Mr. Grubb to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
Madrid, May 22, 1892.
(Received June 2.)
No. 254.]Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a
translation of the royal decree taking off the prohibition on the
importation of American pork in this country and its dependencies.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 254. Translation from the
Epoca, May 21, 1892.]
United States pork.
The following instructions in a royal decree, dated yesterday, have been
issued by the ministry of the interior:
- First. Pork, coming from the United States of America is free
from microscopical inspection and the payment of the
correspondent duties established in the second section of the
decree of November 9, 1887, always (provided) that the cases
that contain this merchandise come accompanied with a
certificate of origin and of inspection
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made in accordance with the law
promulgated in that nation the 3d of March, 1891, and the
assurance given in this manner that the above-mentioned meats do
not contain trichina or any other cause of danger to the health
of the consumers.
- Second. Pork from the above-mentioned country that does not
come accompanied with a certificate, which gives it this
excellence, shall continue to be subject to that which is
ordained in the above-mentioned section 2 of the royal decree of
November 9, 1887. It is the duty of the medical directors
(health officer) and the experts to verify this inspection in
the custom-houses of the frontiers, to report monthly to the
general direction of health and safety; the number of cases
inspected, nature of the contents, whence they come, name of the
ship on which they come, and the result of the
inspection.
The prohibition established by the royal decrees of February 28 and July
10, 1880, against introduction into the Peninsula and the adjacent
islands of grease coming from the United States of America which has not
been obtained by fusion (the action of fire), still continues in effect.
Grease prepared in this manner (fusion), and lard without any flesh,
continues free from inspection and from bringing a certificate of
inspection from the place from which it comes.
The general direction of health and safety will inform the proper
officials concerning the law and regulations of the United States of
America, above referred to, in order that they may be carried out.
