Meat Inspection in Sweden. 



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situate ; they will discount the bonds, etc., presented by the 

 local banks ; they may grant loans on agricultural produce, 

 and open current accounts with the smaller associations 

 within certain limits. It is also suggested that they may 

 undertake the functions of general warehouses. All local 

 agricultural credit associations, provided they are mutual 

 societies, will have the right of affiliation to the regional 

 banks, and each will be free to take as many shares of the 

 capital as it thinks fit ; no association will, how^ever, be 

 entitled to more than one vote in the management of the 

 bank. These shares may bear interest, not exceeding 5 per 

 cent., but no other dividend may be declared. The constitu- 

 tion and statutes of these regional banks will be subject to 

 the approval of the Council of State, while they will be under 

 the supervision of the INIinistries of Agriculture and Finance. 



The Board have received from Her Majesty's Minister at 



Stockholm a copy of a Proclamation 



Inspection of relating to the export of meat from 

 Beef Exported . 



from Sweden Sweden, which came into force on the i st 

 February last. The new^ regulations pro- 

 vide that no meat from horned cattle shall be exported by 

 sea to foreign countries without a certificate from a 

 veterinary surgeon. This certificate can only be given after 

 the veterinary surgeon has inspected the animal witliin forty- 

 eight hours before slaughter, and also inspected the meat 

 and intestines thereof after slaughter. The certificate may 

 not be given if in the examination it is ascertained that the 

 meat is tainted or in any way damaged, or if it comes from 

 an animal suffering from any disease which renders it unfit 

 for human food, or is otherwise unfit to be exported. This 

 certificate must be produced to the customs authorities at 

 the time of export, and the meat must also bear a label with 

 the signature of the veterinary surgeon. These provisions 

 do not apply to meat supplied for the provisioning of a 

 vessel ; whilst in the case of approved and stamped meat of 

 animals killed in certain slaughter-houses, only a certificate 

 from an authorised veterinary surgeon is required to the 

 effect that no obstacle to exportation exists. 



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