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Surrender
Any person having in his possession food which is diseased,
unsound, or unfit for human consumption can, under Section 180(8) of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, surrender it to the Council for
destruction or other suitable method of disposal.

All food condemned as unfit for human consumption is collected
by the Council, taken to their refuse destructor in Wood Lane and destroyed.
In no instance were large quantities of food involved, necessitating
special examination of stocks of food.
Anthrax
On 5th November, 1959, an announcement was broadcast that meat
infected with anthrax had been delivered to a shop in North Kensington, The
shop in question was used only for the sale of pet foods,
A notice under the Anthrax Order, 1938, was served by the London
County Council declaring the premises to be an infected place and requiring
it to remain closed until satisfactory measures had been taken. The remains
of the infected meat, with other meat in the shop, were removed and burnt,
A report was received that the proprietor of a food shop had purchased meat
from the infected shop for his cats, and had placed it in a refrigerator
containing fats intended for sale to the public. The contents of the
refrigerator were surrendered and destroyed and the refrigerator was
disinfected.
Complaints by purchasers of unfit food
During the year, fourteen complaints were received from members
of the public, alleging the unsatisfactory condition of food purchased by
them in the borough. The complaints generally related to the presence of
foreign matter in foods, mouldy condition of meat pies, a chicken, bread
and cakes, and the unsatisfactory condition of beer, tinned tomatoes and
porage oats.
In all cases it was decided to take no legal action and the