INSPECTION OF RABBITS SLAUGHTERED

FOR HUMAN FOOD

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LIVESTOCK AND GRAINS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

CONTENTS

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H.R. 8714, a bill to provide for the mandatory inspection of rabbits

slaughtered for human food, and for other purposes_-

Statement of—

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Dubbell, Robert W., general manager, Pel-Freez Rabbit Meat, Inc.,

Rogers, Ark....

Ellis, Clyde, professional staff member, Senator McClellan of

Arkansas..

Humphrey, Dr. M. R., Chief, Poultry Group, Inspection Standards and

Regulation Staff, Technical Services, Animal Plant Health Inspec-

tion Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.........

Sebelius, Hon. Keith G., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Kansas___

Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee:

Alexander, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Arkansas, letter of May 4, 1972__

Dubbell, Robert W., general manager, Pel-Freez Rabbit Meat, Inc.,
Rogers, Ark., letter of March 18, 1972_.

Fravezzi, Mrs. Bert, Northwest Florida Rabbit Processing Plant,
Caryville, Fla., letter of April 27, 1972__.

Gene's Rabbit Ranch, Tolleson, Ariz., letter.

Graves, Clay, owner, Clay Graves Rabbitry, Corryton, Tenn., letter of

April 28, 1972___

Hoffman, Franklin, president, Ohio Rabbit Processors, Inc., letter of

April 28, 1972__

Mays, Howard, Mississippi representative, America's Rabbit Breeders

Association, letter of April 28, 1972___

Medeiros, Arthur, Independent Rabbit Co., Castro Valley, Calif., letter

of April 12, 1972__

Additional information submitted to the subcommittee:

Economic Potential of Rabbit Production in Kansas, by Frank L.

Overley____.

Survey conducted by Mr. Jim Smith, Farmers and Merchants Bank

for Kansas Food Products, Inc., (rabbit processors).

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