Feeding animals at ex er; lien of car care, etc. secutive hours without unloading the same in a humane manner, into properly equipped pens for rest, water, and feeding, for a period of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented by storm or by other accidental or unavoidable causes which can not be anticipated or avoided by the exercise of due diligence and foresight: Provided, That upon the written request of the owner or person in custody of that particular shipment, which written request shall be separate and apart from any printed bill of lading, or other railroad form, the time of confinement may be extended to thirty-six hours. In estimating such confinement, the time consumed in loading and unloading shall not be considered, but the time during which the animals have been confined without such rest or food or water on connecting roads shall be included, it being the intent of this Act to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty-eight hours, except upon the contingencies hereinbefore stated: Provided, That it shall not be required that sheep be unloaded in the nighttime, but where the time expires in the nighttime in case of sheep the same may continue in transit to a suitable place for unloading, subject to the aforesaid limitation of thirty-six hours. [34 Stat. L. 607.] SEC. 2. That animals so unloaded shall be properly fed pense of own and watered during such rest either by the owner or perfier for food, son having the custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing, then by the railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, or by the owners or masters of boats or vessels transporting the same, at the reasonable expense of the owner or person in custody thereof, and such railroad, express company, car company, common carrier other than by water, receiver, trustee, or lessee of any of them, owners or masters, shall in such case have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, collectible at their destination in the same manner as the transportation charges are collected, and shall not be liable for any detention of such animals, when such detention is of reasonable duration, to enable compliance with section one of this Act; but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the owner or shipper of animals from furnishing food therefor, if he so desires. [34 Stat. L. 608.] Penalty for noncompli ing not re tain cases. SEC. 3. That any railroad, express company, car comance; unload pany, common carrier other than by water, or the receiver, quired in cer- trustee, or lessee of any of them, or the master or owner of any steam, sailing, or other vessel who knowingly and willfully fails to comply with the provisions of the two preceding sections shall for every such failure be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars: Provided, That when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity to rest the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. [34 Stat. L. 608.] violation; duty SEC. 4. That the penalty created by the preceding sec- Penalty for tion shall be recovered by civil action in the name of the of district attorneys to United States in the circuit or district court holden with- prosecute. in the district where the violation may have been committed or the person or corporation resides or carries on business; and it shall be the duty of United States attorneys to prosecute all violations of this Act reported by the Secretary of Agriculture, or which come to their notice or knowledge by other means. [34 Stat. L. 608.] SEC. 5. That sections forty-three hundred and eighty-sections of R. six, forty-three hundred and eighty-seven, forty-three s hundred and eighty-eight, forty-three hundred and eighty-nine, and forty-three hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same are hereby, repealed. [34 Stat. L. 608.] An act to provide for the safe transport and humané treatment of export cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and for other purposes. [Act of March 3, 1891, ch. 521, 26 Stat. L. 833.] Repeal of Rules and regulations as tions for ex That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to examine all vessels which are to carry export cattle to accommodafrom the ports of the United States to foreign countries. port cattle, and to prescribe by rules and regulations or orders the ac- etc. commodations which said vessels shall provide for export cattle, as to space, ventilation, fittings, food and water supply, and such other requirements as he may decide to be necessary for the safe and proper transportation and humane treatment of such animals. [26 Stat. L. 833.] rules and regu ty. SEC. 2. That whenever the owner, owners, or master of Violation of any vessel carrying export cattle shall willfully violate or lations; penalcause or permit to be violated any rule, regulation or order made pursuant to the foregoing section the vessel in respect of which such violation shall occur may be prohibited from again carrying cattle from any port of the United States for such length of time, not exceeding one year, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, and such vessel shall be refused clearance from any port of the United States accordingly. [26 Stat. L. 833.] From the agricultural appropriation act of March 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Examination FOR MEAT INSPECTION: That hereafter, for the purpose of animals beof preventing the use in interstate or foreign commerce, fore slaughteras hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products in diseased which are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or other slaughtered separately. wise unfit for human food, the Secretary of Agriculture, at his discretion, may cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meatcanning, rendering, or similar establishment, in which examination, ing, etc., es they are to be slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are to be used in interstate or foreign commerce; and all cattle, swine, sheep, and goats found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, and when so slaughtered the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, swine, or goats shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, as herein provided for. [34 Stat. L. 1260.] Post-mortem That for the purposes hereinbefore set forth the Secreat slaughter tary of Agriculture shall cause to be made by inspectors tablishments; appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a marking, etc., post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses destruction of and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats to condemned car; be prepared for human consumption at any slaughtering, reinspection. meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar es of carcasses; casses, etc.; of carcasses, tablishment in any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia for transportation or sale as articles of interstate or foreign commerce; and the carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled as "Inspected and passed; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and condemned " all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food; and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the Secretary of Agriculture may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof, and said inspectors, after said first inspection, shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or in any way unfit for human food, and if any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the Secretary of Agriculture may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof. [34 Stat. L. 1260.] ing, packing,. Examination The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or etc., brought parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, or into slaughter the meat or meat products thereof which may be brought etc., establish into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, me a t products rendering, or similar establishment, and such examinaissued from tion and inspection shall be had before the said carcasses to such estab or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any depart ments, and of and returned lishments. be appointed at establish ments; marks condemned food products ment wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products; and the foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained. [34 Stat. L. 1261.] That for the purposes hereinbefore set forth the Secre- Inspectors to tary of Agriculture shall cause to be made, by inspectors canning, etc., appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspec- ments; access tion of all meat food products prepared for interstate or to establishforeign commerce in any slaughtering, meat-canning, of inspection salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, and destruction of for the purposes of any examination and inspection said products; meat inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, for export. whether the establishment be operated or not, to every part of said establishment; and said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag, or label as "Inspected and passed all such products found to be sound, healthful, and wholesome, and which contain no dyes, chemicals, preservatives, or ingredients which render such meat, or meat food products unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and condemned" all such products found unsound, unhealthful, and unwholesome, or which contain dyes, chemicals, preservatives, or ingredients which render such meat or meat food products unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food, and all such condemned meat food products" shall be destroyed for food purposes, as hereinbefore provided, and the Secretary of Agriculture may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products: Provided, That subject to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture the provisions hereof in regard to preservatives shall not apply to meat food products for export to any foreign country and which are prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser, when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is to be exported; but if said article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of all the other provisions of this Act. [34 Stat. L. 1261.] receptacles of inspectors; false names That when any meat or meat food product prepared Marking for interstate or foreign commerce which has been in- meat products; spected as hereinbefore provided and marked "Inspected supervision by and passed" shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, sales under tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any es- prohibited. tablishment where inspection under the provisions of this Act is maintained, the person, firm, or corporation preparing said product shall cause a label to be attached to said can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering, spection of under the supervision of an inspector, which label shall state that the contents thereof have been "inspected and passed" under the provisions of this Act; and no inspection and examination of meat or meat food products deposited or inclosed in cans, tins, pots, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under the provisions of this Act is maintained shall be deemed to be complete until such meat or meat food products have been sealed or inclosed in said can, tin, pot, canvas, or other receptacle or covering under the supervision of an inspector, and no such meat 'or meat food products shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, or corporation in interstate or foreign commerce under any false or deceptive name; but established trade name or names which are usual to such products and which are not false and deceptive and which shall be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture are permitted. [34 Stat. L. 1262.] Sanitary in- The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be made, slaughtering, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, packing, etc. such inspection of all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, ments; reject packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which products from cattle, sheep, swine, and goats are slaughtered and the insanitary es- meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for in meat tablishments. Inspection of animals and during time. night terstate or foreign commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products are rendered unclean, unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "inspected and passed." [34 Stat. L. 1262.]. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause an exmeat products amination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purposes of interstate or foreign commerce to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime. [34 Stat. L. 1262.] Transportation in inter eign commerce meat products That on and after October first, nineteen hundred and state or for six, no person, firm, or corporation shall transport or of carcasses or offer for transportation, and no carrier of interstate or not inspected foreign commerce shall transport or receive for transand marked. portation from one State or Territory or the District of spection and Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District marking of of Columbia, or to any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to any foreign country, any carcasses or parts thereof, meat, or meat food products thereof prohibited; in stock on hand. |