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Imported. Food Surrendered (Wharves and Warehouses ).
Large quantities of essential foods, imported on behalf of
the Ministry of food, have been landed and stored at the several
wharves and warehouses situated on the riparian limits of the
Borough. During the year, 146 visits were made by the food Inspectors,
and the closest co-operation maintained with the officials of
the Ministry of food. Their efforts, coupled with the assistance
of the firms concerned, have not only ensured a safe food supply,
but have done much to prevent wastage in a time of scarcity. The
following foodstuffs were certified unfit for human consumption,
and where possible, were released for non-edible refining purposes
Moat and Meat Offals 300 lbs.
Canned Meat 165 lbs.
Fruit Pulp 2681 lbs.
Biscuits 165 lbs.
Unsound. Food Surrendered (Shops and Meat Depot).
Shops.
At the last stage of distribution, food is inspected at the
shops. In 1944 the weight of unsound food rejected as a result of
this service was 5,988 lbs. A further 1,680 lbs. of flour was so
damaged as to be unfit for food when a fire occurred in a bakehouse.
Meat Distributing Depot.
Under the authority of the Ministry of food the supplies of
meat consumed in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Greenwich, Woolwich,
and Deptford, are handled at the depot of the London Wholesale
Meat Salesmen's Association, Ltd., situated in Greenwich. Here
the sorting, allocation and distribution takes place. The meat
supplies reaching this depot have been examined at the point of
slaughter, but experience has proved the desirability of a final
inspection before distribution. Routine visits made by the Pood
Inspectors during the year resulted in intercepting 3,700 lbs. of
unsound meat and offals which otherwise might have been distributed.
War Damage to food.
Structural damage to buildings caused by enemy action during
the past year involved a number of food shops and stores; in consequence,
food was damaged and destroyed. In all, 1,186 visits
were made to war-damaged premises. The amount of food rejected
was : -
At shops, etc. 32 tons 17 cwt. 41 lbs.
At wharves 500 tons
It may be claimed that as a result of prompt action in sorting
and salvaging operations, losses were greatly reduced, and a substantial
portion was disposed of through the Ministry of food,
Salvage Division.
Food & DrugS Act. 1938.
During the year, 477 samples were submitted to the Public
Analyst for analysis. Of these 115 were "formal" and 362 "informal".
The number of samples reported as adulterated or not otherwise up
to standard wa3 28, equivalent to 5.9% of the total samples
examined.