SANITARY LEGISLATION. 
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thereof relating to the importation thereof into such country, 
and also whenever any buyer, seller, or exporter of such 
meats intended for exportation shall request the inspection 
thereof. 
Such inspection shall be made at the place where such 
meats are packed or boxed, and each package of such meats 
so inspected shall bear the marks, stamps, or other device for 
identification provided for in the last clause of this section : 
Provided , That an inspection of such meats may also be made 
at the place of exportation if an inspection has not been 
made at the place of packing, or if, in the opinion of the Secre¬ 
tary of Agriculture, a re-inspection becomes necessary. 
One copy of any certificate issued by any such inspector shall 
be filed in the Department of Agriculture ; another copy 
shall be attached to the invoice of each separate shipment of 
such meat, and a third copy shall be delivered to the con¬ 
signor or shipper of meat as evidence that packages of salted 
pork and bacon have been inspected in accordance with the 
provisions of this act and found to be wholesome, sound, and 
fit for human food ; and for the identification of the same 
such marks, stamps, or other devices as the Secretary of 
Agriculture may by regulation prescribe shall be affixed to 
each of such packages. , 
Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, c. knowingly 
and wrongfully alter, deface, or destroy any of the marks, 
stamps, or other devices provided for in this section on any 
package of any such meats, or who shall forge, counterfeit, 
or knowingly and wrongfully alter, deface, or destroy any 
certificate in reference to meats provided for in this section, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thous¬ 
and dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by 
both said punishments, in the discretion of the court. 
§ 2. That it shall be unlawful to import into the United 
States any adulterated or unwholesome food or drug or any 
vinous, spirituous or malt liquors, adulterated or mixed with 
any poisonous or noxious chemical, drug or other ingredient 
injurious to health. Any person who shall knowingly im¬ 
port into the United States any such adulterated food or 
