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Belgian Meat Law. 



By a law dated 28th May, 1901, coming into operation on 

 the 1 st October next, the trade in preserved meat and food 

 prepared from animal products is subjected in Belgium to 

 the following provisions. 



Food prepared wholly or partly from horseflesh must be 

 provided with a clearly legible notice to that effect. 



All prepared or preserved meats containing matters other 

 than spices, condiments, eggs, or gelatine must bear a label 

 showing what additional substances have been added. The 

 qualification "pure" is reserved for such food prepared with- 

 out the addition of vegetable matter other than spices or 

 condiments. Fresh or preserved meats which have been 

 coloured must bear a notice to that effect. 



Meat juice, gravies, extracts, peptones, etc., must be sold 

 in receptacles bearing a label giving exact information as to 

 their nature or bearing some special designation if the meat has 

 undergone any manipulations other than those necessitated by 

 its preparation, or if it contains any foreign substance other 

 than salt, these facts must be stated. 



Food prepared from meat recognised as unfit, or contain- 

 ing salicylic acid, formic aldehyde, or sulphurous compounds, 

 as well as meat extracts, peptones, etc., containing any 

 antiseptics, are held to be injurious and may not be sold. 



Boxes, pots, etc., containing food prepared from animal 

 products must also bear the name and address, or at least the 

 trade mark of the seller. 



Meat and its derivatives not intended for human consump- 

 tion may be stored in premises devoted to the sale of 

 such commodities unless intended as food for animals, in 

 which case they must be in receptacles showing clearly the 

 purpose for which they are intended. 



Horse Breeding in Holland. 



A copy has been received through the Foreign Office of a 

 law sanctioned on the 21st June last regulating horse breed- 



