Foods and Their Adulteration / Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food Products; Description of Common Adulterations, Food Standards, and National Food Laws and Regulations

by Harvey Washington Wiley

APPLICATION FOR INSPECTION OR EXEMPTION.

Regulation 2.

The proprietor or operator of each slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment engaged in the slaughtering of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, or in the packing, canning, or other preparation of any food product into which the meats or meat food products of said animals enter in whole or in part, for interstate or foreign commerce, shall make application to the Secretary of Agriculture for inspection or for exemption from inspection. The said application shall be made in writing, addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., and shall state the location of the establishment, the address of the owner or of a duly authorized officer or agent of the same, the kinds of animals slaughtered, the estimated number of animals of any species slaughtered per day and per week, or the estimated amount of meats or meat food products received from other establishments, and the character, quantity, and proposed disposition of the products of said establishment. Blank application forms will be furnished by the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry upon request. If an establishment is not in a sanitary condition, inspection shall not be established.