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expert or skilled inspectors and a number of other
free inspectors.
The inspector in chief has not only the general
control and management of the slaughter-houses,
but he, as well as the expert inspectors, is charged
with the examination of the animals entering the
slaughter-houses, and also with the examination of
the meat before it goes out.
The veterinary surgeon is required "to attend at
the slaughter-houses on market days, and to assist
the inspectors in the examination of the cattle; he
is also especially appealed to whenever there is any
doubt or difference of opinion among the inspectors
as regards the condition of the cattle or of the
meat. The veterinary surgeon reports to the college
of bourgomasters, and sheriffs, whenever there
is epizootic disease, and also on any facts relating
to the public health.
All beasts destined to be killed are first visited
by the expert inspectors; and those animals which
are known or suspected to be tainted with disease,
and to be unfit for food, are put into the pound, in
order that they may be disposed of in accordance
with the rules relating thereto.
After slaughtering and skinning the animals,
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