INSPECTION OF FEUIT AND VEGETABLE CANNEEIES. 17 



INSPECTOR'S REPORT. 



PURPOSE. 



The report of the inspector giving the results of his observations 

 during a cannery inspection serves as the basis for action by the ad- 

 ministrative officers. The report should present a clear jDicture of the 

 sanitary condition, equipment, processes, and labels of the cannery, 

 so that the reviewing officer can determine whether or not the cannery 

 and its output meet the requirements of the law which he is admin- 

 istering. The report should be clear in eveiy particular, leaving no 

 doubt upon any point. In making his report the inspector should 

 be as fair as is humanly possible — fair to the proprietor of the can- 

 nery, fair to the administrative officer under whose direction he is 

 operating, and fair to the people for whose benefit food laws are 

 enacted. 



ASSEMBLING FACTS. 



Eeport all pertinent facts and be sure of all the facts reported. 

 Xo subsequent action on the part of the inspector can make amends 

 for carelessness in this respect. While it is not practicable to take 

 elaborate notes of all the details observed at the time of making the 

 cannery inspection, the inspector should make such notes as may 

 be necessary to insure a complete and accurate report. It is well for 

 him to assemble his facts, and, where possible, to complete his report 

 while in the town in which the cannery is situated, so that, should 

 he find that he has missed some important details or is not certain 

 of some pertinent fact, he can secure the additional information or 

 verify the fact. 



EMPHASIS. 



Some facts observed by the inspector will be of more importance 

 than others in passing judgment upon a particular cannery. Em- 

 phasize the pertinent points, but keep in mind the fact that the 

 particular points upon which emphasis should be placed vary in dif- 

 ferent canneries. The purpose of emphasis is to more clearly set 

 forth the truth. If the inspector's observation has shown him that a 

 cannery is not in a sanitary condition, facts which go to show that 

 condition should be brought out clearly. There is, of course, danger 

 of overemphasizing unimportant things in a measure that will mis- 

 lead the reviewing officer. But if the inspector remembers that the 

 purpose of emphasis is to give the reviewing officer a clear idea 

 of the factors that make the cannery's condition good, bad, or indif- 

 ferent, as the case may be, he can use the principle of emphasis to ad- 

 vantage and avoid burying the essential facts of his report under a 

 mass of irrelevant matter. 



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