File No. 2338/15–16.
Ambassador White to
the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Paris, March 23,
1907.
No. 2.]
Sir: With reference to your instruction No. 2,
of February 28 (file 2332/11), I beg to state that the French Government
has not yet replied to this embassy’s communications of March 1 and 5,
giving all the information supplied by the department with regard to the
mode
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of inspection of our
salted meats, and accompanied by copies of the law of June 30, 1906, and
of the regulations which it called for.
On the 21st instant Mr. Vignaud addressed another note to M. Pichon with
regard to the matter, asking him to kindly inform this embassy of its
present standing. A copy of this note is herewith inclosed.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Chargé Vignaud
to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
American Embassy,
Paris, March 21,
1907.
Sir: Several times this embassy has
communicated with your excellency with regard to the condition of
American salted meats, which can no longer be introduced into France
on account of their not being accompanied by a certificate of
microscopic inspection.
By this embassy’s dispatches of December 20, 1906, and of the 1st
instant, it was fully explained that the enforcement of the
inspection law of June 30, 1906, had rendered unnecessary the old
microscopic examination, which is now superseded by a very rigid
system of inspection, making it impossible to put on the market for
consumption any unsound meats.
These explanations were accompanied by a copy of the law and by
copies of the regulations made to insure its application. On the 5th
instant other papers relating to the matter were submitted, which
were thought to be of such character as to satisfy the minister of
agriculture that the American Government had taken all due
precaution to avoid any unhealthy meat product from being exported.
Having received from the Secretary of State a dispatch asking what
the present status of the question was, I beg to recall to your
excellency’s attention these various communications and to say that
this embassy would be pleased to reply to my Government’s inquiry
with as little delay as possible.
I avail, etc.,
