Meat for millions : report of the New York State Trichinosis Commission.

  • New York (State). Trichinosis Commission.
Date:
1941
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Credit: Meat for millions : report of the New York State Trichinosis Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FEEDING OF HOGS Adoption of a statute forbidding any municipality to dispose of garbage to hogs unless it is cooked first in accordance. with regulations of the State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Adoption of a law that no municipality shall give or sell garbage to hog raisers or permit collection of garbage by hog raisers unless they agree to cook it before feeding. Requirement that state institutions shall not dispose of garbage to hogs unless it is first cooked in accordance with regulations of the State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Requirement that state institutions shall not give or sell garbage to private hog raisers unless the latter agree to cook it before feeding, in accordance with regulations of the State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Outlaw feeding of uncooked offal from slaughter houses. PORK PRODUCTS Passage of a bill requiring that intra-state pork products cus- tomarily eaten without cooking be processed to destroy live trichinae. Promulgation by the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets of an official regulation, similar to the federal regu- lation, barring the mixing of pork in hamburgers. MEAT INSPECTION Adoption of a law authorizing the State Department of Agri- culture and Markets to license slaughter houses. Continuation of the Commission for another year to make a thorough study of meat inspection. The Commission is of the opinion that a state-wide meat inspection bill should be intro- duced at the present legislation session, not with a view to its passage this year but for educational purposes. [5]