1 68 WOOLFOLK : 



Practical meat men are employed by the Department, after 

 a competitive examination,' to supervise the preparation and 

 examine the products of all departments, at any and all times. 



Houses having inspection are subject to heavy fines, impri- 

 sonment and forfeiture of right to do interstate business by 

 failing to comply with any of these regulations regarding san- 

 itation or adulteration, and any article of food found to be 

 dirty, diseased, decayed or adulterated is immediately seized 

 by the' inspector and destroyed, either by being tanked or 

 soaked with kerosene. 



No meat or meat food product can come into an establish- 

 ment having inspection without the same bears the inspection 

 legend and is at the time of entrance in a sound, wholesome 

 and clean condition. 



All animals intended for slaughter are examined before 

 being killed, and any showing signs of disease or injury are 

 tagged with a metal tag bearing a serial number, and killed 

 under special examination. An examination is made at time 

 of slaughter of every animal killed, the entire carcass, includ- 

 ing head, lungs, liver, intestines and all visceral organs, are 

 handled by the inspector. ' And not only do we look for tuber- 

 culosis, but for any and all diseases and conditions that are 

 not normal, such as hog cholera, swine plague, septicaemia, 

 pyaemia, anthrax, tetanus, Texas fever, pleurisy, pneumonia, 

 peritonitis, enteritis, actinomycosis, bruises, abscesses, liver 

 flukes, emaciation, anemia, immaturity, etc. 



Carcasses found aff"ected with any of these, or any other 

 disease, are handled according to degree of severity and kind 

 of infection. If the disease is a contagious one, or one cap- 

 able of being transmitted to man, the entire carcass is 

 destroyed by tanking with a quantity of offal in an air-tight 

 receptacle that has been sealed at its bottom opening with a 

 lead and wire seal bearing a "U. S. Condemned" legend. 

 The carcass is then dropped in from above, a quantity of olTal 

 or coloring matter placed upon it, the top sealed as below and 

 the contents subjected to a live steam temperature of not less 



