File No. 821/42–43.
Ambassador Francis
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Vienna, May 12,
1908.
No. 520.]
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of
your No. 217, dated April 29, relative to the subject of restrictions on
American meats in Austria and Hungary, and inclosing copy of a letter
from the Secretary of Agriculture calling attention to the efficient law
and regulations which the American Government has regarding the
inspection of meat and meat food products entering into interstate or
foreign commerce.
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Following the instructions of the department, I shall to-day bring this
matter again to the notice of the Imperial and Royal Government in the
sense of Secretary Wilson’s letter (copy of note inclosed).
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Ambassador Francis to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs.
American Embassy,
Vienna, May 12,
1908.
F. O. No. 174.]
Your Excellency: Supplementing my previous
correspondence with your excellency on the subject of the
restrictions now enforced on the introduction of American meats into
Austria and Hungary, I have the honor to submit to your excellency
copies of publications recently issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture relative to the Federal Meat Inspection
Service and Regulations Governing the Meat Inspection of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
A perusal of the efficient law and regulations which the American
Government now has regarding the inspection of meat and food
products to be exported taken with the assurance that such law and
regulations are strictly enforced, would indicate the absolute
protection to foreign countries of the importation within their
boundaries from the United States of meats and meat products which
are not wholesome.
Trusting that, through the friendly offices of your excellency, this
subject may be duly presented at an early date to the Governments of
Austria and Hungary, I embrace this opportunity, etc.,
