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Eggs.—
On 3rd October a letter was received from the Port Area Egg
Officer proposing to move eggs in cold stores to their depot in Bermondsey
and to two addresses in other boroughs to be sorted, the sound eggs
to be broken out and sold as liquid egg. He asked that the marking
required under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act,
1928, be waived in respect of these eggs. Whilst agreeing to their
request regarding the Ministry's depot in Bermondsey, I replied that
I would not agree to any eggs going outside the control of this Department.
The Ministry were holding 4,672 cases of duck and hen eggs
at Cotton's Wharf Cold Stores. These were transferred to their
warehouse in Battle Bridge Lane and between October and December
were sorted under the supervision of the Food Inspector, the sound
liquid being transferred to tins for use by bakers and the unsound
eggs destroyed.
Italian Canned Tomatoes. —
In early October a shipment of canned tomatoes arrived
at Symon's Wharf from Italy. Included were 600 cases
(48 x13-oz. tins) which appeared to be "blown," all tins having
at least one end bulging; these cases were therefore detained under the
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations. An interesting discovery
was that these tins were originally intended for American light
beers, hence the shaped ends. In addition many tins were rusty with
stained labels. The importers appealed against the detention of the
goods, but as many tins were found to be " blown " at both ends it
was considered impossible to sort any sound from unsound and the
importers were advised to re-export the cases to Italy. Subsequently
the Commercial Attache of the Italian Embassy called and inspected
the tins and advised their return to Italy.