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Food Rejected.—The following table is a summary of unsound
food voluntarily surrendered during the year under the provisions
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180(8) most of
which was processed and used for animal feeding :—
Shops, Stalls, etc.—
Meat—
Beef
1,678 lbs.
Mutton
15 „
Pork
47 „
Veal
8
Calves
472 „
Ox Sweetbread
4¾„
Ox Head
38 „
Livers
196 „
Kidneys
117 „
Pork Sausages
14½„
Corned Meat
449½ „
3,039¾ lbs.
Other Foods—
Cheese Trimmings
251¾ „
Skate Wings
168 „
Dog Fish
84 „
Herrings
112 „
Provisions, Various (Canned)
1,657¾ „
Raisins
42 „
Sultanas
240 „
Fruit (Canned)
8,479 „
Ground Rice
68 „
Flour
27½ ..
Tomato Soup (Canned)
39 „
Coconut Ice
53½ .,
Marzipan
17 „
Ground Almonds
3 „
Curry Powder
¾
11,242¾lbs.
Total Food Rejected
14,282½ lbs.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924/52.—These regu—
lations provide for the supervision of slaughterhouses, butchers'
shops, stalls and the protection of meat against contamination by
dirt and flies, etc., in transport and handling.