Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1908.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2345, 7 September 1908, Page 2

Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1908.

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Iu pur'local columns there appears a short account of.a.visit' paid to-day by a- Daily Telegraph representative to the Waihi Abattoirs, - What was seen diiringHlie: representative's' visit shows how necessary-it is to \%m- 'proper inspection of all meat intended for human consumption. Care is taken by tho any nieatptended for tho consumption ;of peoplo abroad is duly inspected before lit leaves tlio Dominion, for! without inspection there is no guarantee that the meat is whole-, some, and our export'l-rade in meat would fall off considerably ' The cafe that in taken by the Government'-.that only good moat shall be sold to consumers iii Britain should also be exercised with regard to'ail meat offered for salo in New.Zealaudj for the health of our own people is surely as of much importance, as the working up and maintenance of an export trade. Generally speaking, the inspection of carcases intended for consumption is carried but satisfactorily; Inspectors are located in all '. districts where killing isjearried on to any degree, so that most of the meatJb free : from disease, , But the law is ,pf improvement,! While cattle and,sheop aro inspected without exception where abattoir exist, 'swjne.are not so rigidly dealt with, and we...hope to learn soon ; that the same attention will be, paid •& swine as : ,k\) paid to other It is true that all swine passing through, the abattoirs have the Same inspection as sheep* and cattle, but large ,' numbers of swine never see -the/abattoirs;" the carcases, dressed and ready for,cutting up, being sent by the farmers direct to the butchers. The enforcement of the inspection law i.ir regard to swine has been left ,to the option of the local'authori-' ties, the result being that in some districts the law is enforced and the swino inspected, while mothers the law is a dead letter, and "pork which has not been examined is sold without lot or 'hindrance. This is a lob-sided law,' and is recognised as such' by the .Government, who the other day promised an amendment in the direction of doing away with tho option referred <io, and making the inspection of swine compulsory in all cases. It has been shown in our correspondence 1 columns, that irhe.pre'sent system'- is unfair' to butchers, general and pork alike,. where the law is carried out,jas. farmers will qnly sell pigs 'to butchers in ■ districts', whore' the law is ;not enforced, of having carcases condemned hoiiig greater than' they, are ready to: accept unless higher prices,aro.pajd for the;pigs. We consider.that tho, inspectioii/of swine should be made compulsory-all. over the •Dominion, the same as cattle and sheep. At'present tho law is most unsatisfactory, and for tlio sake of the public health, as well as for tho impartial treatment -of the butchers, should be altered as qujckly as possiblo, The representations inade to tho Government on the matter are Ijkely to have tho effect nf-causing the amendment of the laiv as noted above, by which all;dealers in pork will bo treated";alike'i-with regard lo the .inspection of .carcases. , ; •