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exports it at his own expense, or furnishes proof, in the manner prescribed
by the Regulations, that it is not intended for sale for human consumption
the meat is required to be destroyed.
With a view to stopping the importation of carcases of pigs from
which the lymphatic glands about the throat and elsewhere are absent
(thereby preventing the detection of evidence of tuberculosis and other
disease in the carcase), the Regulations provide that carcases of pigs, not
prepared as bacon or ham, which are imported without the lymphatic
glands, and from which the head has been removed (Foreign Meat of
Class II.) shall be dealt with in a similar manner to Foreign Meat of
Class I.
Foreign Meat of Class III. consists of the severed parts of a pig, not
prepared as bacon or ham, and not being Foreign Meat of Class I., but
contained in a package with an "official certificate" attached as evidence
that the pig from which the meat is derived has 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 certified by the like authority to
have been dressed or prepared, and packed with the needful observance
of all requirements for the prevention of danger arising to public health
from the meat as an article of food.
A further object of the Regulations is to provide means by which
oreign meat generally which is diseased, unsound, unwholesome, or unfit
or human consumption may be detected and dealt with by public health
authorities at the place of importation.
Date on luhich the Regulations take effect.
The Regulations will take effect on and after 1st January, 1909.
Inspection.
Powers of inspection for the purposes of the Regulations are conferred
upon the Medical Officer of Health, or any duly qualified medical practitioner
appointed or employed by the Sanitary Authority to act in the
execution of the Regulations, and upon any other person appointed or
employed by the authority under the Regulations to exercise any powers
or discharge any duties assigned to the Medical Officer of Health. The
appointment and payment of such persons, with the consent of the Board,
is authorised by Article XV. of the Regulations.