@article{article_379460, title={Regulations related to meat inspection in the Ottoman State}, journal={Journal of Turkish Veterinary Medical Society}, volume={82}, pages={59–70}, year={2011}, author={Gölcü, Berfin Melikoğlu}, keywords={Et muayenesi, mezbahalar, veteriner hekimliği tarihi}, abstract={At the end of the nineteenth century, within the scope of activities related to veterinary public health, various regulations were made for meat inspection in the Ottoman State. The first legal regulation aimed at the protection of animal health was enforced in 1893. Subsequent amendments to this legal text laid down the procedures to be followed in the inspection of animals for slaughter and meat imported into the Ottoman territories. Furthermore, in 1905, an ordinance was drawn up by a commission assigned at the Hamidiye Etfal Hospital, which determined the conditions to be met during the inspection, storage and transport of ovine animals for slaughter and mutton, and conditions to be fulfilled at slaughterhouses. In the following years, the role of the veterinary profession in public health efforts was strengthened through legal and administrative regulations. The present study is aimed at the assessment of the regulations made in the Ottoman State for meat inspection, in light of newly found data, and from the perspective of the history of veterinary medicine.}, number={2}, publisher={Veteriner Hekimler Derneği}