§ Mr. STARKEYasked the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the result of his inquiry into the seizure of foreign imported meat at Grimsby; whether any of the crates guaranteed by a foreign Government to contain meat sound and fit for human consumption were found to contain meat either tuberculous or in a state of fermentation; and, if so, what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BURNSI find that the meat recently seized at Grimsby included two diseased carcases of calves which, though they did not themselves bear the official label guaranteeing that they had been inspected by officers of the Netherlands Government, were packed amongst several healthy carcases which were so labelled, in a crate which itself bore an official label. I am in communication with the Consul-General of the Netherlands with respect to the matter.