LAWLESSNESS FOR GAIN

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 8, 1902

LAWLESSNESS FOR GAIN.

[Circular from Secretary of the Treasury Relative to Shipment.]

COLLECTOR STONE has received from the Secretary of the Treasury a circular relative to the shipment of beef and meat of all other species of animals exported to European ports. The collector said that the provisions of the law and regulations would be strictly enforced at this port.

The circular directs attention to the fact that the regulations provide that all beef which is exported to foreign countries shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by an inspector, and that meat which is not certified shall be legibly marked in such a manner as clearly to indicate the species of animal from which the meat was produced. It is stated that there is reason to believe that a shipment of pickled meat recently made contained horse meat, and that an extensive traffic is conducted in the shipment of such meat without regard to law or the regulations of the department. It is asserted that the meat, on arrival in foreign countries, especially Scandinavian countries, is placed in cans with American brands, and sold as corned beef.

The Secretary of Agriculture states that the practice has become a serious menace to trade in reliable products, such horse meat being sold at a lower price than must be demanded for inspected cattle meat. The law requires that the inspection stamp shall clearly indicate the species of animal from which the meat was produced.—Baltimore American. Dec. 13, 1907.