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Poplar 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Unsound food.
The Council's Pood Inspector is called upon to pass judgment of fitness on
great quantities of food. Frequently large and valuable stocks are involved.
Among special lots of food examined during the year were the following:-
Miscellaneous Foods4 cwts. Condemned and destroyed.
(Damaged by a fire).
Dutch Potatoes 200 tins Condemned and destroyed.
(Stock at Wharf)
Sugar 37 cwts. Condemned and destroyed.
(Stock at Wharf)
Dutch Potatoes 90 tins Condemned and destroyed.
(Stock at Wharf)
Canned Pineapple 500 cases 25 cases condemned and
(P.H.(Imported Food) Regs.) detained destroyed.
Concentrated Orange Juice 34 casks Condemned and destroyed.
(P.H.(Imported Food) Regs.) 136 cwts.
Italian Peeled Tomatoes 1,000 cases inspected. 1,262 tins condemned and
(P.H.(Imported Food) Regs.) 662 cases destroyed.
each 24 tins detained.
Italian Peeled Tomatoes 1,000 cases inspected, 1,450 tins condemned and
(P.H.(Imported Pood) Regs.) each 48 tins destroyed.