§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, when cattle or sheep suffering from foot-and-mouth disease are slaughtered at the port of disembarkation by order of the Board of Agriculture, the meat of such animals is allowed to be sold for human food; and, if so, are the vendors allowed to charge for it the full price of untainted meat of animals that did not suffer from any disease; if it is not allowed to be sold as human food, can he say what is done with it; and what was done with the cargo of cattle recently seized and slaughtered at Deptford because they suffered from foot-and-mouth disease.
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. LONG, Liverpool, West Derby)I am afraid that I can add nothing to the reply which I gave to the similar question put by the hon. Member on this subject on the 9th ult.† As I then stated, the meat of animals affected with foot-and-mouth disease has not hitherto been considered as being in consequence rendered unfit for human consumption, and I am not aware that such meat has been condemned by the sanitary authorities in any of the cases in which animals so affected have recently arrived at the Deptford Wharf.