Export Guild Protesting: Need of Examination by Qualified Veterinary Surgeon The attention of the - Chinese Government-has once more been drawn to the ban placed by the United States. Government upon Chinese meats and meat products, According to the Chinese press on Monday, the Chinese Government has instructed the local Chamber of Commerce to conduct, an investigation to see whether or not the ban has been lifted and whether Chinese goods are finding difficulty in being placed on the American market, as the Meat Export Guilds protests had not been followed up.
We are informed by the American Consulalte-Genyral {that{ the matter is an old one and the ban which was placed upon Chinese meats and meat products his not yet been lifted. The ban was placed upon Chinese meats as the result of the U. S. Meat Investigation Act which required that meats intended for America must be examined, ante-mortem and post-mortem, by a qualified veterinary surgeon, but as the Chinese Government was not in a position to meet this requirement as it did not maintain such a service, the meats, which had been admitted to American ports until about a, year agio, were now forbidden entry by the Act. This Act, however, did not apply to the' Philippine Islands and Chinese meats are still permitted to be sent there provided that they pass through a sanitary inspection. These exports, however, are not very large.
In order to try to meet requirements, a health inspector attached to the Shanghai and Woosung Native Police Bureau was appointed as examiner of meats and meat products for export, Meats intended for: export to America are examined by Messrs. Keylock Pratt, who sign certificates showing that the meats are healthy and fit for human consumption; for American ports this firm is required to sign a certificate showing that they have conducted am ante-mortem and a post-mortem examination. The Chinese health officer countersigns these certificates, otherwise they are not allowed to be passed through the Customs for export but whether or not he assumes, any responsibility in connexion therewith is uncertain.
Tue Associated Public Organization of Shanghai, at a meeting held on Saturday, resolved to (1) send a telegram to Dr. Sun Yat-sen urging him to maintain a firm stand in connexion with the seizure of the Canton Customs surplus, and (2) to issue a circular telegram denouncing the Chihli party for ordering Gen. Sun Chuan-fang, Tuli of Fukien, _to attack Chekiang.
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