Mr. White to Mr.
Sherman.
Embassy
of the United States,
Berlin, July 8, 1897.
(Received July 23.)
No. 22.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a
translation of an inclosure in a note which has to-day been received
from the Imperial foreign office, in which is contained a list of cases
where trichinae have been found in pork, or other hog products, imported
from the United States to Germany during the second half of the year
1896. In the note accompanying this memorandum, it is stated that only
those cases are mentioned in which the shipment was imported accompanied
by the prescribed American certificate of inspection.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 22.]
No. |
Name of district. |
Time when examinations took place. |
Specifications of the parts in which the trichinae were
found. |
Remarks. |
|
Prussia. |
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1 |
City of Brombery |
End of Nov., 1896. |
3 sides of bacon |
Found in a shipment of 300 sides of bacon. (American
certificate of origin, No. 290745.) |
|
Bavaria. |
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|
|
2 |
City of Fürth |
Aug. 21, 1896 |
1 piece of smoked meat. |
Found among 20 nieces of smoked pork and several pieces of
bacon, having a total weight of 50 kilos. (American health
certificate, Chicago, June 6, 1896, No. 1841.) |
|
Saxe Coburg and Gotha. |
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3 |
City of Coburg |
Oct. 23, 1896 |
1 side of bacon |
Certificate of examination of Ang. 4, 1896, No. 814. The
tag of the shipment was marked thus: PW 23 and No. 289327 to
289351. |
|
Free and Hanseatic City of
Hamburg. |
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|
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4 |
City of Hamburg |
Oct. 10, 1896 |
1 piece of boneless ham. |
Chicago, Ang. 31, 1896, No. 2451. |
5 |
do |
Oct. 30, 1896 |
2 pieces of boneless |
Chicago, Oct. 1, 1896, No. 3013. |
6 |
do |
Nov. 3, 1896 |
1 piece of boneless ham. |
Do. |
7 |
do |
Nov. 5, 1896 |
Do |
Do. |
8 |
do |
Nov. 16, 1896 |
do |
Chicago, Sept. 30, 1896, No. 3031. |
9 |
do |
Nov. 30, 1896 |
2 butts |
Chicago, Sept. 26, 1896, No. 2639. |
10 |
|
Dec. 29, 1896 |
1 side of bacon (short, fat backs). |
Chicago, Nov. 4, 1896, No. 4043. |