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The following foods were rejected at the wharves:—
Meat—
Lamb 5,712 lbs.
Lambs' Livers 70 „
Ox Briskets 40 „
Ox Crops 560 „
Ox Shins 80 „
Pigs' Hearts 30 „
6,492 lbs.
Canned and Other Foods
Fruits, Various (Canned) 52,485Jlbs.
Cooked Meats (Canned) 1,182 „
Tomatoes, Tomato Puree and Paste (Canned)
3,613½ „
Fish (Canned) 475 „
Ravioli (Canned) 22 „
Butter Beans 1,344 „
Sweet Corn 23,760 „
Cucumbers 16,500 „
Rice 448 „
Passion Fruit Juice 42 „
Margarine 56 „
Cherries 4 „
Gherkins 30 „
99,962 lbs.
106,454 lbs.
Caseous Lymphadenitis. This disease, sometimes called "pseudotuberculosis"
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.
Results of examinations for caseous lymphadenitis are given
below:—
Landed Examined Rejected Weight
New Zealand Sheep 21,018 209 — —
Groundnuts—Presence of Aflatoxin—During the year, 9 samples
were taken, one of which was reported upon as containing Aflatoxin.
Details of this sample are to be found in the list of "non-genuine"
samples appended at the end of this section.