Meat Inspection Questions
By Louis Moore lion law passed last July to
Penn State Market Specialist conform with the Fedeial
Pennsylvania’s livestock pio Wholesome Meal Act passed a
ducers all have an inleiest in year ago The Fedeial Act gives
the Pennsylvania meat mspee the states until December 15,
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1969 to have inspection pio
giams at least equal to Fedeial
inspection The Secielaiy of
Agiicultuie can give anothei
yoai’s extension to those states
which aie making substantial
piogiess in that dnection
The laws lecently passed aie
to msuie that the nation’s con
sumeis obtain only wholesome
meat Pioducers expiess con
cem legarding the effect of the
law on the future of the industiy
—will there be fewer maikets
for Pennsylvania livestock’ Will
the number of packers decline
and will only the larger packets
remain? How will it affect those
who njarket only in small
volume’ Will producers be al
lowed to slaughter and market
their own livestock?
We do not know the answers
to these questions, but we know
that at most we have only until
December 15, 1970 to be at
least “equal” to Federal inspec
tion The producer exemption
is an interesting case The
Pennsylvania law has a liberal
pioducer exemption “A produ
cer who slaughters animals own
ed by him and sells the meat
rnd products derived therefrom
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exclusively at ictail is exempt”
This allows pioduceis to sell
at farmcis’ maikets. door-to
door, or retail at the (aim and
yet be exempt fiom inspection
At the end of two yeais, how
evei, when we must have a pio
giam at least equal to Fcdci.il,
some changes will undoubtedly
be lequued The Fedeial pio
ducei exemption pi ovules that
only pei sons who slaughter an
imals of then own laising and
piepare the meat and meat food
pioducts exclusively foi use in
tne owner’s household by him
and members of his household
and nonpaying guests and em
ployees are exempt This means
that only pioducers who kill for
their own use will be exempt
two years from now.
Beef Consumption and
Beef consumption m 1968
will probably average near 109
pounds per person, up 3 pounds
Dorn 1967. The increase came
from increased fed cattle mar
ketings and larger imports of
processing beef Despite larger
supplies, beef retail prices have
been running about 3 cents per
pound higher than a year ago
Fed cattle marketings during
H. JACOB HOOBER
.ind
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. February 15,19fi9
Retail Prices
0. KENNETH
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Manheim
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tne first half of 1969 aic expect
ed to be considerably above
year-eailiei levels This will
diop pioducei puces and instilc
consumeis a huge supply of
beef in the coming yeai
Veal Consumption Declines
Twelve ycais ago, pei-capita
veal consumption was 9 5
pounds In 1968 it will be only
3 5 pounds Veal retail puces
have been high and fewer
people seem to have a stiong
desne for veal Consumeis
have substituted beef for veal
in their diet
Produceis have contributed to
this decline in veal consumption
There are fewer dairy herds
than a decade ago, thus fewei
calves are available for veal In
addition, more beef- and dairy
type calves have been placed in
feedlots to be fed out. This also
i educes the number of calves
used for veal
Lamb and Mutton Imports
Increase
Lamb and mutton consump
tion, declining about one-quarter
pound per person in 1968, is
now down to 3 7 pounds This
reflects smaller domestic pro
duction However, domestic
production has been partially
offset by increased imports
Lamb impoits have increased
each month since May These
inci eases have ranged from 42 to
320 pei cent In the past, nearly
all impoited lamb and mutton
was used in piocessed meats In
1968, however, some impoited
frozen lamb cuts have been sold
in food stores in the metropoli
tan aieas of the East These
cuts have been well received by
consumers
Appointment of Richard W.
McLaren as Chief “Trustbuster”
for the new Administration lift
ed some eyebrows in Washing
ton McLaren has represented
some corporations, including the
National Dairy Products Corp.
against charges of anti-trust
violations He comes to the
sensitive job at a time when the
situation is glowing worse The
Cabinet Committee on Price
Stability issued a repoit Tues
day saying that the booming
mergei movement is centraliz
ing economic powei so much
that is “may seuously impair
the pioper functioning of our
competitive, free entei prise
economy, and may thi eaten
tiaditional American ‘social and
political values NFU Presi
dent Tony Dechant said, “This is
exactly what we have been point
ing out about the coiporate
domination of agriculture mar
kets Competition for many
farm products is no longer
woiking ”
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