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inspection of meat and the control of milk offered for sale, the
method under which, and the extent to which these are adopted
in various districts and to the alteration in the existing laws, or
their administration, advocated by the representatives of various
interests affected.
During 1898 the Commissioners presented their report and
the following is a brief summary of their recommendations.
Slaughter-houses. That upon a local authority providing a
public abattoir, power be conferred upon them to declare that
after three years no other place be used for slaughtering. That
local authorities be empowered to order that all meat slaughtered
other than at a public abattoir be taken to a place or places for
inspection. That where a public abattoir has been established,
inspectors shall inspect all carcases immediately after slaughter
and stamp all joints passed as sound.
That it shall not be lawful to offer for sale the meat of any
animal which has not been killed in a duly licensed slaughterhouse.
Qualification of Meat Inspectors. That in future no person be
permitted to act as a Meat Inspector until he has passed a
qualifying examination.
Tuberculosis in animals intended, for food. That the Local
Government Board be empowered to issue instructions from time
to time to meat inspectors, prescribing the degree of tubercular
disease which should cause a carcase or part thereof to be
seized.
Disease in the udder of cows. That all diseases in the udder
shall be made compulsorily notifiable by the owner.
That local authorities be empowered to take samples of milk
and that vendors be required to supply sufficient information