12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12,1967
• Meat Inspection
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tions at six were fuond to be
‘dirty pork bellies were being
cured for bacon.’ The plant is
no longer operating. It burned
down about three years ago.
' “Also mentioned was a scrap
ple plant where ‘the final pro
duct was being made with 85
percent cereal and water and
only 15 percent meat’. Anyone
familiar with Pennsylvania
Dutch cooking will recognize
this as a recipe for ponhaus that
calls for the addition of corn
meal to meat and water ‘until
the mixture is the consistency
of mush’.
“The report points out that
eight plants under the state’s
voluntary meat inspection law
were visited, and that condi
tions at six were found to be
‘generally satisfactory’. There
are 53 plants operating in the
state under this plan.
“Animals are not inspected
individually for diseases, the re
port claimed, and ‘therefore, the
public is not protected from the
possibility of eating diseased
meat’.
“I want to point out that
Pennsylvania’s animal health
programs from farm to meat
counter are thorough and
efficient.
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“We have worked hard for
more than 30 years to wipe out
tuberculosis and brucellosis in
dairy and beef herds. Today,
the incidence of these diseases
is less than one-tenth of one
percent. This is important to
meat production since dairy ani
mals, once they are no longer
useful for milk production, are
usually sold for making bolog
na, frankfurters and similar
products.
“But all animals sold for
slaughter at auctions and sales
in Pennsylvania must be exa
mined by veterinarians. Last
year, 269 animals were con
demned as unfit for human con
sumption. In this manner, Penn
sylvania eliminates many po
tential trouble sources before
animals reach slaughter plants,”
the secretary notes.
“Last year, 530,000 animals
were slaughtered in plants
operating under the Pennsyl
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this number, 539 animals were
condemned.”
Secretary Bull also called at
tention to a portion of the re
port that claimed there is “no
control over the end meat pro-
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erty Fire Hall, New Holland;
meeting sponsored by Penn-
Jersey Harvestore Systems,
Inc.; featured speaker, Dr.
Marcus Haggard.
- 6:30 p.m., County FFA
picnic and baseball game at
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Dillerville Road,
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that are offered for sale in retail be revamped,
establishments. They buy these "We favor mandatory meat
products, as any other customer inspec tion instead of the pre
would, then have them analyzed *. on< i r «.
in our laboratories. sent voluntary program and re
“ Last year they detected 120 co «" iz ®
violations of laws pertaining to ?® eded
meat products and prosecuted fiinHs to
the offenders. These involved wll J jL/ U hv S
the use of preservatives and “ a . tch .^ °ff .. nf
cereals in ground meats, the s ? te J
addition of water to smoked ? llmi eat ?
hams, and the use of coloring in become a reahty,”he concluded.
frankfurters and bolognas.”
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