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UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED AT RIVERSIDE WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES.
As a result of the daily inspection of City Wharves, 77 loads of unsound food were
removed from these places during the year by the Cleansing Department. The material
so disposed of comprised :—
Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Lbs.
Condensed Milk 2 16 0 0
Coffee 1 10 1 0
Dried Fruit 3 13 2 0
Fresh Fruit 9 19 0 0
Fruit Pulp 27 14 2 0
Tinned Fruit, Vegetables and Fish 41 4 2 21
Vegetables 9 10 3 0
Miscellaneous 2 13 3 20½
Total 99 2 2 13½
In addition to the above, 76 cases and 3 tins Jellied Veal were removed from wharves
by condemned meat van, and a large amount of fruit and vegetables were destroyed at the
wharves under supervision, and a quantity of unsound food was released for manufacturing
and cattle feeding, with proper guarantees and under supervision of local authorities
concerned.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (GRADING AND MARKING) ACTS, 1928 AND 1931.
The above-mentioned Acts have been administered during the year with little real
difficulty, beyond that of persuading affected parties to conform to the requirements. This
is readily understandable in areas like the City of London, where there are so many casual
street vendors with little or no knowledge of the requirements of the law. Those regularly
engaged in the work associated with these Acts of Parliament, having once been acquainted
by the Inspector of their obligations, readily remedy any omission ; defect is almost invariably
due to the failure of assistants to carry out the instructions of the proprietor.
During the year, 2,648 shops and stores and 790 street traders were interviewed. There
were in all 25 minor offences. There was one offence against the law relating to marking
which is, at the time of writing this report, the subject of legal proceedings.
Twenty-three new orders were issued under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and
Marking) Acts, 1928 and 1931, and 4 new orders under the Merchandise Marks (Imported
Goods) Act, 1926.
There has been a marked improvement in the packing and grading of produce.
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1928.
The work in connection with the above-mentioned Act has been carried on as usual,
and 146 visits to firms dealing with material controlled by the Act made by your officer.
Twenty-six special enquiries instituted in connection with reports by other authorities of
neglect to comply with the requirements have been instituted, and such technical errors
as have been discovered have been rectified by the responsible persons immediately their
attention was directed to them. As in the past, such offences have been due to ignorance
of the somewhat difficult clauses of the Act, and the assistance which your officer has been
able to give in explaining points of difficulty has been appreciated.
The quarterly returns to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have been made
in the usual way.
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