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Meat—
Meat—
Beef 614 lbs.
Lamb 4,227 „
Lambs' Liver 76 „
Ox Kidneys 55 „
Ox Tails 59 „
Pork 90 „
Sheep Hearts 122 „
Turkey 26 „
5,269 lbs.
Canned and Other Foods—
Coffee 1,456 lbs.
Cooked Meats (Canned) 889 „
Fish (Canned) 1,814 „
Flake Albumen (Canned) 50 „
Fruit Juice (Canned) 5,388 „
Fruits, Various (Canned) 33,587 „
Jam and Marmalade 60 „
Margarine 28 „
Prunes 16 „
Red Pickle Peppers 29 „
Ravioli 7 „
Tomatoes, Tomato Puree and Paste
(Canned) 1,543 „
Vegetables (Canned) 41 „
4,908 lbs.
50,177 lbs.
Caseous Lymphadenitis—This disease, sometimes called
"pseudo-tuberculosis" occurs mainly in sheep although it is
occasionally found in cattle, rabbits and chickens. t is met usually
in imported sheep carcasses 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 22,918 2,290
Groundnuts—Presence of A flatoxin—During the year, 8 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.
Dried Egg Albumen and Other Imported Egg Products—
(Conditional Releases)—Importations of Dried Egg Albumen and
other Egg Products continued during the year with the following
results:—