§ MR. J. C. EWARTsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether any order has been issued for the indiscriminate seizure of South American Beef when exposed for sale to the public either in London or Liverpool?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, in reply, that no order whatever had been issued on the subject. It was not till he saw the notice of his hon. Friend's Question that he knew of any seizure having been made within the Metropolitan Police District; but by a report of the police proceedings at the Mansion House a few days ago he found that the Sanitary Inspector under the Commissioners of Sewers had seized a quantity of meat that was unfit for human food. It was said to be South American jerked beef, but from the evidence given it would not appear to have been so. At least, it was condemned on inspection, not because it was South American jerked beef, but because it was not fit for human food. So far from any directions being given for the indiscriminate seizure of the article, there was a question now pending whether, on the application of magistrates, South American jerked beef should not be used in gaols.