; Oregon Meat Inspection
;lson Voluntary Basis
By MAKGABKt H AGKI.
Doe Oregon have adequate: the uunic kitchen.
iner can it be a cure-all
for the tils of the meat industry
for you alwiy, have your ham
burger and often they find aduJ-
neat tnspectioB laws?
Ii the eonaunting public pro
tected in the meat it buys? ;
Apparently the laws are, in
the mtnua column. There is
nana covering the inspection of
meat, except en a voluntary
baia.-
The condition now existing ia
explained by Oregon! Director
of Agriculture Z. L. Petenon as
being one where producer can
laughter and aell any animal he
owna to meat dealer with no
inspection.
Producer alaughtering, how-1
ever, ia not a major problem for
aa Peteraon pointed out, there ia
actually not a great deal of pro
ducer alaughtering, . except in
the eaaa of veaL
But even in slaughter plants
there ia no inspection of animals
either before or during slaugh
ter, except when the owner
wiihea to give it.
This doea not mean thouvh
that alt of the meat purchased
in Oregon ia not inspected.
Some plants have federal In
pection, which ia required for
Interstate shipment of meat, and
others do it on a voluntary ba
sis, hiring and paying the sal
aries themselves of a licensed
veterinarian aa inspector.
Of the state's 133 slaughtering
plants, eight have federal inspec
tion and IS are under the state's
voluntary program. Three horse
meat plants also have federal
inspection.
Evidence that meat has been
Inspected is the stamp of vege
table dye found on the principal
parts of the meat
Under the voluntary program
for inspection the inspection is
conducted in accordance with
state regulations. These follow
essentially those of the federal
bureau of animal husbandry, a
division of the U. S. department
of agriculture. ; j
Not to be confused with the
inspection of the meat is the lic
ensing and Inspection by the
state ox commercial siaugmermg
establishments. In this instance'
the inspection is of facilities for
the purpose of sanitary slaugh
tering conditions.
Peterson and the state veterin
arian. Dr. R. B. Younce, both
poimea out iul mm uiiiiwuuu
can be complete only if it en
tails both ante-mortem inspec-
tion (inspection of the live ani
mal) and hot post-mortem in
scectioa (the inspection of vis-
cera immediately after it ia
, drawn from the animal.)
Younce explained that in the
inspection of live animal
fever and a visible disease can
be caught. -while in the post
mortem, which is pathological,
the lymph glands and vital
organs are . examined.. Through;
this examination sucn things as
' tuberculosis,' aystemal Wood
'poisoning end tape worm fist-
ula can be) located,
J One thing that cannot be
1 found m the inspection of pork
. is trichinosis. It ia for this
reason that so much emphasis
Is placed on properly cooking
. pork.
The veterinarian further noted
! that the pathological check not
only gives better utilization of
' the by-products, such aa for
medicinal purposes, and leads to
-. better marketing.
Peterson commented that by
' the' post-mortem Inspection it
! could be determined whether
'an infection was local of ay-
, stemlc, pointing out that
'. bunch that appeared on an
animal's head or neck might be
; local and in no way affect the
rest, of the meat.
! - On inspection in general
' Peterson said people have a right
- to know what they are buying.
Relative to lack of meat inspec
: tion. he noted that, as far as he
knew, there had been no human
fatalities in Oregon traced to
meat coming from disease con
taminated animals.
-' Meat inspection, Peterson
feels, can't mean anything un
less you have it all the way
through -the slaughter plant and
teration of this.
Ia spot checks the state has
Silverton Man
Held for Shots
C. B. Anderson Quits as
Police Judge at Silverton
Silverton C. B. Anderson tiai to commercial.
' A complaint of assault with
a dangerous weapon was filed
against Wallace Joerg, Silver-!
ton, Monday, by his wife, Car
lene, and the man waa arrested
by sheriff's deputies on the
charge,
Ura 3i that har
found hamburger stretched with husband fired two shots at her
ouu nour, soybean flour, horse I with a .22 caliber rifle during
meat, water and beuoate of: a family argument Sunday
soda. Out of 160 samples taken ' night One shot went over her
m one spot test the inspectors bead and the other Into the floor,
wuno rougniy one third of them she stated.
naa violations. Adulteration
comes under the Oregon food
acts.
The state denaxunent of rrt.
culture, Peterson said, now doeal
not nave the laboratory facili
ties m make all of the examina
tions necessary and to carry on a
state-wide examination, their
lab being small and inadequate.
However, the ways and means
committee now has before it
proposal for a new building that
would have more laboratory
space, though even that apace
would probably not even be ade
quate.
Explaining the laws that now
cover inspection by the state de
partment of agriculture. Peter
son noted that most of them are
economic laws with criminal pen
aiues.
Here he pointed out that the
federal government, if the plant
operator violates federal reeuls-
tions, merely withdraws its in
spection services. The state, on
the other hand, must go to court
to prove the case.
Some have commented lately
that Oregon gets meat that other
states will not accept That,
Peterson said, is an error, for
any meat crossing state line
must be inspected by. the fed
eral government. Live animals,
however, may be inferior and
still cross the state line.
Discontinuance of OPS has al
so brought forth speculation that
the state had better inspection
under the OPS than it now has.
This, too, is not true for the OPS
was only for grading of the meat.
Peteraon said, however, that
there. was a time before OPS
required grading of meat, when
the graders would not grade the
meat unless it had been in
spected. They probably will re
turn to this requirement, he
thinks.
- A query about the inspec
tion of meat that has been
brought into this country from
New Zealand brought the an
swer that It met the V.S. inspec
tion standards.
Peterson explained that the
New Zealand government
tifies that the animals have been
inspected both ante-mortem and
post-mortem, on a basis equiva
lent to the U.S. bureau of anl-
Joerg denied shooting at .er,
although admitted there waa a
family argument ever religion
Sunday night Ha asked contin
uance ia district court Tuesday
to consult counsel. He is being
held in lieu of $3500 bail.
Presentation of Flag
At Garfield School .
A Sag presentation was made
Tuesday at 11 o'clock during
the Garfield School assembly by
membera of Capital Unit No. ,
American Legion auxiliary,
Mrs. O. E. Palms leer and Mrs.
Fred Gahlsdorf.
The annual Flag Code con
test sponsored by the American
Legion auxiliary was conducted
by the sixth graders In the 29
city scrools with over 600 flag
codes distributed by the Ameri
canism committee of the aux
iliary with Mrs. Helen McLeod,
chairman.
The test waa taken on Feb
ruary 11 with Garfield school
having the highest percentage.
Middle Grove, second and mc-
Kinley third.
The large aiik Sag is a travel
ing flag, but in case school
wins it for three consecutive
years it remains the property of
the school. The flag was won
last year by McKinley school.
Mrs. Carol Blake is the sixth
grade teacher and Mrs. May
Smith, principal. Accepting the
flag for the sixth graders were
Walt Cauble, club president, and
Suzette Taylor, class president
3
Worthingtona Guests
Grand Island Mrs. Raleigh
Worth in gton and son, Floyd, of
Grand Island visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill at
Salem recently.
resigned from serving aa mu
nicipal Judge at the .'regular
meeting of the Silverton city
council, Monday evening.
3, H. Bainswsrth of 411 Lewis
St was the only applicant for
the vacancy.
Anderson succeeded Attorney
Kenneth Brown in October of
1J52 on Brown a taking over his
work as district aUtorney at the
Salem office.
In the absence of the mayor,
Harrr Carson, no action was1
taken -in selecting Anoerson s
successor..
Reading of resolutions, pass
ing of ordinances, discussion of
evnts of local interest, moo sea-
tured the meeting, with Carl
Hande, Jr., presiding as mayor
in the absence of Harry Carson,
Sr.
Members present were City
Manager Robert Borland, and
Aldermen Dr. R. 3. Van Cleave,
James Holllngsworth, Earl Hart-
maa and Norman Eastman.
The police Judge's report
shewed month's total of 6362
in fines; eleven juvenile arrests
and warnings, numerous drunks
wrong parking, speeding, and
numerous minor offenses.
Civil Defense .
The Marion county court ad
vised Silverton that the town's
cash share for the civil defense
activities was $9,300, the letter
specifying the needs for this
statewide fund.
The Oregon State Highway':
commission refused the city aid
in improving one block on South
James Ave., suggesting that
blanks be filled out and sent
in for the 1954 allotment .
Dr. R. E. Epeneter, president
of the Silverton Chamber of
Commerce, R. A. Fish, and Max
Hubbs, appeared before the
council requesting the privilege
of conducting business sessions
in the main room of the police
station headquarters. The alder
men -left the question up to
Chief of Police R. E. Main.-
Ordinance No. 413 waa passed
on its first reading. This is an
amendment to Ordinance 340,
providing for the changing of
a zone on Welch and Phelps Sts,
near the hospital, from residen-
Street Safety
Ordinance No. 414 was passed
on third reading, concerning
shrubbery and signs that inter
fered with clear view of driven
of ears or trucks.
The group voted to take neces
sary measures to prohibit park
ing cars near the ambulance en
try side of the hospital, as suf
ficient parking apace had been
provided In the. rear of the
building. ...-.
The prospective managers oi
the drive-in theater asked that
a certain area in the neighbor
hood of Bartlett and Mill streets
be changed to zone s, that pre
vises for the construction of
commercial buildings. ' - -
Tbe aldermen wanted the clbr
planners to pass judgment on
wis request Defers definite ac
tion was taken.
Swing hinge-covered waste
containers are to be tried out to
help in keeping the streets clean.
Discussed at length were wat
er drainage and sewag for areas
wat are tan building up with
new noroes.
Hubbard Feed Sate
Hubbard The Ladies Aid of
the Hubbard Community church:
is sponsoring a food sate at
Welch's Red and White store,1
Saturday, March 7, beginning at
10 a.m. .. -
North Morion
High Activities
Members of the North Marion
band wilt be entered n the
district solo asft essemola con
test at Corvaliis, Saturday,
March T. -
Date Calloway will enter the
solo division with a comet solo;
the clarinet quartet consisting
of Judy Aibers, Geraldine Zeh
ner, Suzanne DeArmand std
Wendell McLUt will compete;
also the trombone quartet con
sisting of Robert Beat, Keith
HoefUog, Keith Driver and
Ways Van Lieu; the saxophone
quartet competed of Joan Sol-
berg, Howard M k: kelson, Robert
Jeskey and Ronald Jeskey and
the brats sextet will be aatered
in the junior division with Arjil
Shroek, trombone, Jackie Ber
key, baritone horn; Bobbie
Rappe, baas horn; Russell Col
gan, French ban; Ronald Jes
key, second cornet and Kenny
S pence, first comet Hal Beyers
will accompany the contestants
to Corvallis. ,
Connie Beard and Janice Ray,'
delegates to thai North Marios:
Future Homemakers of America:
will attend the state FBA con
ference ia Corvaliis, March 6
and 7 with Mrs, Jack McLaugh
lin, advisor of the FHA at North
Marion.
The Band-Parents club meet
ing Thursday evening, March S
at S p.m, will be combined with
capital Joamai. Salcta, Ore., Wa.xsvday, March 4, UH ;
a band rehearsal.
too Barnard, Portland, grots
th Oregon Temperanc league
will apeak to the Junior mm
scalar classes at North Marion
hiih school Thursday.
The monthly student council
meeting will be held Thursday,
March a, at the school.
Cfjrt'r Reform "Voice",
He Would Abolish It
Washington! fS The chair-!
man of a house appropriations
subcommittee that passes os
funds for tfes state departnwnt
called today for abolition of Its
Voice of America radio. .
"You cant reform that out
fit" Rep. Cleven ger R., O.)
aid is aa iaterriew. B (
that private etrtarpriae could 6e
the U.S. propaganda fete at a
traction oi the Voice's cost.
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mal industry inspection. Each
quarter is stamped and wrapped
in clean muslin and sewed. The
outside wrapping ia of burlap
and this, too, ia sewed and
tagged that the meat has been
examined. On arrival ia the
states, U.S. BI officials again in
spect the meat
"Of course Iota of things can
take place after its arrival, Pe
terson said. ' .'-
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