64 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



trict of Columbia to anj^ other State or Territory or the District of 

 Columbia, or to any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, 

 or to any foreign country, any carcasses or parts thereof, meat, or 

 meat food products thereof which, have not been inspected, examined, 

 and marked as " Inspected and passed," in accordance with the terms 

 of this Act and with the rules and regulations prescribed by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture: Provided^ That all meat and meat food 

 products on hand on October first, nineteen hundred and six, at estab- 

 lishments where inspection has not been maintained or which have 

 been inspected under existing law, -shall be examined and labeled 

 under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture 

 shall prescribe, and then shall be allowed to be sold in interstate or 

 foreign commerce. 



Forgery, alteration, unauthorized use, etc., of marks, etc., labels, or other iden- 

 tification devices provided for, or certificates, etc., forbidden. 



That no person, firm, or corporation, or officer, agent, or employee 

 thereof, shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, or falsely represent, or 

 shall without proper authority use, fail to use, or detach, or shall 

 knowingly or wrongfully alter, deface, or destroy, or fail to deface 

 or destroy, any of the marks, stamps, tags, labels, or other identifi- 

 cation devices provided for in tliis Act, or in and as directed by the 

 rules and regulations prescribed hereunder by the Secretary of 

 Agi-iculture, on any carcasses, parts of carcasses, or the food product, 

 or containers thereof, subject to the provisions of this Act, or any 

 certificate in relation thereto, authorized or required by this xVct or 

 by the said rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Inspection of cattle etc., for export. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be made a careful 

 inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats intended and offered 

 for export to foreign countries at such times and places, and in such 

 manner as he may deem proper, to ascertain whether such cattle, 

 sheep, swine, and goats are free from disease. 



Inspectors of cattle, etc., for export; certificates of condition of cattle, etc. 



And for this purpose he may appoint inspectors who shall be 

 authorized to give an official certificate clearly stating the condition 

 in which such cattle, sheep, swine, and goats are found. 



No clearance to vessel having on board cattle, etc., for export without in- 

 spector's certificate; waiver or requirement of certificate. 



And no clearance shall be given to an)' vessel having on board 

 cattle, sheep, swine, or goats tor export to a foreign country until 

 the owner or shipper of sucli cattle, sheep, swine, or goats has a cer- 

 tificate from the inspector herein authorized to be appointed, stating 

 that the said cattle, sheei3, swine, or goats are sound and healthy, or 

 unless the Secretary of Agriculture shall have waived the require- 

 ment of such certificate for export to the particular country to which 

 such cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are to be exported. 



Inspection of carcasses, etc., of cattle, etc., meat of which is intended for 

 export. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture shall also cause to be made a 

 careful inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, 

 sheep, swine, and goats, the meat of which, fresh, salted, canned, 



