BONELESS MEAT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 3

BONELESS MEAT.

NEW BRITISH REGULATIONS. / THEIR CBUEF POINTS. i The Local Government , Board of Britain Tecently issued a circular drawing the attention of local authorities to the general effort of the Public Health (Foreign Jleat) Regulations, which took effect at the beginning of iho Now Year. Under these regulations .t is the dnty of medical officers of health to decide whether meat detained by the officers of Customs comes withm certain classes, and, if so, to forbid its removal for any purpose other than exportation. What Is Scrap Meat? _ The circular points outithat in tho regulations tho kind of boneless meat comprised in tho class of■ foreign' meat is described as follows:— . t i "Scrap meat—meat i whjeh, whether it is fresh or has before importation been subjected to a process of freezing or other iefwgeration to._ chemical or other treatment,, with or without the addition of any preservative or colouring substance .— '(1) Consists of scraps, trimmings, or other pieces of such shape,or in such condition as to afford insufficient means of identification with definite parts of a carcass "(2) Has not before importation been made ready for human consumption in the form of a. sausage or of another prepared or manufactured article of food "(3) Is without bone in its natural state of attachment. , " Meat That Will Pass. . Imported frozen meat in boxes (boxed meat) may comprise varioties of meat which do not fall within the above description of boneless scrap meat. The circular says 't has, however, been represented to the board that new methods of packing, "classified" cuts are being introduced. In any 'case in which such new methods are adopted, and in regard to boxed boneless meat generally, the board says it will be desirable that the medical officer, of * health, before giving a certificate which permits the removal of the meat, should satisfy himself that the following conditions are complied with , — "(a) That'the pieces of meat contained in are so packed that on opening the bosj-the pieces can he individually separated and examined. "(b) That any piece so examined is of such a nature that it can satisfactorily be identified with the parts of the carcass which the box is , stated to contain. <" "Otherwise its removal for p'nrposos other than should be forbidden." - The" Pork Trade.

Consignments of imported pork in portions less than the whole carcass must be accompanied by a certificate ,that the pig from which the meat is derived hae been certified by a competent authority in the place of origin to be free from disease at the time of slaughter, and that the meat has been prepared and packed with' tho needful observance of all Requirements for tho prevention of danger anepg to public health ' Faijmg this the Customs officers, must detain the meat for the examination of the medical officer, 'and, if necessary,' he must forbid its removal." Regarding carcasses of pige which are not imported whole with the head in its natural state of attachment, their removal for any purpose other than exportation is forbidden, as in the case of boneless and boxed meat, if the medical officer ascertains that they beIqng to this category. v If tho presence of tuberculosis is discovered) the whole carcass should be regarded as unfit for human consumption.