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S. R. A.-B. A. I. 2il Issued et \tmber, 1921> United States Department of Agricu e SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOlt BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY NOVEMBER, 1929 [Tbis 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 wbicb 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 ____________________________________________________ ... _._ .. __ ._._. __ . _____ .___ 92 Notice regarding meat inspection ________________ . ___ . __ ._. __ ._._. __ ... __ ._._ ...... _________________ 100 Dried animal bladders of foreign origin _______ .. _._ .. __ . _______ ____ ..... __ ._ ... ____ ._.__________ 100 Animals slaughtered in October, 1929, under Federal meat inspection by districts__________________ 100 Extent of tuberculosis in animals slaughtered at three important markets, October, 1929____________ 100 Causes of condemnation of carcasses, September, 1929. _.. __ . __ . _. _... ___ . ___ . _. _. _____ . _. _____ __ ___ 101 Imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products______________________________________ 101 Foreign meat-inspection official_. _______ . _____ . ___ . ___ . _____ ._._ ... ___ ._. __ ... __ ... ___ ___ __________ 102 Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, October, 1929________________ 102 Permitted disinfectants____________________________________________________________________________ 103 Anti-hog-cholera serum and bog-cholera virus produced under licenses______________________________ 103 Licenses issued for biological products in October, 1929____________ ___ _____ _____________________ 104 Licenses terminated in October, 1929 ________ . _. ___ ... _. _. _... ___ . _.. _.. _... _. ____ . __ __ ________ _ 104 Summary of hog-cholera-control work, October, 1929_______________________________________________ 104 Results of tick-eradication work, July 1, 1906, to December l, 1929___ _______________________________ 105 Proceedings under the packers and stockyards act__________________________________________________ 105 Responsibility of drivers of vehicles used in official work. __ .... _. __ ._ .... _........... ____ ... __ ... _. 105 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws________________________________________________ ____ ___ 106 New publications of the bureau ___________ . ___ . __ . ____ . __ .... _. ____ ........ _... _._ .... _._ .... _____ . 106 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry_________________________________________ ___________ 107 CHANGES IN DIRECTORY Meat Inspection Granted *295. The Sidney Packing Co., Sidney, Ohio. Meat Inspection Withdrawn 2-AL. Armour & Co., Wilmington, N. C. Change in Address of Official Establishment -! I 9-A. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Thirty- econd and Chestnut. treets, Philadelphia, Pa., instead of Twenty-fourth & Walnut Streets. Change of Oftkial in Charge Dr. W. R. McCall succeeds Dr. Pigman as inspector in charge at Sandpoint· Idaho. (Remove Dr. Pigman.) New Station 'idney, Ohio, meat inspection. Dr. F. L. Tritle, care idney Packing Co .• in pector in charge. Correcilion Page 3 , the official number of the Guilfoil Packing Co., Kansas City, Kan . *769 in tead of 759. • Conducts slaughtering. 39 9-2~ 99 .. )0 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [November NOTICE REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION Dried Animal Bladders of Foreign Origin Dried animal bladders offered for importation into the United States unac companied by foreign certification under B. A. I. Order 305, which have been retained in the dry state continuously for not less than 90 days from the date of shipment shown on the consular invoice, may be released for entry as food con tainers without disinfection. ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN OCTOBER, 1929, UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION, BY DISTRICTS Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine Baltimore ______________ . ____________________ 6,488 820 1,710 ---- ------ 72, 94.2 Buffalo ____________ . ________ . ___ _______ . _____ 9,749 2,100 6,903 ---------- 110,472 Chicago _____________________________________ 175,569 43,443 235,079 140 564,017 CincinnatL _______________ . _________________ 13,752 6,026 8,139 --- ----- -- 71,407 Cleveland ______ .. ________________ . __________ 8,351 5,782 12, 779 ---------- 71,787 Denver ______________________________________ 10,770 1,681 27,913 21,173 Detroit ___________________________________ ___ ---------- 6,546 5,725 23.214 1 . 100,330 Fort Worth _________________ . _______________ 35,482 38,953 19,497 1,692 22,970 Indianapolis __ ________________________ . ___ . __ 19,985 3,351 7,781 93,888 Kansas City ___ _____ _____ . __ . ________________ 93,940 22,180 131,751 ----------264 185.277 Milwaukee ____ __ __ _. ____________________ . ___ 17,479 41,468 8,836 ---------- 152,971 National Stock Yards ______ ____ . _____ . ______ 40,282 8,870 22,988 18 114,778 New York ___________________________________ 32,284 48,636 243,923 ---------- 131,516 Omaha ______________________________________ 75,241 6,060 121,773 13 122,079 PhiladelpLa _____ ... ________________________ 6,315 6,317 18,863 ------- --- 88,987 St. Louis _______ . __ . ___ . __ . __________________ 16,376 6,420 5,523 15 132,894 Sioux City _____ ______ _____ ___ ___ ____________ 1 29,361 2,819 54,609 7 70,180 South St. J osoph ........................... ·1 32,725 6,347 74,382 13 99,837 South St. Paul ______________________________ 50, 717 59,232 137,582 1 292,315 7,863 2,355 3,418 1 57,478 rilc~f~!r "iistab-lishments=== == = = = = = == == == == == = 149,664 79,769 198,662 889 1. 279,849 Total: October, 1929 __ . ________________ I 838,939 398,354 1,365,325 3,054 3,857,147 October, 1928 __________ _________ . __ 801,248 404,945 1,408,753 2,850 3,712,984 10 months ended October 1929 ____ 6,934,594 3,784,287 11,773,223 21,903 38,863,115 10 months ended October, 1928 ____ 7,038,384 3,961,254 11,246,034 13,337 39,558,099 Horses slaughtered in October, 1929 _______ . __ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ ____ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ ___ __ _____ ___ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ 14, 680 Horses slaughtered in October, 1928--------------------·---------------------------------------~- 13,321 10 months ended October, 1929 ___________________________________________________________________ 101, 502 10 months ended October, 1928 ___________________ . _________ . _____________________________________ 101, 533 Inspections oflard at all establishments, 144,342,718 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 47,898,332 inspection pounds; sausage, 79,710,729 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for October, 1928: Lard, 128,158,432 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 43,989,728 inspection pounds; sausage, 78,095,934 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.) EXTENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED AT THREE IMPORTANT MARKETS, OCTOBE~ In9 Retained for tuberculosis Animals and station Total slaughter Passed for Con Total cooking demned Cattle:Chicago ___________________________________________ _ Kansas City _______ _____ __________________________ _ 175,569 5,548 160 914 93.940 267 16 65 Omaha ______________ . ____________________________ _ 75,241 399 16 56 SwineChicago: ___________________________________________ _ Kansas City ______________________________________ _ 564,017 67,330 1,203 959 Omaha _______ _________ __________ _________________ _ 185,277 7,434 101 93 122,079 10,628 182 124 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 1 1 I CAUSES OF CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES, SEPTEMBER, 1929 Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine Emaciation__ __ _____________________ ___ ___ ________ _____ 610 106 876 47 Hog cholera____ ____________________ ______________________ ____ ______ ________ ___ __ ____ _______ 1,814 Inflammatory diseases_---------------- ---------------- 1,024 160 1,142 2,276 Immaturity_______________________________ __ ________ _______________ 111 ________ ___ __ __ ________ _ Tuberculosis_ __ _____________________ ___ _____ __ _____ ____ 2,201 29 ____________ 3. 098 All other causes__ ________________ ______ ________ ___ _____ 1,266 162 1,181 3,075 Total ____________________________________ ______ __ 5, 101 568 3,199 10, 310 IMPORTS OF FOOD ANIMALS AND OF MEATS AND MEA'l' FOOD PRODUCTS The statements following show the imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry during October, 1929, with :figures for other periods for comparison. Imports offood animals Country of export Cattle Swine Sheep Goats Mexico_________________________________________________________ 13, 270 _____________________________ _ Canada_------------------------------------------------------- 34,490 202 897 10 Virgin Islands (to Porto Rico)_________________________________ 120 _____________________________ _ Channel Islands_______________________________________________ 131 _____________________________