APPENDIX VIII. 
REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE INSPECTION AND SALE OF FOOD. 
1.—Provisions of the Imperial Meat Inspection Law of June 3, 1900. 
§1- 
1. Cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses and dogs, whose flesh is to be used for human 
consumption are subject to official inspection both before and after slaughter. The obligation 
of inspection can be extended by the Federal Council to include other animals to be 
slaughtered. 
2. When slaughter is a matter of urgent necessity no inspection is required before 
slaughter. 
3. Slaughter is a matter of urgent necessity when it is feared that the animal will die 
before the arrival of the competent inspector, or that the value of the meat, its diseased 
condition getting worse, will depreciate substantially ; or if owing to an accident the 
animal must be killed at once. 
§2. 
1. In the case of animals to be slaughtered whose meat is to be used exclusively in the 
owner’s household, the inspection before slaughter can be dispensed with so far as no 
signs of sickness which could preclude its lit consumption are noticeable ; and the inspec 
tion after slaughter can be dispensed with also, provided that on slaughter no such signs are 
to be seen. 
2. The use, for the purposes of trade, of meat the inspection of which may be dispensed 
with in accordance with paragraph 1 is prohibited. 
3. The following are not regarded as a person’s own household in the sense of 
paragraph 1 :—The household of barracks, hospitals, educational institutions, dining 
institutions, prisons, poor-houses and similar establishments, as also the households of 
butchers, dealers in meat, and keepers of inns, public houses and restaurants. 
§5. 
1. Inspection districts are tobe formed for the undertaking of inspection ; for each of 
these at least one inspector and a deputy are to be appointed. 
2. The formation of inspection districts and the appointment of the inspector rest 
with the provincial authorities. In the case of inspection undertaken in the military 
preserved goods factories special inspectors can be appointed by the military administration. 
3. The inspectors shall be appointed from among approved veterinary surgeons who 
have shown satisfactory qualifications. 
§6. 
Should inspection demonstrate the presence or suspicion of a disease for which the 
obligation of notification exists, the provisions in force concerning this shall be followed. 
§7. 
1. Should the inspection of the living animal show no grounds for objection to 
slaughter, the inspector shall approve of slaughter, while giving instructions as to the special 
measures of precaution to be observed. 
2. The slaughter of the animal subjected to inspection shall not take place before the 
issue of sanction, and then only with due observance of the special measures of precaution 
ordered. 
3. Should the slaughtering not take place within two days after issue of sanction it is 
only permitted after fresh inspection and permission. 
§8- 
1. If the inspection after slaughter shows no ground for objection to the meat the 
inspector shall declare it fit for human consumption. 
2. Parts of a slaughtered animal shall not be removed before inspection has taken place. 
§9. 
1. Should inspection show that the meat is unfit for human consumption, the inspector 
shall first of all order its seizure and then inform the owner of this decision and notify the 
police authorities. 
2. Meat whose unfitness has been shown on inspection shall not be traded with as 
food for human beings. 
3. The use of the meat for other purposes can be permitted by the police authorities so 
long as it is not opposed to considerations of health. The police authorities decide what 
measures are to be taken to preclude the use of the meat for consumption by human beings.