AUSTRALIAN MEAT TRADE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 318, 3 June 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN MEAT TRADE.

DISSATISFACTION WITH SUPERVISION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, June 2. Meat exporters arc gravely dissatisfied with the Commonwealth supervision of the trade. It is stated that the officials administering the regulations are not conversant with the trade. The instructions issued by inspectors are said to be unpractical and impossible of enforcement. In this State there are two veterinary and six lay inspectors for considerably over a hundred appointed places for export,, and it is impossible for this handful of officers to carry out the required inspection. A great deal of the meat is practically uninspected, while the authorities are issuing certificates that it is fit for.human consumption, although the certificate States that ante-mortem and post-mortem veterinary inspections have been made. A Commonwealth inspector is stationed at only one country killing works. It is also alleged that tags stating that he has made veterinary inspections are signed by lay inspectors who have not the re ; quisite qualifications. It is considered the staff should be controlled by a man with veterinary qualifications. !

The New Zealand system is mentioned as a standard. i.