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United States Department of Agriculture S. R. A.-B. A. I. 293. Issuel October, 1931 United States Department of Agriculture SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY SEPTEMBER, 1931 [This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instructions, rulings, etc., concerning the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Free distribution is limited to persons in the service of the bureau, establishments at which the Federal meat inspection is conducted, public officers whose duties make it desirable for them to have such information, and journals especially concerned. Others desiring copies may obtain them from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at 5 cents each, or 25 cents a year. A supply will be sent to each official in charge of a station or branch of the bureau service, who should promptly distribute copies to members of his force. A file should be kept at each station for reference.] CONTENTS Page Changes in directory ---------------------------------------------------------------- 89 Notices regarding meat inspection----------------------------------------------------------- 90 Animal casings from the State of the Alouites--.-.------------------------------------ 90 Export certificates for lard destined to Haiti----.------------------------------------------- 90 Foreign meat-inspection officials--------------------------------------------------------- 90 Animals slaughtered under Federal meat inspection, August, 1931 . .-----------------------------91 Causes of condemnations of carcasses, July, 1931------------------------------------------- 91 Imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products, August, 1931.----------------------- 92 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, August, 1931-------------- 92 Summary of hog-cholera-control work, August, 1931----------------- ---------------- __ 94 Anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus produced under licenses, September, 1931 ------------ 94 Licenses issued for biological products, August, 1931 ---------------------------------------- 94 License terminated, August, 1931---------------.-------------------------------------- 94 Proceedings under the packers and stockyards act, September, 1931----.------------ ------------ 95 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws----------------------------- ----------- 9 Calendars for 1932---------------- --------------------------------- ------------------- 96 Payment of claims under different conditions of purchase------ ------- ----------------------- 96 Acknowledgment of receipt of menu cards----------------------------------------------- 96 Dr. John S. Buckley dies suddenly------------------------------- ---------------------- 96 New publications of the bureau --------------------------- ----------------------------- 97 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry-------.---- ----------------------------------- 9T CHANGES IN DIRECTORY Meat Inspection Granted *17-H. John Morrell & Co., 216-236 North Quincy Street, Topeka, Kans. 1921. Southern Food Corporation, 5-7-9 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, Md. 1933. Cariani Sausage Factory, 333 Broadway, San Francisco, Calif. Meat Inspection Withdrawn 37. The Cleveland Provision Co., 2527 Canal Road, Cleveland, Ohio. 136. Marshall Canning Co., May Street and Third Avenue, Marshalltown, Iowa. 205. Hygrade Food Products Corporation, 216-236 North Quincy Street, Topeka, Kans. 394-A. Edwin H. Moulton Co., 132 Essex Street, Haverhill, Mass. 580. Sullivan Packing Co., 2590 Beecher Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Meat Inspection Extended 893. Albany Packing Co., West Albany, N. Y., to include C. A. Van Deusen Co. Change in Name of Official Establishment 113. Hughes Pork Products Co., Broadway and Jackson Street, Camden, N. J., instead of P. D. Hughes Co. *Conducts slaughtering. INo sealed cars. 80708-31 89 90 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [September Change in Number of Official Establishment 37. The Cleveland Provision Co., 3378 West Sixty-fifth Street, Cleveland, Ohio, instead of 37-A. Change in Address of Official in Charge Dr. G. T. Cole, 230 Balter Building, New Orleans, La., instead of 324 New Post Office Building. Dr. Henry Marshall, 230 Federal Building, Richmond, Va., instead of 316-317 Federal Building. Dr. 0. A. Stingley, care John Morrell & Co., Topeka, Kans., instead of care Charles Wolff Packing Co. Station Discontinued Haverhill, Mass., meat inspection. (Remove Mr. Merrill.) Substation Discontinued Marshalltown, Iowa, meat inspection, under Waterloo, Iowa. Note Character indicating slaughtering should precede establishment 240, Gibson Packing Co., Yakima, Wash. NOTICES REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION ANIMAL CASINGS FROM THE STATE OF THE ALOUITES The permission granted in Service and Regulatory Announcements of January, 1928, for the importation through foreign certification of animal casings from the State of the Alouites, is hereby revoked. EXPORT CERTIFICATES FOR LARD DESTINED TO HAITI The bureau is in receipt of official advice that the Haitian Government now requires lard exported to the Republic of Haiti to be accompanied with a certificate showing that the animals from which the lard was derived received competent ante-mortem and post-mortem examination, and the certificate to be visaed by by a Haitian consul in the United States. Accordingly, regular export certificates shall be issued in the future for lard destined to that country. FOREIGN MEAT-INSPECTION OFFICIALS Name and specimen signatures of foreign officials who have been authorized by their national governments to sign and issue foreign meat-inspection certificates for meat and meat food products exported to the United States. Country and name Signature Irish Free State James .J. O'Brien - England Dr. W. Stott--------------- 1931] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 91 ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION, AUGUST, 1931 Station Cattle Calves Sheeplambs and Goats Swine Baltimore-------------------------------- 8,701 1,311 3,927 ---------- 46,671 Buffalo------------------------------------ 9,.509 2,590 9,248 ---------- 44,480 Chicago---------------. ----------------- 126,722 41.433 244,896 -.--------- 334,166 Cincinnati------------------------------ 13,790 6,464 13,460 ---------- 57,850 Cleveland-------------------------------- 4,155 4,461 10,574 ---------- 34,209 Denver--.-------------------------------- 6,981 1,869 20,804 ---------- 17,499 Detroit---------------------------------- 5,648 5,532 8,160 ---------- 44,524 Fort Worth------------------------------- 30,103 20,963 46,609 34 9,639 Indianapolis------------------------------ 13,326 4,366 9,137----------- 50,848 Kansas City.------------------------------ 62,461 18,673 94,501 1 137,572 Los Angeles------------------------------- 9,575 3,416 36, 184 171 18, 326 Milwaukee------------------------------- 16,256 22,816 9,868 1 60,571 National Stock Yards---------------------- 31, 162 11,852 37, 813 2 73, 151 New York------------------------------- 33,308 55,432 297, 045 -----. 50,443 Omaha.------------------------------------ 81,281 5,464 192,217 -----.--.- 148,084 Philadelphia------------------------------ 6,310 8,811 28,219 ---------- 58,275 St. Louis--------------------------------- 14,540 8,907 10,417 -----.- 83,998 Sioux City-- ----------------------------- 31,632 2,663 68,017 ---------- 82,600 South St. Joseph-------------------------- 28,316 4,996 87,469 ---------- 53,673 South St. Paul------.--------------- - 43,020 37,822 66,220 1 127,734 Wichita---------------------------------- 6,714 1,853 6,706 ---------- 29,432 All other stations------------------------- 143,750 85,267 296,203 320 936, 175 Total: August, 1931--------------------- 727,260 356,961 1,597,694 530 2,499,920 August, 1930-------------------- 699,933 362,987 1,413,315 822 2,724,047 12 months ended- August, 1931 ------------------------ 5,339,336 3,173,209 11,513,880 3,598 28, 441, 193 August, 1930 -- .------------------------ 5,277,425 3,061,318 10, 646, 201 5,317 29,331,018 New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and New- ark 1----------------------------------------- 41,314 62,842 363,245 ---------- 148,740 1 The slaughter figures in this group of cities are included in the figures above for "New York " and "All other stations" and are combined here to show total in the Greater New York district. Horses slaughtered: August, 1931------_---------------------------------------------------------------- 11,310 August, 1930-------------------------------------------------------------- 11,848 8 months ended- August, 1931 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67, 748 August, 1930------------------------------------------------------------------- 76, 206 Inspections of lard at all establishments, 111,409,925 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 40,706,852 inspection pounds; sausage, 59,535,290 inspection pounds; oleomargarine, 6,848,089 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for August, 1930: Lard, 114,456,741 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 43,666,940 inspection pounds; sausage, 65,025,570 inspection pounds; oleomargarine,10,312,957 inspection pounds. (These totals of inspection pounds do not represent actual production, as the same product may have been inspected and recorded more than once in the process of manufacture.) CAUSES OF CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES, JULY, 1931 Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine Emaciation-----------------------------.---.----. - - 382 53 142 20 Hog cholera------------------------------------------------------------------------ 893
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