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Unsound Food
During the year under review the Food Inspector examined and took
appropriate action in relation to unsound food on 50 occasions. Details of the food
together with quantities are set out as follows:-
Quantity
Tons Cwts Lbs
Argentine Frozen Horsemeat 25 14 10
Meat - Tinned 1 10 2½
" Carcase 2 28¾
Wheat Gluten 13 -
Walnuts 4 -
French Frozen Egg White 3 24
Prunes 3 -
Pears 2 32
Fish 1 84
Chickens 1 55
Lard 28
Flour 22
Dried Broad Beans 17½
Oats 5
28 15 84¾
Other Foodstuffs
Fruit 450 tins
Vegetables 74 "
Milk 14 ,,
Soup 8 ,,
Biscuits 204 packets
Various 5 ,,
6 tins
Food and Drugs Act
Mr. H. A. Parkes, B.Sc., F.R. I. C. of 161 Bow Road, E.3, is Public
Analyst for the Borough.
Out of a total of 167 samples (4 formal and 163 informal) examined by
the Public Analyst during 1960, 9 samples were found to be adulterated, 2 formal and
7 informal.