INSPECTION OF MEAT AND MILK. 
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“2.—The proprieter should be indemnified if the animals 
seized are cattle or hogs. 
“3.—It should be possible to place meat for sale only after 
it has been recommended as healthy by a veterinary inspection 
service. 
“4.—The suppression of private slaughter houses is recom¬ 
mended, and their replacement by public abattoirs. 
“5.—The veterinary inspection of the animals intended for 
slaughter should be made before and after death. 
“ 6 .—It is not necessary that a municipal decree should 
designate the causes which should influence the seizure of the 
meat. 
“ 7 -—The introduction of foreign meats into the community 
without a previous practical examination by the veterinary 
inspector, or under his control, should not be allowed. 
“8—All meats should be stamped before leaving the abat¬ 
toir, including those which are destined for the soldiers.” 
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At the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association, held at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sep¬ 
tember 17th, 1889, the following resolutions were unanimously 
passed: 
“ Whereas , We, the members of the United States Veterin¬ 
ary Medical Association, being sensible of the prevalence of 
bovine tuberculosis in the United States, particularly in the 
dairy stock of the Eastern States, it being computed that at 
least 10 to 15 per cent, are so affected in one form or another, 
and being satisfied of its infectious and contagious character 
and of its identity with tuberculosis, or consumption in the 
human family, and that it can be conveyed to others both by 
inoculation and ingestion, believing that a large percentage of 
this disease in mankind can be traced to this source; 
“Resolved , That we strongly condemn the use of the milk 
or flesh of animals so affected in any form, as an article of diet. 
“2.— Resolved , That this Association urgently protests 
against the employment of empirics as meat or dairy inspectors; 
that such duties should be confined to duly qualified veterin¬ 
arians having a comprehensive knowledge of comparative 
pathology. 
