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Egg Processing Plant—Dried Whole Egg—This new plant, which
came into operation at the end of 1966, was in full production
during the current year. The product was sampled and submitted
for bacteriological examination on 26 occasions and in each instance
was satisfactory.
Desiccated Coconut—During 1967, routine samples of consignments of this product totalled 62, all
of which proved satisfactory.
Export Certificates
Many consignments of meat are exported from the Cold Stores
located within the Borough and each has to be accompanied by an
appropriate "Certificate" to the effect that such consignments have
been examined and are considered fit for export for human consumption.

Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Eleven hundred and fourteen samples were submitted for examination to the Public Analyst, of which 109 informal samples were
obtained in accordance with the Public Health (Imported Food)
Regulations. The remaining samples, consisting of 79 formal and
926 informal were obtained in the normal course of sampling.
Of all the samples obtained, 40 were considered by the Public
Analyst to be non-genuine and of this total 13 were in respect of
imported foods not on sale to the general public and, in these
instances, the importers were notified accordingly.
Of the remaining 27 non-genuine samples, 10 were offences in
respect of permitted ingredients not being disclosed on the labels
and these have therefore been excluded from the calculated adulteration figure of 1.69%.
Milk was one of the main foods sampled, the total being 61
samples of which 57 were in respect of milk other than Channel