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The parcels were seized by H.M. Customs £o Excise, Mount Pleasant, London,
E.C.I., as they did not comply with Post Office Regulations.
Salvage Division - M.O.F. Large quantities of foodstuffs have been
examined during the year in co-operation with the Ministry of Food's
Salvage Officers. Those foods are examined as to their fitness for human
consumption or suitability for other purposes and are disposed of accordingly
by the Salvage Officers
These salvage operations arise from the loss of labels or other
means of ascertaining the ownership, and through packages becoming
contaminated with other substances, or damage sustained during transport
by carriers whose premises are situated in this Borough.
Two examples of this Department's co-operation with the Ministry of
Food are worth special mention -
(1) More than ten tons of foodstuffs that had been affected
by fire and wator was salvaged, .At the request of the
Ministry of Food all of the salvaged foodstuffs were
examined and approximately 90 % was passed as fit for
human consumption.
(2) A firm of transport contractors was found by the Ministry
of Food to have more than three tons of various unclaimed
foodstuffs accumulated in a warehouse situated in this
Borough. The Borough Food Inspector examined the foodstuffs'
as to its fitness, or otherwise, for human consumption at
the request of the Ministry of Food.