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(i) At the slaughterhouse. Tons cwt. qrs. lb.
Pig carcases and organs — 1 1 22
(ii) At shops, stores and factories.
Fresh meat, fish, poultry, vegetables,
prepared and canned foods 68 — — 26
In appropriate cases the unsound food was disposed of for
animal feeding either through the assistant Divisional Food Officer
(Warehousing) of the Ministry of Food, or the Council's Salvage
Scheme.
I called attention in my Report for 1949 to the number of complaints
about food, and I included a table giving brief particulars of
each complaint, which indicated that almost all arose from carelessness
or lack of supervision.
The number of similar complaints received this year is more
than double the number received during 1949, and the following
statement gives brief particulars.
It is worthy of note that of 45 such complaints received 26 related
to bread. The re-introduction of wrapped bread brought trouble
in its train. The wrapping of bread in waxed paper, although
protecting the bread from external contamination, does, however,
tend to promote conditions encouraging the growth of moulds, and
several of the bread complaints were due to this cause.
Complaints received.
1. Medical plaster in bread.
2. Match stick in bread.
3. Bitumen in bread.
4. Pencil embedded in bread.
5. Splinter of wood in lemon curd.
6. Safety pin and beetle in Baby Food.
7. Drawing pin in cake.
8. Cockroach in bread.
9. Broken glass in bottle of milk.
10. Mouse excrement in bread.
11. Soda water bottle stopper contaminated with creosote.
12. Cockroach in bread.
13. Match stick in bread.
14. Cigarette end in bread.
15. Metal particles in bread.
16. Cockroach in bread.