Show LAW ON LARD SUBSTITUTE Washington Holds Compound Covered by Meat Statute and Must Be Inspected Secretary Wilsons meat Inspectors will continue to inspect lard substitute and not n pound of that article can go Into Interstate or foreign commerce unless it bears tho mark U S Inspected In-spected and Passed This Is tho gist of an opinion rendered ren-dered by Judgo Fowler who was act Ing attorney general during the absence ab-sence In Alaska of Mr Wickersham The opinion declares that lard substitute sub-stitute which is a cooking compound made up of onefifth animal fat and fourfifths cottonseed oil is fairly within tho definition of a meat food product and must bo inspected This opinion confirms tho construe tlon placed on tho meat Inspection law said Acting Secretary of Stato Hays We have Inspected lard substitute sub-stitute ever since the law was passed and never had any doubt about tho matter But some manufacturers thought Inspection of their product was not required |