CHEAP MEAT.

Evening Star, Issue 5591, 8 February 1881, Page 2

CHEAP MEAT.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —Iu your issue cf the 4th Inst. I uotice a letter from " Consumer " on tho above subject, the tenor cf which I consider very reasonable. The facts so vividly depicted by " Consumer " call for the attention of the powers thai hd fjr th'e, well-being of thp i uolio generally. I myself have seen meat hawked aWu> in cartß and presented for sale as human food that scarcely r_qu''red earrying; certain creeping things 1 of considerable length and* fatty proportions were struggling tnereon. I nave noticed that such meat b re anything but a healthy Appearance, the color Ddmawliat rcsemblirg gra-xa, vhiiat tho odor arising therefrom struggled for supremacy with the sweets of Arabia. Yet cuch oanion is offered id some of these carets, and so far from b-iirg wholesome food for humanity s r me of it might be loathtd by that longnosed," hairy-backed greedy poikine breed generally known aa Captain Cook's; but whether fit for such animals or cot I feel morally certain that some of the meat hawked abjut cur town is not. fit for human food. I think tbo public have a right to expect that perishable goods presented for eale for numau consumption should be inspected. In older days we had our inspector of cattle and inspeotor of markets, whose duty it was to inspect cattle before being slaughtered, and to inspect all the intai in the several butcheries in town each morning. I hope, Mr Editor, you will lay this matter before tho publis, and that the authorities will see fit to have thia cheap and nasty stuff inspected before any harm is done.—l am, etc., Health. Dunedir, Febiuiry 5,