Treasury is bound by the result of the examination of the samples delivered to the Secretary of Agriculture; and he must refuse to deliver the goods to the consignee if it appears from the samples that the food or drugs are adulterated or misbranded or is otherwise of a character prohibited by this section. No provision is made for appeal. Under the rulings of the Department of Agriculture imports of meat and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine and goats are subject to the same restrictions as meats of domestic origin. Such meats and meat products must be accompanied by certificates showing their freedom from disease, or entry into the United States will be denied. This certificate must be issued by an official inspector of the country, district or city in which the meat is manufactured. It must be stated in it that the animals from which the meat or meat food products which are covered by the certificate are derived were inspected before and after slaughter and were found to be in a healthy condition; that the animals furnishing the meat or meat products are cattle, sheep, swine or goats, as the case may be; and that the meat or meat food products covered by the certificate have not been mixed with the meat of any other animal. The official inspector who signs this certificate must have his authority viséed before the United States Consul for the district in which such inspector holds. his office; but one authorization of this kind is sufficient for all shipments signed by the same inspector; and a new one is not necessary unless a new inspector signs the certificate. This certificate does not take the place of a port inspection concerning the condition of the shipment on arrival, whether it is fit for human food, whether it is infested with vermin, or whether it contains any substances forbidden by the regulations for the enforcement of the meat inspection law. This port inspection is made by the inspectors of the Bureau of Chemistry, and if the meat or meat food products be found not to conform to the law, the shipment is rejected, even if the certificate be in due form. Meat and meat food products of horses and dogs are not allowed entry into the United 1 Regulation 32.

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States. Stearin, for mixture with domestic oils, not animal, is admitted without a certificate, if the importer executes a penal bond conditioned upon the subsequent export of all stearin thus imported.2 Imported meats and meat products which have not been mixed or compounded with or added to domestic meats may be transported by any common carrier from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory if the packages containing them be marked "Inspected under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906," if so marked when received for transportation. The interstate transportation of domestic meats and meat food products or of imported meats and meat food products which have been mixed or compounded with or added to domestic meats subjects both the shipper and the carrier to heavy penalties.3 If the sample on analysis or examination be found not to comply with the law, the importer is notified of the nature of the violation, the time. and place at which final action will be taken upon the question of the exclusion of the shipment, and that he may be present, and submit evidence, which evidence, with a sample of the article, is forwarded to the Bureau of Chemistry at Washington, accompanied by the appropriate report card.*

§ 101. Interstate Transportation of Meat and Meat-Food Products.

"Regulation 64 of the Regulations Governing the Meat Inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture (Amendment No. 10 to B. A. I. Order No. 137) provides as follows:

Imported meats and meat-food products which have not been mixed or compounded with or added to domestic meats may be transported by any common carrier from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory if the packages containing them shall be marked "Inspected under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906," and are marked when received for transportation.'

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3 F. I. D. 73.

4 Regulation 36.

For a form of declaration for the shipper, see Regulation 33.

"It is held that packing cases, boxes, or other coverings containing imported meats or meat-food products in the original true containers which have not been mixed or compounded with or added to domestic meats may be marked with the legend 'Inspected under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906,' by the shipper. The interstate transportation under this legend of domestic meats and meat-food products or of imported meats and meat-food products which have been mixed or compounded with or added to domestic meats will subject both the shipper and the carrier to heavy penalties.""

§ 102. Certificate for Imported Meats and Meat Food

Products.

The following inquiry has been received regarding certificates for imported meats required by Regulation 32:

"We respectfully beg to submit a letter from Messrs.

of

from whom we have been importing small quantities of canned meats, consisting principally of meat balls, preserved game in cans, etc. "There being no inspector who could certify invoices for canned meats, we, of course can not import these goods any more. We would respectfully ask if a certificate as to purity, by the manufacturer, would not answer the purpose in this special case, there being no one in.. .to officially certify.'

"The meat-inspection law of June 30, 1906, forbids the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of the meat or meat-food products of cattle, sheep, swine and goats which are diseased, unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food. Meat or meat-food products of those animals, to which has been added any substance which lessens wholesomeness, or any drug, chemical or harmful dye or preservative, other than common salt, sugar, wood smoke, vinegar, pure spices and saltpeter, may not be transported in interstate or foreign commerce. The law further requires the ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection of the animals which furnish meat and meat-food products for inter

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state or foreign commerce. All these requirements are based on the principle that uninspected meats of this character may be dangerous to health.

"The Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, provides that a product which does not comply with the provisions of the Act or is otherwise dangerous to health' shall be denied the right of importation. It is held, therefore, that, except as hereinafter provided, imports of meat or meat-food products of cattle, sheep, swine and goats shall be subject to the same restrictions as meats of domestic origin. Such meats and meat-food products shall be accompanied by certificates showing their freedom from disease, or entry into the United States will be denied. For entry of meat or meat-food products of animals other than cattle, sheep, swine and goats, including fish, only the declaration required for foods other than meats is necessary.

"The certificate shall be that of an official inspector of the country, district or city in which the meat is manufactured. It shall be specified in the certificate that the animals from which the meat or meat-food products which are covered by the certificate are derived were inspected before and after slaughter, and were found to be in a healthy condition (see Regulation 32); that the animals furnishing the meat or meat-food products are cattle, sheep, swine or goats, as the case may be, and that the meat or meat-food products covered by the certificate have been mixed with the meat of no other animal.

"The official inspector who signs the certificate shall have his authority viséed before the United States consul. One authorization of this kind will be sufficient for all shipments signed by the same inspector, and it will not be necessary to furnish a new authorization unless a new inspector signs the certificate.

"The following are acceptable forms of certificates:

"1. I hereby certify that the shipment of [kind of meat] consigned by .to... . and designated by [distinguishing marks] is the product of [kind of animals] which by ante-mortem and post-mortem veterinary inspection were shown to be free from disease and suitable for

food, and that the meat has not been treated with chemical preservatives or other foreign substance injurious to health.

"2. I hereby certify that the meat-product factory of the firm of..... .is located in the meat-inspection district of the province of ; that the animals killed in that establishment are subjected to competent official veterinary ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections; that all of the meat sold by that firm is the product of animals free from disease; and that all meat and meat food products of that firm are free from chemical preservatives or other foreign substances injurious to health.'

"The certificate mentioned above will not take the place of port inspection as to the condition of the shipment on arrival, whether it is fit for human food, whether it is infected with vermin, or whether it contains any of the substances forbidden by the regulations for the enforcement of the meatinspection law. This port inspection will be made by the inspectors of the Bureau of Chemistry, and if the meat or meatfood product be found not to conform to the law, the shipment will be rejected even if the certificate be in due form.

"Stearin, for mixture with domestic oils, not animal, may be admitted without certificate if the importer executes a penal bond conditioned upon the subsequent export of all stearin thus imported.

"Meat and meat-food products of horses and dogs will not be allowed entry into the United States.""

§ 103. Imported Drugs and Medicines.

Imported drugs and medicines must bear the true name of the manufacturer and the place where they are prepared. Entry to all drugs and medicines which are so far adulterated as to render them inferior in strength and purity to the standard established by the United States and certain pharmacopoeias, is refused. This is by reason of certain sections of the Revised Statutes, which are still in force.2

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1 Sections 2933 to 2938 inclusive, are still in force.

2 See Appendix.