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 676 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3913. 1906. when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is to Domestic ¤¤¢- be exported; but if said article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of all the other provisions of this Act. M¤ki¤z¤f¤¤<=<>1>¢¤· That when any meat or meat food product dprepared for interstate °l°S` or foreign commerce which has been ms ecte as hereinbefore provided and marked "Inspected and passed; shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under the provisions of this Act is _ maintained, the rson, firm, or corporation preparing said product shall cause a labelfto be attached to said can, pot, tin, canvas, or other rece tacle or covering, under the supervision of an inspector, which labellshall state that the contents thereof have been "1nspected and supervision by in- passed" under the provisions of this Act; and no inspection and exam- '*’°°°°"' mation of meat or meat food products deposited or inclosed in cans, tins, pots, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where ins ction under the provisions of this Act is maintained shall - be deemedm to be complete until such meat or meat food roducts have been sealed or inclosed in said can, tin, pot, canvas, or other receptacle sues nnapi- mine or covering under the supervision of an inspector, and no such meat “““‘° *"°°“"°°d‘ or meat food products shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, or corporation in interstate or foreign commerce under any false .1.,,,,,,, m,,,,,,,, ,,,_ or deceptive name; but established trade name or names which are 10***- usual to such products and which are not false and deceptive and which shall be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture are permitted. Sanitary inspection The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be made, by experts in °’°““m‘“h"‘°“'“‘ sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, and goats are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for interstate or foreign commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be Rejwann or pm. maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such establish-
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unclean, unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products to be labeled, marked, stamped. or tagged as "inspected and passed." rnspecunn nenignt That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purposes of interstate or foreign commerce to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime. Interstate ennnpni-. That on and after October first, nineteen hundred and six, no perf;,E‘Q,‘jm§’,§c?}_*‘Q‘§*§,‘,§,,;'*,f, Son, iirm, or_ corporation shall transport or offer for transportation, meutzh em, ¤¤¤ ¤¤- and no carrier of interstate or foreign commerce shall transport or Wreceive for transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to any foreign country,_any carcasses or parts thereof, meat, or meat food products thereof which have not been inspected, examined, and marked as "mspected and 4passed,” in accordance with the terms of this Act and with the rules and regulations prescribed bv the Secretary of gwaodon of mk Agriculture: Provided, That all meat and meat fodd products on hand on nsillid. S on October first, nineteen hundred and six, at establishments where inspection has not been maintained, or which have been inspected