Embassy
of the United States,
Berlin, March 24, 1895.
(Received April 5.)
No. 230.]
[Inclosure in No. 230.]
Mr. Runyon to
Baron Marschall.
Embassy of the United States,
Berlin, March 21, 1895.
The undersigned, ambassador, etc., of the United States of America,
has the honor to inform His Excellency Baron Marschall von
Bieberstein, Imperial secretary of state for foreign affairs, that
his Government, having recently learned that pork which had not been
microscopically inspected has been shipped to Germany, and allowed
entry probably because the officials were not informed as to the
difference in the meat inspection stamps and the certificates used
by the Department of Agriculture for the two kinds of inspection,
has instructed the undersigned to inform his excellency that all
pork slaughtered in the United States for either interstate or
export trade is inspected at the abattoirs by veterinarians, and
that that which is to be shipped to Germany, France, Denmark, and
other countries which require the microscopical inspection is
subjected to such inspection in addition to the veterinary
inspection at the abattoirs; that pork which has been inspected
microscopically is distinguished by a purple stamp upon the package,
which stamp bears the word “Export,” and that the stamp upon the
package of the pork which has not been microscopically inspected is
a white stamp, which has upon it the same printed matter except that
it does not contain the word “Export.” And further, that the
certificates issued with the microscopically inspected pork have the
following words stamped across the face thereof: “Microscopically
examined in addition to regular inspection.”
The undersigned has the honor to inclose herewith to his excellency a
copy of the regulations adopted by the Department of Agriculture
recently (February 7 last), and also specimens of the certificate
required for pork which is to be exported.
The undersigned avails, etc.,
