BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



The work of the Bureau of Animal Industry relating to the supervision of food 

 products is carried on under that portion of the agricultural appropriation act of 

 June 30, 1906, commonly known as the "meat-inspection amendment," which pro- 

 vides for the inspection of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats slaughtered for human con- 

 sumption and of the carcasses and meat food products thereof which are intended for 

 export or which are the subjects of interstate commerce, and for the sanitation of 

 establishments at which inspection is maintained ; also under that portion of the act 

 approved May 9, 1902, which provides for the sanitary inspection of all renovated or 

 process butter factories, their products, and the materials going into the same, and 

 for the marking of the product for identification on the market; and under the several 

 appropriation acts which authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to construe the 

 provisions of the act of March 3, 1891, as amended March 2, 1895, "to include process 

 or renovated butter intended for exportation to any foreign country." 



The officials of the bureau directing this work are as follows: 



Food officials, Bureau of Animal Industry. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 

 BUREAU OP INTERNAL REVENUE. 



The Treasury Department, through the Bureau of Internal Revenue, is charged 

 with the enforcement of certain fiscal laws and regulations which have to do with the 

 purity of foods. These are as follows: The act of August 2, 1886, amended by the act 

 of May 9, 1902, taxing oleomargarin, renovated butter, 1 and adulterated butter; the 

 act of June 6, 1896, taxing filled cheese; the act of June 13, 1898, taxing mixed flour; 

 the act of October 1, 1890, allowing the use, free of tax, of grape brandy in the fortifi- 

 cation of pure sweet wines; and the act of March 3, 1897, allowing the bottling of 

 distilled spirits in bond. 



The officials in charge of this work are as follows: 



Food officials, Bureau of Internal Revenue. 



1 The sections referring to renovated butter are administered in collaboration with the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



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