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various importers. In addition, considerable quantities of fresh
fruit, tinned foods and miscellaneous provisions are dealt with.
Visits to wharves and cold stores are made by the Food Inspectors
and imported food generally is carefully supervised.
Inevitably meat is the commodity to which Food Inspectors
must devote most of their time and it is their responsibility to see
that each consignment landed is accompanied by an " official"
certificate. This may be in the form of a certificate, label, mark
stamp or voucher which is recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food as a guarantee that the accompanying
product was inspected ante and post mortem and passed as fit in
accordance with criteria satisfactory to the Minister and that any
necessary packing or preparation had been executed under hygienic
conditions.
Imported Food Rejected.—The following unsound or diseased
imported foods were surrendered, the meat being passed for nonedible
and refining purposes, and other unsound food, with the
exception of fruit pulp and juice, being processed for stock feeding.

Caseous Lymphadenitis. This disease, sometimes called
"pseudo-tuberculosis" occurs mainly in sheep although it is
occasionally found in cattle, rabbits and chickens. It is met
usually in imported sheep carcases and is often the cause of meat
being rejected as unfit for human consumption. It follows,
therefore that much time and attention is given by the Food
Inspectors to this disease during their inspections at the wharves
and cold storage plants in the Borough.