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event it is thoroughly examined by the Medical Officer of Health,
and if found to he diseased or unsound and therefore unfit for food,
it is submitted to the presiding Magistrate at the Police Court.
Permission is always granted for experts to examine the meat on
behalf of the persons from whom it has been seized, and such meat
lies at the Town Hall for this purpose for 24 hours after seizure.
After the meat is condemned, the case in all its particulars (except
the name of the person from whom it was seized and the place
where it was seized, is laid before the Public Health Committee.
It there is any difficulty in the case, and the person from whom
it was seized wishes to lay before the Committee any extenuating or
mitigating circumstances, he is permitted to see the Committee on
his own responsibility. Each case is carefully considered by the
Committee on its merits, and after all the circumstances have been
stated, their instructions as to prosecution or otherwise are
carried out.
During the year under review there have been 17 prosecutions
for unsound meat, fish, and fruit, as follows:—