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PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925.
These and subsequent regulations were made under powers
granted to the Minister of Health by the provisions of the Public
Health (Regulations) as to Food Act, 1907, and certain other principal
Acts.
They were designed to prohibit the landing on our shores of
diseased or otherwise unsound foodstuffs, and it is to this end that
specially qualified Inspectors, working under the direction of the
Medical Officer of Health, are appointed by Port and Riparian
Sanitary Authorities to enforce the observance of such regulations.
In this Borough a systematic inspection of all imported food is
carried out at the wharves and firms importing unsound food, must
either re-export such food, or sell it to an officially recognised firm
who must give a written guarantee that all material so received by
them will be used only for non-edible refining purposes. A further
and more detailed examination is made in respect of mutton and
lamb over 42 lbs. per carcase for the purpose of detecting the presence
of Caseous Lymphadenitis.
In the whole carcases(of which 5 per cent of all landed are
subject to this examination), incisions are made in the substance of
the lymphatic glands. In the case of parts of a carcase being landed
a 100 per cent examination is made.
The principal cold storage accommodation here is situated at the
Cattle Market, Deptford, and this is computed to be 400,000 cu. ft.
capacity. A new store is estimated to be ready for use within the
Borough towards the end of 1934, an additional 850,000 cu. ft. will
then be available for cold storing of imported meat.