INSPECTION OF MEAT.

Press, Volume II, Issue 8704, 29 January 1894, Page 4

INSPECTION OF MEAT.

I The Rsv. A. Chodowski Jms been mtar* viewed by the Otago Daily Times on hit viewa as to the necessity of inspecting uw&fc inteuded for human food. " The meat U more wholesome here, on the whole, tbtft at Home," he saya, "but I find adheeioni of tho lung , ) more common among sheep here thau at Home. 1 attributo that to ttw fact that at Home sheep are kept in atableo, I whereas here they are «xpoßod in the pad. 1 docks night aud duy. Still, if diueastg in cattle in this country are not m. valent, that does not justify us in negteqb ing inspection. If we find one diseased bullook in a hundred, that would be eufS* cient reason for having inspection. The examinations which I have made convince mc of the necessity of inspection on bebilt of the Government-" He suggests that s company should bo formed, with wftotna butcher might iusure all his stock, paying* premium according to the number of e&ttla he kills ; and if it were proved by Govern* moat inspection that a carcase was unfit ior human consumption, the company should take possession of that carcase—which tfioy could atiliso iv many way«, but nob Jμ human consumption—aud tho butcher, t* ceiving the amount for which the anUW was insured, would not lose anything. Tiw company would not lose either. It would ; pay them. Suppose a butohor here killa 600 bullocks a year, one of which is condemned, he would probably get £8 from the iaeiir*. ance company for that, bub tho premium* he would pay would timouub to £25 or £34 One batcher might got from iheGomp&hj , more than he paid, in premiums, bui another, who had good hick aad no rife, eased cattle, would pay for that., Then hi is Bure that tho public would" riot objeo* <a pay a half-peony par \bmore vwhee they knew they were getting wholesome meat. Two inspectors would be quite sufficient; for J Dunedin, provided tUero was a publio kbit- '' toir. Without an abattoir it could not Iμ i ctoce. * l^lr , ' CKo<lawalci eLroaglsr-. 'β-avocafcas v j