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Australia.—There is very little to remark on the supplies from this country, except that
a consignment of chilled hind quarters and crops of beef arrived on the market, the subject
of which formed a special report. A further consignment is expected to arrive during the
Spring of 1926. The Alcock Process of defrosting meat is in operation in one stall in the
market, the results will be observed, and embodied in the Report for 1926. The inspection
as will be observed from the following table has been very satisfactory.
DISEASED MEAT SEIZED.
Quarters of Carcases of
Beef. Mutton.
Caseous Lymphadenitis — 9
Emaciation 1 2
Hæmorrhagic Musculature 1 —
Injury — 1
Tuberculosis 1 —
Total 3 12
New Zealand.—-The quality of mutton which arrived from this country was, as usual,
very good, but many of the lamb carcases, deposited on the market, had lost their "bloom,"
and appeared as if they had been in store for a long period; they had not, but there is evidently
some defect in the method of freezing which is detrimental to the fresh appearance of
the carcase, which should be attended to by those concerned. The beef sent was, as usual,
the worst dressed meat on the market. The inspection, as the following figures show, was
good.
DISEASED MEAT SEIZED.
Quarters of Carcases of Carcases of
Beef. Mutton. Pork.
Abscesses 1
Caseous Lymphadenitis — 7 —
Tuberculosis 1 —
Total 2 8 1
Holland.—The quality, grading and cleanliness of all the meat sent from this country,
left nothing to be desired. During Christmas week, a new record was established by the
arrival of 26,000 Dutch pig carcases within twenty-four hours. The following table shows
the amount of Dutch diseased meat seized on the markets.
Mutton Veal Pork
Carcases. Carcases. Carcases. Quarters.
Abscesses 1 4 39 2
Abnormal Odour — 1 — —
Caseous Lymphadenitis 9 — —
Distomatosis 4 — — —
Emaciation and Hydremia 22 13 8 —
Hemorrhagic Musculature — — 2
Immaturity — 1 — —
Injuries 1 1 2 —
Jaundice — — 3 —
Killed in Extremis — 14 —
Myositis — 3 — —
Nephritis — 4
Ochronosis— 1 — —
Peritonitis — — 3 —-
Pleurisy (Acute) 1 3 29 —
Polyarthritis — 1 — —
Pseudo-leukemia — 2 — —
Pyemia — — 2 —
Rickets — — 3 —
Tuberculosis — 1 25 —
Urticaria — — 1 —
Total 38 36 121 2
Canada.—Small quantities of chilled beef from this country were deposited on the market
but the trials were, apparently, not a financial success as they ceased. An important event
has taken place at the time of writing, viz., the taking over by a well-known meat packing
firm of the large packing plant in Saskatchewan, Canada, which has been closed for sometime.
Operations will begin in the Spring of 1926 and, presumably, first-class chilled beef may be
expected on the market from Canada in the near future but there will, apparently, be competition
as new ships are being built with a view to increasing the numbers of live cattle from
Canada to this country.
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