Danish Tuberculosis Law. 



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the necessary quarantine stations and the cost of the tuber- 

 culin test will be defrayed by the Government. 



Animals imported exclusively for slaughter need not be 

 subjected to the tuberculin test nor placed in quarantine, 

 but must, after being marked, be taken to a slaughter-house. 

 They may, however, with the permission of the Ministry ot 

 Agriculture, and after marking, be taken direct to a cattle 

 market under the control of the veterinary police ; from the 

 market they must be taken to the slaughter-house. 

 Slaughter must follow within ten days of their arrival in 

 Denmark. 



The above provisions regulating the importation of cattle 

 came into force on June ist, 1898. 



Cows attacked by tuberculosis of the udder must be 

 slaughtered in accordance with the law. The proprietor 

 receives as compensation one-fourth of the value of the carcase 

 calcTalated according to the current pi ice and its weight. If 

 any portion of the meat is declared by the veterinary officer 

 to be unfit for human food, the owner further receives one-half 

 the value of such part. 



Dairies will not be allow^ed to deliver milk or butter-milk 

 as food for animals unless it has been previously heated to a 

 temperature of 185 Fahr. ; but exceptions may be allowed if 

 unforeseen accidents prevent such heating, though the 

 customers must in that event be warned. This provision does 

 not come into force until June ist, 1899. When the churns 

 are cleaned all slime must be burnt. 



Milk and butter-milk may be imported from abroad only 

 after satisfactory proof that such products have been heated 

 to 185 deg. Fahr. The Ministry of Agriculture may dispense 

 with this prohibition under special conditions. 



Infractions of the law are punishable by fines, which go 

 to the State. In the case of milk and butter-milk sold in 

 contravention of these provisions the goods are confiscated, 

 and the proceeds of the sale of these products go to the 

 treasury of the Commune of Copenhagen, if the case is 

 within the limits of that town, and to the poor-box in other 

 localities. 



