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Unsound Food.
The following table gives particulars of the unsound foodstuffs
which, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrendered to the Council. Most
of these foodstuffs were ultimately used for the manufacture of animal
feeding stuffs.
Fish (preserved) 1 St., 2 lbs., 336 tins
Fish (wet) 8 cwts., 2 qtrs., 1st., 8¾ lbs.
Whelks and eels 6 galls., 1 bowl
Meat and meat products (preserved) ... 14 cwts., 1 qtr., 8¾lbs.,
1,755 tins
Meat (fresh) 1 ton, 8 cwts., 2 qtrs., 1 st., 4 lbs.
Meat pies and pastries ... 39
Offal 5 cwts., 1 qtr., 12½ lbs.
Poultry ... 3 cwts., ¾ lb., 22 portions, 60 whole chickens
Vegetables (preserved) 1,048 tins, 22 packets
Vegetables (fresh) 40 boxes of tomatoes
Fruit (preserved) 12 cwts., 2 qtrs., 902 tins
Fruit (fresh) 1 cwt., 3 qtrs., 10 lbs. bananas, 74 boxes, 220 stems
Milk (tinned) 520 tins
Cream (tinned) 18 tins
Eggs (shell) 919 egg s
Cheese 1 cwt., 3 St., 2 lbs.
Cakes and biscuits 1 qtr., 1 st., 9½ lbs.
Jams, syrups and preserves 48 tins
Pickles and sauces 2 qtrs., 1 st., 10 lbs., 5 jar s
Paste (meat) 15 jars
Patent foods and beverages 2 lbs., 1 bottle, 2 packed
Sweets and chocolates 10½ lbs., 720 marshmallows
Soups 61 tins
Cordials and fruit juices 3 galls., 1 tin
Ice creams 86
The following two cases are of interest.
A case taken against a firm following a complaint of a piece
metal in a cream-filled cake, under Section 9 of the Food and Drugs
Act, was successful in the Magistrates' Court; a fine was imposed,
and costs were given to the Council. The firm, however, appealed
against the decision on the grounds that the case should have been
taken under Section 3 of the Act—"not of the nature, substance and
quality demanded" and not under Section 9 as "food unfit for humen
consumption." The former Section allows the defendant the use of
defences set out in Section 4, giving greater scope for defence and
carrying less severe penalties.
The appeal was allowed, with costs against the Council.