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Export Certificates.
40 certificates were issued in respect of the examination
of foodstuffs for export, as follows:-
South America 33. Italy 2.
Egypt 4. Sweden 1.
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry.
290 night or early morning and 16 other visits were
made to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining
4,526 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the Continent, as
follow
Country of Origin. No. of Contents.
trucks.
Italy 4,058 Apples, apricots, asparagus,
aubergines, beans, cabbage,
carrots, cauliflowers,
celery, cheese, cherries,
chicory, confectionery, cucumbers,
canned fruit and
meats, endives, fennel,
garlic, gooseberries, grapes,
lemons, lettuce, mandarines,
melons, nuts, onions, oranges,
pastry, peaches, pears, peas,
passion fruit, plums, potatoes,
salami and tomatoes.
Belgium 340 Bacon, biscuits, cherries,
chicory, chocolate spread,
citric acid, cheese, cucumbers,
endives, fish, gingerbread,
gooseberries, grapes,
preserved fruit and vegetables,
onions, peas, canned
meats and salami.
Switzerland 55 Cheese, chocolate, grapes
and pears.
Yugo-Slavia 38 Apricots, eggs, fruit pulp,
grapes and salami.
Austria 13 Biscuits and cakes.
Australia 9 Frozen rabbits.
Hungary 8 Canned meats and poultry.
Czecho-Slovakia 2 Chocolate.
Germany 2 Poultry and canned meat.
France 1 Nuts.
The total weight of the foodstuffs examined was 27,493 tons.
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