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than 220° F. for at least four hours. The seals are then 

 broken by a Government man and the grease resulting is 

 drawn off into barrels marked non-edible grease and allowed 

 shipment to soap factories or other dirty-grease concerns, the 

 residue going into fertilizer. 



The cost of inspection falls on both the United States 

 Government and the owners of packing establishments. The 

 Government pays the hire of its employes and the packer loses 

 the animals and products condemned b3^ the inspectors and is 

 placed at considerable expense in preparing and maintaining 

 his house in a sanitary condition. 



Accurate records of meats and animals prepared and 

 shipped by each establishment are kept on file in both local 

 and Washington offices, daily records being rendered, and by 

 means of the brand or stamp placed upon each carcass or part 

 or receptacle, anything found wrong with any of those in any 

 place within the United States or foreign countries can be 

 traced to its point of origin, and in this way the disease or 

 blame located and handled in a proper manner. 



