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 Amendment No. 5 to B. A. I. Order No. 137 (Regulations Governing- the Meat 
 Inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture). 
 
 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF 
 INSPECTED AND PAST MEATS AND MEAT-FOOD PRODUCTS WHICH 
 ARE ALLEGED TO BE OR HATE BECOME UNFIT FOR FOOD, AND 
 RESTRICTING THEIR ADMISSION INTO ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE 
 INSPECTION IS MAINTAINED. 
 
 U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
 
 Office of the Secretary, 
 Washington, D. C, November 15, 1906. 
 
 For the purpose of preventing the use in interstate commerce of 
 inspected and past meat and meat-food products which after inspection 
 have become unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human 
 food, under authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agriculture by 
 the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 
 674), the following regulation is hereby prescribed for the transporta- 
 tion in interstate commerce of the said meat and meat-food products 
 of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats. 
 
 This regulation, which for the purpose of identification is designated 
 as Amendment No. 5 to B. A. I. Order No. 137, shall become effective 
 on and after December 1, 1906. 
 
 James Wilson, 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 Regulation 61. Meats and meat-food products which have been 
 inspected and past and so marked, and which have been transported 
 from the establishments at which they were prepared into the channels 
 of trade, and which are alleged or known to have become unsound, 
 unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, may be transported 
 in interstate commerce under the following restrictions : 
 
 (1) Inspected and marked meat or meat-food product which is 
 alleged to be unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for food may 
 be shipped by the owner thereof from one State or Territory or the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia to any establishment at which inspection is maintained 
 in the same or a different State or Territory, if a written permit in 
 
duplicate for such shipment be first had and obtained from the Chief 
 of the Bureau of Animal Industry. In all such shipments both the 
 original and duplicate copies of the permits shall be surrendered to the 
 carrier accepting the meat or meat-food product. Avho shall require the 
 shipper to furnish three copies of the form of certificate hereinafter given. 
 One of these certificates and the duplicate copy of the permit shall be 
 retained by the carrier ; another copy of the certificate, together with 
 original permit, shall be mailed by the carrier to the Chief of the Bureau 
 of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C; and the third copy shall be 
 addrest and mailed by the carrier to the Bureau of Animal Industry 
 inspector in charge at the point to which the shipment is consigned. 
 Upon the arrival of the shipment at the establishment where inspection 
 is maintained the inspector in charge shall cause a careful inspection 
 to be made of the shipment, to determine whether or not it is unsound, 
 unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for food. Should the meat or meat- 
 food product contained in the shipment prove to be unsound, unwhole- 
 some, or otherwise unfit for food, it shall at once be stamped " U. S. 
 Inspected and Condemned " and be immediately tanked or removed to 
 the condemned room. If the meat or meat-food product contained in 
 the shipment shall prove to be sound, wholesome, and fit for food, the 
 inspector shall allow the meat or meat-food product to enter the 
 establishment. 
 
 (2) Inspected and marked meat or meat-food product which is 
 alleged to be unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food 
 may be shipped by the owner thereof from one State or Territory or the 
 District of Columbia to any jobber, wholesaler, or other dealer from 
 whom the said meat or meat-food product was purchased, if a written 
 permit, in duplicate, for such shipment be first had and obtained from 
 the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. In all such shipments both 
 the original and duplicate copies of the permits shall be surrendered to 
 the carrier accepting the meat or meat-food product, who shall require the 
 shipper to furnish two copies of the form of certificate hereinafter given. 
 One of these certificates and the duplicate copy of the permit shall be 
 retained by the carrier, and the other copy of the certificate, together 
 with the original permit, shall be mailed by the carrier to the Chief of 
 the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C. If the meat or 
 meat-food product which is shipped under this regulation proves to be 
 unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, it may not 
 be reshipped in interstate commerce as a food product. Attention is 
 directed to the meat-inspection law, which provides a penalty of a fine 
 of $10,000 and imprisonment for two years for any person who ships for 
 human consumption in interstate or foreign trade any meat or meat- 
 food product which is unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for 
 human food. 
 
 (3) Inspected and marked meat or meat-food product which is known 
 
to be unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food maj' be 
 shipped by the owner thereof from one State or Territory or the District 
 of Columbia to another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, 
 for use in the arts, such as the shipment of lard which has become unfit 
 for food to a soap factory for use in making soap. No such shipment 
 shall be made unless and until a written permit, in duplicate, shall be 
 first had and obtained from the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus- 
 try. In all such shipments both the original and duplicate copies of 
 the permits shall be surrendered to the carrier accepting the meat or 
 meat-food product, who shall require the shipper to furnish two copies 
 of the form of certificate hereinafter given. One of these certificates and 
 the duplicate copy of the permit shall be retained by the carrier, and 
 the other copy of the. certificate, together with the original permit, shall 
 be mailed by the carrier to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
 Washington, D. C. In addition to the above requirements, no such 
 shipment shall be accepted by any carrier nnless and until the meat or 
 meat-food product which is known to be unsound, unwholesome, or 
 otherwise unfit for food shall have been denatured or otherwise ren- 
 dered unavailable for food purposes under the supervision of an employee 
 of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The carrier shall also require the 
 shipper to certify that the meat or meat-food product has been so dena- 
 tured or otherwise rendered unavailable for food purposes. The written 
 certificate of the shipper that the meat or meat-food product has been 
 denatured shall be forwarded by the carrier to the Chief of the Bureau 
 of Animal Industry with the original permit and the shipping certificate. 
 (4) The certificate required by this regulation shall be in the follow- 
 ing form and shall in all cases show a description and the weight of the 
 meat or meat-food product : 
 
 Date , 190 
 
 Name of carrier to which offered 
 
 Shipper 
 
 Consignee 
 
 Point of shipment 
 
 Destination 
 
 Car number and initial 
 
 The following-described meats or meat-food products have been inspected 
 and past according to act of Congress of June 30, 1906, and are so marked. 
 
 ^ * s 1 known I ^ a * t ^ ie sa ^ meat or meat-food products are unsound, un- 
 wholesome, and unfit for food. 
 
 Description and Weight of Shipment. 
 
 (Signature of shipper.) 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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 3 1262 08585 4205 
 
 (5) In shipments of meat and meat-food products which are known 
 to he unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, and 
 which therefore require an additional certificate of denaturing, it is sug- 
 gested that the following form of certificate be used : 
 
 , of the city of and State 
 
 of , hereby certifies that the following-described 
 
 inspected and marked meat or meat-food product has been denatured or 
 otherwise rendered unavailable for food purposes under the supervision of 
 
 , an employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
 
 and is offered to the for transportation from 
 
 , in the State of , to , 
 
 in the State of 
 
 Description of Meat. 
 
 (Signature of shipper.) 
 
 , 190 
 
 (6) On all shipments made under Regulation 61 the waybills, trans- 
 fer bills, running slips, or conductor's cards accompanying the said 
 shipment of meat or meat-food products must have embodied in, 
 stamped upon, or attached to the same a certificate in the following 
 form by the issuing railroad company : 
 
 (Name of railroad company.) 
 IT. S. inspected and past and alleged unsound, unwholesome, or otherwise 
 unfit for food, as evidenced by shipper's certificate on file with initial carrier. 
 (Signed) , Agent. 
 
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