ignore the inspector's recom- 

 mendations or instructions. During the past season the department 

 placed one man on the inspection of canning factories so that a gen- 

 eral survey could be made and a knowledge of the methods and 

 equipment used by each factory obtained. 



His report shows that the majority of the canning factories are 

 properly equipped with buildings and machinery to handle their 

 products in a sanitary manner. Several were found, however, which 

 were operating in old buildings with no proper means to dispose of 

 waste matter, or of keeping floors and utensils clean. We expect 

 next year to make a preliminary inspection of these factories and 

 require such improvements to be made that will enable them to 



