Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DISPOSAL OF UNSOUND OR CONTAMINATED FOOD
Commodity | Disposed of for purposes other than human food | Released under supervision of other local authority | Re-exported | Destroyed | ||||||||||||
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T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | |
Bacon | 1 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||
Beans | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Butter | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Casings | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Egg products | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Cheese | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Fish | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Fish (canned) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Flour | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Fruit | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Fruit (canned) | 82 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Fruit (dried) | 8 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Ginger | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kangaroo meat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Lard | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Meat | 91 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Meat (canned) | 103 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Nuts | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Offals | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Onions | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Peas | 2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Peppers | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Pickles | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Prawns | 31 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Rice | 4 | 11 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||
Tea | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Tomato Puree | 141 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Vegetables (frozen) | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Various | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 118 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 196 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 310 | 14 | 3 | 7 |
96 consignments of imported food were detained and subsequently were released for re-export,
manufacture and treatment, animal feeding or destruction, all with the necessary safeguards.
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