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There were also found on the premises, seized, condemned and
destroyed, 96 bottles of had sauce and 20 21b. tins of bad corned
beef.
The destruction of the pulp was immediately proceeded with
and occupied over three days for its demolition. It was destroyed
by turning it out into a bed of lime.
After the destruction of the seized pulp, the premises were again
visited on several occasions, and on one visit the owner had further
examined his stock and had himself destroyed over 6¼ tons as
bad.
Authority was obtained at the Public Health Committee Meeting
following the seizure to take legal proceedings against the owner
for having the bad pulp deposited on his premises for sale as
food, or in course of preparation as food for man; and a summons
was immediately applied for against the occupier, trading as the
Eureka Preserving Company, Maverton Road, Old Ford, and made
returnable for 26th July, but the defendant in the meantime having
removed from Dongola Road he had not received the summons,
it was therefore adjourned to 6th September. The hearing on
6th September, after taking up the whole of the afternoon, was
further adjourned to 11th September, when the defendant was
fined £50 and 10 guineas costs or in default three months' imprisonment.
The jam factory in Maverton Road and the store in Old Ford
Road had been in occupation and use by the defendant about a
twelvemonth, during which time no intimation had been given the
Local Authority or Home Office that a factory or workshop was