§ Mr. WILESasked the President of the Local Government Board whether all foreign meat imported into this country is accompanied by a certificate testifying to its having been inspected at the time of slaughter and being found free from disease; whether any such certificate is required; and whether such certificate exempts the meat from inspection on importation?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELMost of the foreign meat imported into England and Wales is accompanied by a certificate of the nature described, but an official certificate is only necessary under the Foreign Meat Regulations of the Local Government Board in the case of cut pork and edible parts of the pig. I may add that the Regulations forbid the admission of scrap meat, and that no meat, whether accompanied or not by an official certificate which the Board have recognised, is exempt from inspection at the port of entry.