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1502 condemnation certificates were issued and 383 inspections were necessary in
connection with this work.
Condemned food received from traders was removed to the Council's refuse disposal depot
at Ashburton Grove to await conveyance, under supervision, to the refuse tip. Condemned meat
from the slaughterhouse was used for animal feeding or industrial purposes. Other meat and
offal etc. from the Smithfield Market area was collected under contract for manufacture for
technical purposes.
Sampling
772 samples (19 formal, 753 informal) were sent to the Public Analyst for examination.
123 of these (or 16%) were subject to adverse reports as shown in the summary below. Some
sampling followed complaints, but the remainder was routine. A number of the adverse reports
concerned labelling. Particular attention has been paid this year to imported continental
food-stuffs and similar foods popular with immigrants.
The Public Analyst now has equipment to examine foods by gas chromatography, and
although Islington is not included in the scheme set up by the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food for the routine examination of foods for the presence of residual
pesticide, two samples included in the above mentioned number, one of meat and one of runner
beans, were submitted to the Public Analyst for this purpose. Only minute traces of residual
pesticide were found - levels beine well below those which might cause concern.