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occupiers of slaughterhouses and slaughtermen in connection with
dangers associated with the consumption of meat derived from or which
has been in contact with diseased carcases or offal.
Part II deals with ante-mortem inspection and stresses the
importance of early inspection of each animal by an authorised officer,
as soon as possible after arrival in the lairage, in order that animals
showing signs of disease may be segregated, slaughtered apart from
other animals and subjected to post-mortem examination.
Instructions on post-mortem examinations are contained in part
III, and the use of simple laboratory methods at the slaughterhouses and
of other established laboratories such as the Public Health Laboratory
Service is recommended where a more detailed report is required.
Part IV details the action to be taken when evidence of disease is
found and lists the diseases which justify the rejection of the entire
carcase. It also gives instructions for dealing with carcases affected
with tuberculosis and those affected by diseases which do not justify
the condemnation of the entire carcase.
Sulphur-dioxide in imported dehydrated vegetables
By circular MF 15/52 the importation and sale of certain dehydrated
vegetables was authorised so that each variety of vegetable may contain
a specified quantity of sulphur dioxide.
Standards for suet
The Food Standards (Suet) Order, 1952 (SI 1952 No. 2203)
prescribed a standard for block suet and revised the standard for
shredded suet previously contained in the Food Standards (Shredded
Suet) Order, 1944 which was revoked.
Offals in Meat Products Order, 1953
This Order retained the minimum meat content requirements for
uncooked pork sausages, beef sausages and sausage meat at 65 percent
for pork and 50 percent for beef, prescribed in the Meat Products
(No. 2) Order. The requirements for a number of other meat products
were not renewed.
The Home-Canned Fruit and Vegetables Order, 1950
This Order was revoked by the Canning of Food and Feeding
Stuffs and Home Canned Fruit and Vegetables (Revocation) Order,
1953. A Food Standards Order was not made for the continuation of
the standards of composition for canned fruit and vegetables prescribed
by the Order of 1950.
Canned Corned Meat (Prices) Order, 1953
The Meat Products (No. 3) Order was replaced by the Canned
Corned Meat (Prices) Order, 1953. The provisions prescribing
maximum prices and minimum meat contents for sausages and sausage