Official certificates for sound cattle, sheep, and swine and their carcasses and products.

SEC. 6. That the inspectors provided for in sections one and two of this act shall be authorized to give official certificates of the sound and wholesome condition of the cattle, sheep, and swine, their carcasses and products described in sections three and four of this act, and one copy of every certificate granted under the provisions of this act shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, and when the cattle, sheep, and swine, or their carcasses and products are sent abroad, a third copy shall be delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the shipment shall be made.

Act March 3, 1891, c. 555, s. 6, 26 Stat. 1090.

The waiver of the requirement of a certificate with beef and other products exported to foreign countries that do not require such inspection, is authorized by a provision of act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, set forth below, and similar provisions in subsequent agricultural appropriation

acts.

Provisions of act not to apply to cattle, sheep, or swine slaughtered by farmers on farms.

SEC. 7. That none of the provisions of this act shall be so construed as to apply to any cattle, sheep, or swine slaughtered by any farmer upon his farm, which may be transported from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into another State or Territory or the District of Columbia: Provided, however, That if the carcasses of such cattle, sheep, or swine go to any packing or canning establishment and are intended for transportation to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia as hereinbefore provided, they shall there be subject to the post mortem examination provided for in sections three and four of this act.

Act March 3, 1891, c. 555, s. 7, 26 Stat. 1091.

Violation of the provisions of this act is evidently made punishable and penalty is prescribed therefor in provisions of act March 2, 1895, c. 169, set forth below.

Live horses are entitled to the same inspection as other animals, by a provision of act March 3, 1903, c. 1008, set forth below, and similar provisions of subsequent agricultural appropriation acts.

All parts of this act and the amendment thereto approved March 2, 1895, which are applicable to the subjects and purposes described in section 5, act May 9, 1902, c. 784, set forth below, are by that act made to apply to process or renovated butter.

This act, as amended by act March 2, 1895, is made to include dairy products intended for exportation to foreign countries, by a provision of act May 23, 1908, c. 192, set forth below.

Appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this act were made in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1893 to 1906, inclusive. The appropriation for this purpose was omitted in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1907 and thereafter.

Subsequent and more comprehensive provisions for the inspection of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, before slaughter, the meat or products of which are for exportation or interstate commerce, the post-mortem inspection of carcasses and parts thereof, the marking, etc., of sound, etc., and condemned carcasses and parts thereof, the labeling of receptacles, etc., of meat and products, the protection of certificates, marks, etc., the sanitary inspection of slaughtering, etc., establishments, and prohibiting the exportation and interstate transportation of meats or products not inspected and passed, were enacted in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, and re-enacted

and made permanent in the similar appropriation act for the fiscal year 1908, act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, set forth on p. 61, post, and a permanent appropriation of $3,000,000 for the expenses of the inspection provided for and to carry into effect the provisions of the act relating to meat inspection, also made by said act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, is set forth on p. 68, post.

Previous provisions for the inspection of salted pork and bacon for exportation, are contained in act August 30, c. 839, s. 1, set forth on p. 53, ante.

ACT MARCH 2, 1895, c. 169. (28 Stat. 727.)

Regulations to prevent interstate transportation and exportation of condemned carcasses or parts thereof of cattle, sheep, and swine; violation of act; penalty.

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as he may decide to be necessary to prevent the transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, of the condemned carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, and swine, which have been inspected in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Any person, company, or corporation owning or operating any such slaughter-house, abattoir, or meat curing, packing, or canning establishment, or any employee of the same, that shall willfully violate any provision of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

Act March 2, 1895, c. 169, 28 Stat. 732.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1896, following provisions expressly amending act March 3, 1891. c. 555, ss. 2, 4, set forth above as amended.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1008. (32 Stat. 1147.)

Inspection of horses and their carcasses and products; waiver of certificate of inspection of beef, etc.

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That live horses and the products and carcasses thereof be entitled to the same inspection as other animals, carcasses, and products thereof, herein named: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may in his discretion waive the requirement of a certificate with beef and other products which are exported to countries that do not require such inspection,

Act March 3, 1903. c. 1008, 32 Stat. 1150.

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These are provisos of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1904 annexed to an appropriation for carrying out the provisions of act March 3, 1891, c. 555, and amendatory act March 2, 1895, c. 169, which act as amended is set forth above. Provisos in the same language are contained in the similar appropriation acts for the previous fiscal years, beginning with 1899.

Similar provisos for the inspection of live horses, but omitting the words, "and the carcasses and products thereof," were contained in the similar appropriation acts for the subsequent fiscal years, including the act for the fiscal year 1909, and the provision was omitted entirely in the acts thereafter.

The proviso authorizing the waiver of the requirement of a certificate of inspection of beef and other products for exportation, was repeated in the same words in the agricultural appropriation acts for subsequent fiscal years, including that for 1906. Such waiver is otherwise authorized

by a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, which is re-enacted and made permanent in the similar act for the fiscal year 1908, act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, set forth on p. 64, post.

ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.)

Inspection of dairy products for exportation; indentification marks, etc.

* That the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, for the inspection of live cattle and products thereof, shall be deemed to include dairy products intended for exportation to any foreign country, and the Secretary of Agriculture may apply, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, the provisions of said act for inspection and certification appropriate for ascertaining the purity and quality of such products, and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or labeled as to secure their identity and make known in the markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; and all the provisions of said Act relating to live cattle and products thereof for export shall apply to dairy products so inspected and certified: * * *

Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 254.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. Similar provisions were contained in the similar appropriation acts for the previous fiscal years, beginning with the act for the fiscal year 1902.

Act March 3, 1891, c. 555, as amended by act March 2, 1895, c. 169, is set forth on p. 55, ante.

Other provisions extending provisions of act August 30, 1890, c. 839, and act March 3, 1891, c. 555, as amended by act March 2, 1895, c. 169, to process or renovated butter; providing for marking, etc., of same, for sanitary inspection of factories, etc.. and materials; and making violation of such provisions punishable by a penalty, are contained in act May 9, 1902, c. 784, s. 5, set forth below.

ACT MAY 9, 1902, c. 784. (32 Stat. 193.)

Inspection of process or renovated butter; sanitary inspection of factories, etc.; marking, etc., on packages; regulations and investigations and reports on materials used; violations of provisions punishable.

SEC. 5. All parts of an Act providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and of an Act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and of amendment thereto approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, which are applicable to the subjects. and purposes described in this section shall apply to process or renovated butter. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to cause a rigid sanitary inspection to be made, at such times as he may deem proper or necessary, of all factories and storehouses where process or renovated butter is manufactured, packed. or prepared for market, and of the products thereof and materials. going into the manufacture of the same. All process or renovated butter and the packages containing the same shall be marked with the words "Renovated Butter" or "Process Butter" and by such other marks, labels, or brands and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and no process or renovated

butter shall be shipped or transported from its place of manufacture into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, until it has been marked as provided in this section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make all needful regulations for carrying this section into effect, and shall cause to be ascertained and reported from time to time the quantity and quality of process or renovated butter manufactured, and the character and the condition of the material from which it is made. And he shall also have power to ascertain whether or not materials used in the manufacture of said process or renovated butter are deleterious to health or unwholesome in the finished product, and in case such deleterious or unwholesome materials are found to be used in product intended for exportation or shipment into other States or in course of exportation or shipment he shall have power to confiscate the same. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not less than one month nor more than six months, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

Act May 9, 1902, c. 784, s. 5, 32 Stat. 196.

The parts of act August 30, 1890, c. 839, providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, mentioned above, are set forth on p. 53, ante, and act March 3, 1891, c. 555, as amended by act March 2, 1895, c. 169, also mentioned above, is set forth on p. 55, ante.

Annual appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this section are made in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1910 and subsequent fiscal years. The appropriation in the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth on p. 72, post.

Time of taking effect of act.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and two.

Act May 9, 1902, c. 784, s. 7, 32 Stat. 197.

Sections 1-4 and 6 of this act, here omitted, relate to the exercise of police powers of States, etc., over oleomargarine, butterine, imitation, process, renovated, or adulterated butter, or imitation cheese, etc., transported into the State, etc.; the imposition of taxes on oleomargarine, process, renovated, or adulterated butter; and inspection of dealers' books. A provision of act May 23, 1908, c. 192, set forth above, makes act March 3, 1891, c. 555, as amended by act March 2, 1895, c. 169, to include dairy products intendel for exportation.

ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.)

Sanitary inspection of renovated butter factories.

** That the sanitary provisions for slaughtering, meat canning, or similar establishments, as set forth in the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page six hundred and seventy-six), are hereby extended to cover renovated butter factories as defined in the Act of May ninth, nineteen hundred and two (Thirty-second Statutes, page one hundred and ninety-six), under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 273.

This is a proviso annexed to the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above. The sanitary provisions for slaughtering, etc., establishments, in act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 676, mentioned in this provision, are repeated and re-enacted in permanent form in act March 4, 1907, c. 2907, as set forth below, and act May 9, 1902, c. 784, s. 5, also mentioned, is set forth above.

ACT MARCH 4, 1907, c. 2907. (34 Stat. 1256.)

Inspection of meat and meat food products for use in interstate or foreign commerce; examination of cattle, etc., before slaughtering; diseased animals to be slaughtered separately and their carcasses examined.

For meat inspection: That hereafter, for the purpose of preventing the use in interstate or foreign commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products which are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, the Secretary of Agriculture, at his discretion, may cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment, in which they are to be slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are to be used in interstate or foreign commerce; and all cattle, swine, sheep, and goats found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, and when so slaughtered the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, swine, or goats shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, as herein provided for.

Post-mortem examination of carcasses, etc., of cattle, etc., at slaughtering, packing, etc., establishments, and marking, etc., thereof; destruction of carcasses, etc., condemned; reinspection.

That for the purposes hereinbefore set forth the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats to be prepared for human consumption at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia for transportation or sale as articles of interstate or foreign commerce; and the carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled as " Inspected and passed;" and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as " Inspected and condemned" all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food; and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the Secretary of Agriculture may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof, and said inspectors, after said first inspection, shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or in any way unfit for human food, and if any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the Secretary of Agriculture may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.