§ Mr. SUTTONasked the President of the Local Government Board whether it is the practice to dispose of the carcases of calves which have been used for the propagation of vaccine lymph as human food, provided they pass the examination by the officers of the Corporation of the City of London; whether the carcases of the sixty-three calves which had been discovered by the veterinary surgeon of the Board during the years 1900–12 at his autopsy to exhibit evidence of tubercular lesions were passed by the inspecting 2223W officers of the Corporation of the City of London as fit for human consumption; and, if not, in what manner were they destroyed?
§ Mr. BURNSThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. I am not in possession of records referring to the sixty-three individual calves mentioned in the question, but I am informed that it is the practice of the authorities at the Meat Market to condemn and destroy all vaccinated calves which show any signs of tuberculosis. The usual method of destruction is by burning.