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Messrs. Webb have entered into a bond with the Finsbury
Borough Council (penalty for default £100) agreeing to destroy
all the diseased and unsound offal in such a way as to prevent
any portion or product arising therefrom being used for the food
of man. Messrs. Webb sell the fat extracted from the meat to
soap makers, and the residue to the makers of artificial manures.
They do not sell to manufacturers of products for human consumption.
From time to time surprise visits are paid by the
Finsbury meat inspector to the premises of Messrs. Webb, to
see that the terms of the agreement are strictly carried out.
Prosecutions.—There were 2 prosecutions in respect of unsound
meat in 1913.
1. Mr. Harry Eaton, 22 York Road, Forest Gate, was on
April 30th, 1913, fined ^,30 and costs for selling to William
Eaton, 1, Young's Buildings, meat which was unsound and unfit
for human consumption.
2. Mr. William Eaton, 1, Young's Buildings, was fined £30
and costs for exposing and depositing for sale the unsound meat
referred to above.
Certification of Meat Food Products.—The Medical
Officer of Health, with the consent of the Council, was designated
the certifying officer by the Local Government Board, for certification
of meat food products for export to the Argentine Confederation,
to the United States of America, and to the Phillipine
Islands.
Twenty certificates were granted in 1913 to Messrs. Bovril,
Ltd., 162 to 166, Old Street, Finsbury, E.C.
Ox Tongues affected with Actinomycosis.
Many thousands of ox tongues from La Plata, in the Argentine,
were examined for actinomycosis. The percentage of these affected
was 2.1 per cent. The tongues were generally of excellent quality,
contained plenty of meat and submental fat, and had well
developed papillae.
To each tongue was attached the larynx, the salivary glands
and in most cases the associated lymphatic glands.
The oesophagus was absent. There was nothing unusual in the