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8 R. A.-B. A. I. 266 August, 1929 SERVICE AND REGULATOltf ~~ BUREAU OF ANIMAL ~U~-~ JUNE. 1929 [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 copie.s 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----------------------------~-------·---------------------------------------- 53 Notices regarding meat,inspection -----------------·------------------------------------------- 54 Animal casings of foreign origin_----------------------------------------------------------_____ 54 M. I. Form 112-E (revised) reports_____________________________________________________________ 54 Animals slaughtered under Federal meat inspection, May, 1929____________________________________ 54 Extent of tuberculosis in animals slaughtered at three important markets, May, 1929 _______--________ 55 Ca.uses of condemnation of carcasses, April, 1929____________________________________________________ 55 Imports of food animals and of meats and meat. food products_--.. -,-..------------------------------- 55 Foreign meat-inspection officials __ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 56 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, May, 1929----•-·----~--- 57 Proceedings under the packers and stockyards act________________________________________ ____ __ 58 Anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus produced under licenses________________ __________ _ 58 Licenses issued for biological products in May, 1929 ___________________________ 2:_______ 58 Licenses terminated in May, 1929 ----------------------------------------~ ----~•'"--'\-;------- 58 NewSummary publications of hog-cholera-control of the bureau _work,________________________________________ May, 1929----------------------------..-~---~--~~-- ,,,,. ____________ ~·_____ _________ 59 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry ----------------------------------~M--:-....----- ___ "\i() ,.r r CHANGES IN DIRECTO~ Y Meat Inspection ~nted~ *37-B. The Cleveland Provision Co., South 0Qluni\,us Av.e1me, 1"EJtp;ei1a, Ohio. Changes In Address or Official F.s~Us~ 432. Colonial Provision Co. (Inc.), 29-39 John '$treet,.Boston, Mass., instead of 33-39 John Street. · New Station Fostoria, Ohio, meat inspection, Dr. W. F. Osborn, in charge, care Cleveland Provision Co., South Columbus A venue. Change In Officials In Cbaqe Harvey H . Culver succeeds John McWilliams at Vicksb'urg, Miss. Dr. Charles W. Rees succeeds G. Dikmans at Jeanerette, La, Corrections in New Directory Page 27, strike out asterisk before Establishment 728. Page 40, under Newark, N. J., the official number of Armour & Co., Trenton. N. J., is 2-S instead of 28. Page 40, under Newark, N. J., the official number of the Newark Packing Co. is 498 instead of 408. Page 40, Establishment 226, Swift & Co., should include the United Dressed Beef Co., as a subsidiary. Page 44, under Philadelphia, Pa., the official number of Swift & Co. is 3-I instead of 31. • Conducts slaughtering. 60349-29 53 54 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [June, NOTICES REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION ANIMAL CASINGS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN Certificates required by B. A. I. Order 305 and instructions issued thereunder, which bear the official title of the high official of the foreign country as specified below, will be acceptable with animal casings offered for importation into the United States. The certificates must also bear the signature of the high official of the National Government having jurisdiction over the health of animals in the foreign country in which the casings originated, but owing to the fact that the high officials are changed from time to time it is impracticable to publish their names. Official title. Foreign country. Minister of Agriculture____________________ Lebanese Republic. The notice in Service and Regulatory Announcements of April, 1928, is hereby revoked so far as the Republic of the Lebanon is concerned. M. I. FORM 112-E (REVISED) REPORTS Inspectors in charge of meat inspection are requested to see that M. I. Form 112-E (revised) report is rendered for each day on which animals are slaughtered. This information is important in order that the Washington office may know the total daily slaughter of each species at each establishment in advance of the receipt of the monthly M. I. Form 130. ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN MAY, 1929, UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION IN DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY THE CITIES IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine Baltimore_____________________________________ . Buffalo ___________ _____________________________ ~985 1,544 1,362 -------- 58,386 Chicago_______________________________________ 683 3,740 6,848 -------- 70,252 Cincinnati_____________________________________ 129,693 70,568 238, 151 237 520,602 Cleveland _____________________________________ 11,086 9,126 4,638 4 94,051 Denver________________________________________ 6,604 7,522 11,104 -------- 78,152 Detroit ____ ____________ ________________________ 8, 9121 2,172 21,171 -------- 23,315 6,329 8,956 5,774 1 101,655 24,174 16,841 IndianapolisFort Worth ___ ___________________________________ -------------------------------- 36,665 1,464 34,462 Kansas City ___________________________________ 15,120 4,645 2,035 1 92,952 64,338 15,927 140,490 391 296,354 Milwaukee ____________________________________ 14,676 44,228 2,555 National Stock Yards _________________________ 1 123,161 New York _____________________________________ 23,186 16,176 29,577 -------- 110,445 Omaha ________________________________________ 31,555 60,394 179,588 23 104,555 75,289 5,518 157,024 15 199,806 Philadelphia ___ ------____________ ------_______ 4,721 8,,068 11,771 -------- 74,832 St.Sioux Louis. City - ____________________________________------------------------------------ 11,771 8,352 4,082 155,409 35,615 2,276 52,485 -------- 111,476 South St. Jos::f.h ______________________________ 23,290 5,767 119,772 --------4 102,697 SouthWichita St. _______________________________________ Pa -------------------------------- 43,564 61,788 12,847 1 160,258 5,114 1,450 7,476 5 84,776 All other establishments _____ •. ________________ 126,592 71,609 156,437 866 1,200,322 May, 1929 ________________________ Total: May, 1928 ________________________ 676,297 426,667 1,201,852 3,013 3,797,918 723,120 473,096 1,015,465 1,546 3,884,381 11 months ended May, 1929 ______ 7,648,046 4,182,018 12,661,080 19,756 43,407,953 11 months ended May, 1928 ______ 8,334,503 4,375,968 11,874,414 19,197 44,269,381 Horses slaughtered at all establishments, May, 1929, 6,659. Horses slaughtered at all establishments, May, 1928, 8,341. Inspections of lard at all establishments, 153,965,842 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 38,744,064 inspection pounds; sausage, 69,142,044 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for May, 1928: Lard, 144,168,031 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 29,101,166 inspection pounds; sausage, 69,609,942 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.) 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 55 EXTENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED AT THREE IMPORTANT MAR,K,ETS, MAY, 1929 Retained for tuberculosis Station Total slaughter j Passed for Con• Total cooking demoed Cattle: Chicago........•...•..••.•.....••••.•.•••••.•....•. 129,693 8,809 339 1,241 Kansas City .••...•.•...•...•.•.......•.•...•••.••• 64,338 237 9 35 Omaha.••••...•...•.....•.....•...............•..•• 75,289 664 42 66 Swine: Chicago ...•••.•.•...••.••.•.•.•••.•.....•.....•...• 520,602 72,880 1,123 998 Kansas City..•.••..•.•.........•........•...•..... 296,354 13,805 206 181 Omaha...••........................... .... •....... 199,806 23,665 231 251 CAUSES OF CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES, APRIL, 1929 Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine Emaciation...................... .......... .......... .. 510 188 234 56 H og cholera..••...•....••..•.••.•..•••••••••••••••....• ···-···-··· •.•.•••..... .••••••..••• 1,344 Inflammatory diseases.................................. 1,048 254 514 2,191 Im.maturity............................................ •• •.•. •.. 261 •••••••..•.•.•••••....•• T u berculosis........................................... 2,556 54 .•••••.•••.• 4,079 All other causes........................................ 802 214 469 3, 813 Total •••••.••.•••••••••.•••••.•.•••.••••••••••••. 4,916 971 1,217 11,483 IMPORTS OF FOOD ANIMALS AND OF MEATS AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS DURING MAY, 1929 The statements following show the imports of food animals and of meats"'and meat food products inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry during Ma,y, 1929, with figures for other periods for comparison. Imports of food animals Country of export Cattle Swine Sheep Goats M exico............................................... .......... 40,286 ..•..•••.•