Handbook of Meat Inspection

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Jenkins, 1904 - Cattle - 884 pages
 

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Page 10 - Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
Page xx - ... dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page xxii - ... any gross lesions In the carcass albeit they are noxious and repugnant. Direct proof of this Is found In the literature of meat poisoning, the great majority of which cases could be directly traced to eating the meat of cattle slaughtered In emergency without any noticeable changes being observed In the tissues on post-mortem examination. The Interests of the...
Page 63 - ... William, by the grace of God, German Emperor, King of Prussia, etc., decree in the name of the Empire, the assent of the Federal Council and of the Reichstag having been obtained, aa follows: 1.
Page 72 - Reichstag having been obtained, aa follows: 1. Neat cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, and dogs, the meat of which is intended to be used as human food, shall be subjected to an official inspection both before and after slaughter. In pursuance of a resolution of the Federal Council ( Bundesrath) compulsory inspection may be extended to other animals. When an animal is slaughtered in a case of emergency the previous inspection may be omitted.
Page 68 - ... meat by dealers in meat and eating-house keepers are allowed only upon permission from the police authorities; this permission shall be revocable at any time. Such meat shall be delivered to the above-mentioned tradesmen only in case such a permit has been granted to them. In the places of business of these persons it must be made especially evident, by means of an intelligible notice in a conspicuous place, that meat of the quality designated in paragraph 1 is sold or used. Dealers in meat shall...
Page xxii - I they are not affected with, or have not been exposed to, any Infectious disease they may be sold for stock purposes. Those animals that have been tagged on ante-mortem examination and which do not on post-mortem show sufficient lesions to warrant condemnation are, In general, passed for food while all carcasses not fit for consumption are tanked. However, there are a number of diseases in which the determination of the healthfulness of the meat must depend entirely on the post-mortem examination,...
Page 90 - ... to which, in the case of communities with public slaughterhouses, the sale of fresh meat may be subjected to restrictions, especially to compulsory inspection within the community, shall remain intact, with the proviso that their enforcement shall not be made dependent upon the origin of the meat. 21. In the industrial preparation of meat no materials or processes shall be used that can render the articles injurious to health. It is forbidden to import such prepared meat from foreign countries...
Page 85 - The following provisions relative to the importation of meat past the customs line shall be in force until December 31, 1903: (1) Fresh meat may be imported past the customs line only in entire carcasses, but the carcasses of beef (not including calves) and of swine may be cut into halves.
Page 93 - In the cases provided for in section 26, numbers 1 and 2; and in section 27, number 1, the confiscation of the meat shall be ordered in addition to the penalty. In a case of confiscation it is immaterial whether the object seized belongs to

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