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FOOD INSPECTION.
Certification of Moat 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 Canada, to the United States of America, and to the
rtiillippine Islands. Twenty-four certificates were issued in 1923.
Meat and Food Inspection.—The Borough Council
appointed Mr. Billing as a special meat inspector to inspect
systematically butchers' shops, food stuffs, shops for food preparation
and cold stores throughout the whole district. In
addition, he paid special attention to the meat deliveries in the
wholesale market in Charterhouse Street, St. John Street and
Cowcross Street, all adjacent to Smithfield Market.
All the unsound, diseased, and decomposed meat is removed
under agreement by Messrs. C. and B. Webb, fat melters, 155,
Bow Road, London, E.
Diseased and Unsound Meat.—The total amount confiscated
in 1923 was over 73 tons. A full description of the
various items is given in the following table:—