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Imported Food
The Council is a specially appointed Authority under the Public Health
(Imported Pood) Regulations, 1937. Inspections are made of direct landings of
imported foodstuffs at the Sufferance Wharves in the Borough. No prohibited meat
may be imported into the country for sale for human consumption and no meat or
meat products may be imported without an official certificate of inspection
issued by the Country of Origin, and approved by the British Government.
Detention notices were served under the Public Health (Imported Pood)
Regulations on 4 occasions, all in respect of food found to be unfit for human
consumption due to contamination during course of transit.
Foods for Export.
In order to satisfy the Authorities of importing countries overseas it is
necessary for the exporter to obtain a certificate of purity signed by the Medical
Officer of Health for the district from which the food is shipped. During the
period covered by this report 41 inspections were made of foods exported from the
district; 129 certificates of purity were issued.
Inspection of Meat in Slaughterhouses.
Slaughtering has taken place in one only of the two slaughterhouses licensed
in the Borough and this was in the nature of an experiment.
Carcasses inspected: l cow, l bullock, 1 heifer. Condemnations: 1 pair lungs.
Food Poisoning.
Thirty-nine cases of food poisoning were notified during the year, investigations
failed to establish a specific cause in any of these cases.
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