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Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937 and
1948.—The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich with a river
frontage of five miles with more than 30 wharves and two of
London's largest and most modern cold stores receives a considerable
percentage of London's imported meat stored on behalf of
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.

* The Pigs Heads were condemned due to tuberculosis.
† The Tomato Sauce was condemned due to glass contamination.