| Show SENT TO TO 01 DISTRO stringent trin gent regular regulations ons proposed re gard ng food shipments result of recent tinned meat exposures london the bill introduced by john burns president of the local government board enabling the board at f trade to institute more stringent regulations for the prevention of the danger arising to the public health from the importation preparation storage and distribution of articles ot of food has paged its second reading in the bouse house of commons in the course of the debate on the bill mr burns explained that it em powered the althor a ittes at all ports to inspect food imports take samples and destroy unsound goods it might be argued mr bums said that since the recent tinned meat exposures in england and elsewhere things have been put right but the government could not allow how a the laws to remain defective because there was a strong probability that matters would relapse to where they were before continuing mr air burns declared that he had received lec elved a report that a ger man consul had said the american meat packers had informed hia his gov eminent they were willing to consent to the inspection of any meat pro vided that whatever goods the ger man officials rejected should be re turned to the pad ers as they could be sold in the united kingdom the speaker said he was not going to al low that and he did not see why the united kingdom should tal e whatever germany france denmark and oth er europeans would bot accept |
