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SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
No contraventions of the bye-laws made by the London County
Council for regulating the conduct of a business of a slaughterer of cattle
were reported.
SLAUGHTERER OF POULTRY.
No contraventions of the bye-laws made by the London County
Council respecting the business of a slaughterer of poultry were reported.
CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN FOOD PRODUCTS
FOR EXPORT TO THE DOMINIONS AND FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
In view of the requirements of the Food Laws in operation in the
Dominions and elsewhere, the system of certification for food products
which are derived from the flesh of cattle, sheep, swine or goats, or
from game or poultry, and are prepared or packed in England and
Wales for export, has been continued.
By the Ministry of Health Memo. 32 (Foods), the Certifying Officer—
usually the Medical Officer of Health—is required to keep himself informed,
by personal inquiry and in other available ways, as to: —
(1) The sanitary condition, structure and character of premises on
which the food products are prepared, stored or packed, with
special regard to the possibility of contamination of the food
products at any stage.
(2) The cleanliness and wholesomeness of the methods employed in
preparing, storing or packing the food products.
(3) The precautions taken to avoid the utilisation for food purposes
of diseased, unsound or unwholesome material in any portion of
the premises; and arrangements for the safe disposal of any
material which, on account of disease, unsoundness, unwholesomeness,
or for any other reason, is unfit for human food.
In the case of products derived from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, the
Certifying Officer must also satisfy himself that the animals from which the
products are prepared have been subjected to an ante-mortem and postmortem
veterinary inspection and found free from disease and suitable for
human food.
Where the products are prepared from animals slaughtered in the United
Kingdom, the Certifying Officer before certifying as to Veterinary examination
must be satisfied : —
(а) That the animals were subjected to veterinary examination, antemortem
and post-mortem, by an Officer of the Local Authority
for which he nimself acts; or
(b) That the animals were slaughtered in a public abattoir under
official veterinary inspection;