Show NO N ED TO FEA MEAT j Thorough Cooking of Meat Will Render It Safe From Mouth Foot-and-Mouth Infection Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture According to the specialists of the department of agriculture people even In la states quarantined for the foot and mouth disease need have no fe fear r of eating meat provided they cook it thoroughly The The mouth foot-and-mouth disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease is not easily communicated to human beings through food although milk from a diseased cow might transmit transmit transmit trans trans- mit the disease to a human being In Inthe Inthe the case of milk however pasteurization tion will render it entirely safe Human Hu Hu- Human man beings who do get the disease commonly get it from direct contact with sick animal It Is wisest a therefore therefore therefore there there- fore for people to keep away from all all' animals having the disease unless they are properly provided with rubber rubber rub rub- ber gloves coats and boots and these are thoroughly disinfected after each visit to the animals In the case of m meat at as in the case of milk it must be remembered that all herds which actually show the disease disease dis dis- dis ease are quarantined and neither milk mme milk nor meat from the sick animals can be sold Sixty per cent of the meat used In this country Is produced in nearly federally inspected slaughtering and packing establishments located in cities In these establishments no animal Is slaughtered until It has passed an mortem ante-mortem inspection and also also a most rigid post-mortem post inspectIon inspection inspection tion by a veterinarian at the time of slaughter After slaughter Its meat cannot leave the e until it has been carefully examined and stamped U S. S Inspected and Passed In all these establishments no animal showing any symptoms whatever of I mouth foot-and-mouth disease is allowed to togo togo togo go to slaughter and no neat Meat which on pos post mortem mortem inspection shows any suspicious suspicious suspicious sus sus- symptoms of this complaint can be shipped out of the establishment All meat suspected of coming from an animal suffering with this complaint is sent under government seal to the tanks to be rendered into fertilizer The federal Inspection stamp on meat therefore means that It is entirely safe sate The federal government however has no jurisdiction over local slaughterhouses slaughterhouses slaughter houses Louses which do not ship meat outside of the state in which it is slaughtered If however meat from such an animal did escape from one of these local I slaughter houses which are purely under under un un- I der del state or municipal control all danger danger danger dan dan- ger of its communicating the disease to human beings would be removed when it is thoroughly cooked and ster ster- Those who are located near an Infected region and wish to be absolutely absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab certain of the safety of their meat should cook It thoroughly The dise disease se when contracted by adults is not at all a serious illness It commonly t takes kes the form of slight fever sores in the mouth and a slight eruption on the fingers In the case of small or sickly children it may take a more serious form especially If complicated complicated complicated com com- by other illnesses |