242 GERMAN MEAT IMPoRT LAw. 

sumption on journeys, except in so far as the Bundesrath may 
determine. The Bundesrath is also empowered to issue pro- 
hibitions of importation and regulations connected therewith, 
other than those formulated in the said Sections. 
Imported meat is to be subject to the provisions set forth 
in the earlier portion of the Law with regard to meat 
destined for human consumption; but if the said meat be 
unfit for consumption, it may be allowed, under certain pre- 
cautionary regulations, to be re-exported from Germany 
instead of being destroyed. 
Imported meat, not intended for human consumption, 
can be admitted without examination, after having been 
tendered unfit for such consumption. 
The importation and sale of horse-flesh can only take place 
when the nature of the meat is clearly shown by an inscrip- 
tion in the German language; and persons specially per- 
mitted by the Police Authorities to sell such flesh must post 
up a legible notice to the effect that horse-flesh is sold or 
used on their premises, and may not sell it in thesameroom 
where the flesh of other animals is sold. The Bundesrath is — 
empowered to extend these regulations to the flesh of 
donkeys, mules, dogs, and other animals. 
Meat which has undergone examination can again be 
subjected to an official inspection only for the purpose of 
ascertaining whether it has gone bad in the interval. 
In the industrial methods of preparing meat, no ingre- 
dients or processes are to be employed which might impart 
injurious properties to the meat, and meat so prepared must 
not beimported orsold. The Bundesrath will determine what 
methods fall under this regulation. 
The Bundesrath is authorised to frame all regulations and 
fix all fees, etc., connected with carrying out this law, 
especially the fees chargeable for the examination of 
imported meat. ; 
Sections 26 to 28, inclusive, deal with the fines and punish- 
ments incurred by infringement of the Law; Section 29 
prescribes that the provisions of the Law of 14th May, 1879, 
dealing with articles of food, are to remain unaltered; and 
Section 30 provides that the sections of the present Law, 
