Handbook of meat inspection by Ostertag Robert von 1864-

Author:Ostertag, Robert von, 1864- [from old catalog] & Wilcox, Earley Vernon, 1869- [from old catalog] tr
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Meat inspection. [from old catalog], Cattle
Publisher: New York, W. R. Jenkins
Published: 1904-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Measly meat, even after the destruction of the cysticerci by boiling, pickling, or preservation of the meat for three weeks, is to be considered a spoiled (inferior) food material, and is, therefore, to be sold only when a statement is made of its peculiar character. Measly meat must be absolutely excluded from the market even in a cooked condition if the cysticerci are distributed in large quantities throughout the whole musculature, or if the meat has assumed a watery character in consequence of the invasion of cysticerci.

As already indicated, there is no reason for excluding from the market viscera which are free from cysticerci, for they show no variation whatever from the normal. Fat tissue which is free from cysticerci is to be judged similarly.

Regulations Concerning the Method of Procedure with the Meat of

Measly Cattle.*

In the Kingdom of Prussia the method of procedure with the meat of measly cattle is regulated at present by a ministerial decree of November 18, 1897, concerning the sanitary police procedure with measly cattle and calves. The decree reads as follows :

By a circular decree of February 16, 1876, the regulations which seem to be required in the interest of sanitary science for the treatment of measly hogs, according to the opinion of the Royal Scientific Deputation for the Medical Service of February 2, 1876, are made known, and are also applicable in the case of measly cattle.

Since the conditions for the destruction of the beef measle worm have been more accurately determined by detailed investigations, we have compiled ''the principles for the sanitary police procedure with measly cattle and calves." While we hereby repeal all previous regulations and order that until further notice procedure in this case shall be governed according to the principles hereby formulated, we call attention at the same time to the following statements:

For the purpose of bringing about a uniform practice of inspection for beef measle worms, the examination should be made in such a manner that the musculature which is exposed during slaughter, especially the external and internal muscles of mastication, tongue and heart, should be carefully inspected, and that extensive incisions parallel with the rami of the maxillary bones should be made in the muscles of mastication, f Meat is to be considered well boiled when a uniform gray color is observed on a fresh cross section.

* From the time when the Imperial Meat Inspection Law comes into force, regulations of general application will exist concerning the method of procedure with the meat of measly cattle.

f In calves up to the age of six weeks, the inspection of the muscles of mastication for cysticerci may be omittted. (Circular decree of the Ministries of Agriculture, etc., July 1, 1898).

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