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Other Imported Egg Products.—The following consignments
were subjected to a percentage bacteriological examination:—
Country of
Origin
Type of Egg
Product
Quantity
Imported
No. of
Samples
Taken
No. of
Samples
Contaminated
China
Dried Whole Egg
100x50 kilos cases
(110 lbs.)
30
4
,,
,,
33x50 „ „
5
—
,,
,,
100x50 „ „
10
—
,,
,,
100x100 lb. cases
10
—
,,
,,
100x50 kilos, cases
(110 lbs.)
35
8
Mexico
,,
342x64 lb. bags
34
—
,,
,,
175x64 lb. „
18
—
,,
,,
483x64 lb. „
30
—
America
,,
26x100 lb. drums
5
—
,,
,,
20x100 lb. „
10
—
,,
,,
100x45 lb. „
10
—
,,
Frozen Egg White
47x28 lb. tins
5
—
,,
Dried Egg Yolk
50 x 200 lb. drums
6
—
Australia
Frozen Whole Egg
8,000x28 lb. tins
40
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Incidence of Salmonella: Samples
Salmonella potsdam 5
„ thompson 3
„ senftenburg 1
„ unidentified 3
Desiccated Coconut.—
Country of
Origin
Quantity
Imported
No. of Samples
Taken
No. of Samples
Contaminated
Ceylon
100x100 lb. bags
10
,,
50x112 lb. cases
10
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Inauguration of English Frozen Whole Egg Plant.—On the
25th April, 1960, a Frozen Whole Egg production plant became
operational at Payne's Wharf, Borthwick Street, S.E.8. The construction
of this plant over a period of approximately one year had
been supervised by the Food Inspectors and every effort has been
made to ensure a high standard of hygiene. In producing English
Frozen Whole Egg for the Egg Marketing Board the manufacturers
anticipate that the plant will eventually break 360,000 eggs
(1,000 cases) per day. Samples are being taken weekly to check the
bacteriological quality of the product and the plant is being kept
under constant surveillance by the Food Inspectors.
To date, the product has been sampled for bacteriological
purposes on three occasions and in each instance has been satisfactory.