Permit Permits for importation of veterinary biological products. Name and address of firm. Products. Antitetanic serum; tuberculin; manufactured by Behringwerk, Marburg, Germany. Antianthrax serum; antitetanic serum; antistreptococcic Anthrax vaccine; fowl-cholera vaccine; manufactured by Calf dysentery serum; septic pneumonia serum; owl- Blackleg vaccine, manufactured by Ed. Lua, Paris, Dog distemper serum; dog distemper bacterial extract; manufactured by Deutsche Schütz und Heilserum Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. PUBLICATIONS IN APRIL. [The bureau keeps no mailing list for sending publications to individual employees, but publications are sent in bulk to inspectors in charge for distribution to members of their forces. The number of copies varies with the subject or nature of the publication and the number and class of employees. For example, in the case of a publication on a veterinary subject, sufficient copies are sent for the veterinarians. Inspectors in charge will use their judgment and distribute publications to best advantage. Additional copies will be furnished on request so far as possible.] Department Bulletin 70. Immunization Tests With Glanders Vaccine. By John R. Mohler and Adolph Eichhorn, Pathological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 13. Department Bulletin 76. Laboratory and Field Assay of Arsenical Dipping Fluids. By Robert M. Chapin, senior biochemist, Biochemic Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 17, fig. 1. Department Bulletin 85. The Cost of Pasteurizing Milk and Cream. By John T. Bowen, technologist, Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 12, fig. 1. Farmers' Bulletin .569. Texas or Tick Fever. By John R. Mohler, chief of the Pathological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 24, fig. 5. Farmers' Bulletin 573. The Angora Goat. By L. L. Heller, Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 16, figs. 6. Farmers' Bulletin 574. Poultry House Construction. By Alfred R. Lee, junior animal husbandman in poultry investigations, Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 20, figs. 13. Farmers' Bulletin 580. Beef Production in the South. By W. F. Ward, senior animal husbandman in beef cattle investigations, Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, and Dan T. Gray, chief of the Animal Industry Division of the North Carolina Experiment Station. Pp. 20, figs. 9. Progress and Results of Cattle-Tick Eradication. Pp. 12. Animals Imported for Breeding Purposes for Which Certificates of Pure Breeding The Journal of Agricultural Research is not furnished by the department to employees, but reprints of articles in separate form will be sent on request. ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Assistant Chief: A. M. FARRINGTON. Chief Clerk: CHARLES C. CARROLL. Animal Husbandry Division: GEORGE M. ROMMEL, chief. Biochemic Division: M. DORSET, chief. Dairy Division: B. H. RAWL, chief. Field Inspection Division: R. A. RAMSAY, chief. Meat Inspection Division: R. P. STEDDOM, chief. Pathological Division: JOHN R. MOHLER, chief. Quarantine Division: RICHARD W. HICKMAN, chief. Zoological Division: B. H. RANSOM, chief. Experiment Station: E. C. SCHROEDER, superintendent. A45 8. R. A.-B. A I. 85. JUL 11 1914 Issued June 24, 1914. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, A. D. MELVIN, CHIEF OF BUREAU. SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS. MAY, 1914. [This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instructions, rulings, etc., concerning the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Free distribution is limited to persons in the service of the bureau, establishments at which the Federal meat inspection is conducted, public officers whose duties make it desirable for them to have such information, and journals especially concerned. Others desiring copies may obtain them from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at 5 cents each, or 50 cents a year. A supply will be sent to each official in charge of a station or branch of the bureau service, who should promptly distribute copies to members o his force. A file should be kept at each station for reference.] CHANGES IN DIRECTORY. Meat Inspection Inaugurated. 931. American Kitchen Products Co., 281-283 Water Street, New York, N. Y. 932. Donnelly & Co. (Inc.), 75-81 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass. 42-A. Jacob Dold Packing Co., 79 South Market Street, Boston, Mass. *934. Superior Packing Co., Second and Meyers Streets, Kansas City, Kans.; office, 804 Live Stock Exchange Building, Kansas City, Mo. 926. Northwestern Summer Sausage Works, 1733 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 829. E. S. Burnham Co., 53 Gansevoort Street, New York, N. Y. 155. Noel & Co. (Inc.), Tenth and Jo Johnston Streets, Nashville, Tenn. Meat Inspection Discontinued. *815. London Produce Co., London, Ohio. 311. N. Maggioli, 147 Fulton Street, Boston, Mass. *155. Tennessee Packing & Stock Yards Co., Tenth and Jo Johnston Streets, Nashville, Tenn. Changes in Firm Names. 900. John R. Sampson, Easton, Pa., instead of Geo. A. Kessler. 906. Foster Beef Co., 224 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., instead of Levatinsky Bros. 915. Fred J. Walker & Co., 36 North Street, Boston, Mass., instead of J. G. Walker & Son (Inc.). Change in Establishment Number. 27. J. P. Squire & Co., and Boston Packing & Provision Co., 165 Gore Street, Cambridge, Mass., instead of 27-D. * Conducts slaughtering. 48723°-141 57 Station Added. Saegerstown, Pa. (substation of Pittsburgh, Pa.). Station Discontinued. London, Ohio (substation of Columbus, Ohio). Changes of Officials in Charge. Allentown, Pa., Dr. N. C. Powell, instead of Dr. O. W. Everly. NOTICES REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION. DISCONTINUANCE OF TERM “WHEN PACKED" RELATING TO NET WEIGHT ON LABELS, CARTONS, ETC. Referring to the regulation promulgated under the net weight and volume amendment (see Food Inspection Decision 154, reprinted on page 62 of this issue), it is observed that in many instances the statement relative to the net weight appearing on labels, cartons, etc., for meat and meat food products is accompanied by the words "when packed." Inasmuch as it is the purpose under the law to furnish the consumer with correct information as to the quantity of food in the package when purchased, the statement of the contents must be correct at all times while the package is within the channels of interstate commerce, such statement being subject to reasonable variations and tolerances permitted by the law and regulations. It will therefore be necessary that the use of labels, cartons, etc., bearing the words "when packed" or any similar statement be discontinued after September 1, 1914. If desired, such statements on labels already on hand may be completely obliterated by the use of a printing press, and if this is done four copies of the labels, etc., so corrected should be submitted to the bureau for approval, accompanied by information relative to the number on hand and the length of time it will take to exhaust the supply. In this connection attention is invited to the notice under the caption "Approval of Labels Subject to Forthcoming Regulations Under Net Weight and Volume Law," in Service Announcements of November 15, 1913, page 103. NEW M. I. FORM 113. A new M. I. Form 113 has been prepared, and a supply will shortly be forwarded to the stations. This report will be rendered monthly and should show the daily and monthly totals of products condemned on reinspection. A separate report should be rendered for each class of product condemned. The June report of products condemned on reinspection should be rendered on the new form. The supply of the old M. I. Form 113 now on hand at the stations may be used as the M. I. Form 113-A in reporting to the local office the daily condemnations on reinspection. INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING LABORATORY MEAT INSPECTION. It has become the policy of the department to separate as much as practicable the research from the regulatory work. The research meat-inspection work will be continued in the different research laboratories as heretofore, and the regulatory meatinspection laboratory work, which has been under the direct supervision of the Biochemic Division, will be transferred to the Meat Inspection Division. To carry this into effect certain changes in the present system are deemed advisable. To prevent confusion or misunderstanding on the part of inspectors concerning the plan to be followed, this statement of instructions has been prepared. In the past laboratory meat inspection has been carried out by assigning certain territory in the United States to each of the meat-inspection laboratories. Inspectors in charge have forwarded samples to the inspector in charge of meat inspection at the station where the laboratory is located. The meat-inspection laboratories, beginning July 1, 1914, are transferred to the Meat Inspection Division and shall report directly to the chief of the bureau, and not to inspectors in charge of meat inspection at stations where the laboratories are located, as has been the practice in the past. The instructions contained herein become effective on and after July 1, 1914. Prior to that date the system now in force will be followed. Laboratory inspectors will in the meantime perfect arrangements with the inspectors in charge of meat inspection for putting the new plan in effect. Assignment of Territory. The following assignment of territory is made to the meat-inspection laboratories: New York, N. Y., Laboratory; C. H. Swanger, laboratory inspector in charge, Rooms 20-21, 729 Sixth Avenue.-All of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey, and that part of New York lying east of the seventy-sixth meridian Washington, D. C., Laboratory; Meat Inspection Division, Bureau of Animal Industry.-All of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; that part of Florida lying east of the eighty-fourth meridian, and that part of New York west of the seventy-sixth meridian. Chicago, Ill., Laboratory; A. H. Roop, laboratory inspector in charge, 4193 South Halsted Street. All of Wisconsin and Michigan, and that part of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois lying north of the fortieth parallel. East St. Louis, Ill., Laboratory; C. T. N. Marsh, laboratory inspector in charge, 606-607 Cahokia Building, corner Missouri and Collinsville Avenues.-That part of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois lying south of the fortieth parallel; all of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama; that part of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana lying east of the ninety-second meridian, and that part of Florida lying west of the eighty-fourth meridian. Kansas City, Kans., Laboratory; W. B. Smith, laboratory inspector in charge. Federal Building.—All of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, and that part of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana lying west of the ninety-second meridian. South Omaha, Nebr., Laboratory; E. A. Boyer, laboratory inspector in charge, Federal Building.-All of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wyoming, and that part of Montana lying east of the one hundred and tenth meridian. San Francisco, Cal., Laboratory; A. E. Graham, laboratory inspector in charge, 454 Appraisers Building.-All of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, and that part of Montana lying west of the one hundred and tenth meridian. Substations will be considered as within the same territory as the station to which they are attached. Lists of Products. Inspectors in charge of meat inspection will at once furnish to the laboratory inspectors of their respective districts a complete list of all products prepared at each official establishment under their supervision which require laboratory examination. A |