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Southwark 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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In addition 503 control samples were taken from the two pasteurisation plants in the Borough as follows:—
| British egg | 342 |
| South African egg | 161 |
| 503 |
All these samples were found to be satisfactory;
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF EGG PRODUCTS
733 samples of egg products were submitted for bacteriological examination during 1968. No organisms of the Salmonella group were found.
| Country of origin | Type of egg product | Quantity examined | No. of samples Taken | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | C | Q | L | |||
| China | Frozen albumen | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Czechoslovakia | Dried whole egg | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Denmark | Dried albumen | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Holland | Dried whole egg | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Liquid whole egg (Sugar preserved) | 85 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |
| Dried Albumen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Poland | Dried whole egg | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Frozen albumen | 126 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128 | |
| U.S.A. | Dried albumen | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| Totals:— | 627 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 733 | |
503 samples of New Zealand second grade cheese were submitted for bacteriological examination during 1968 with the following results:—
| Coagulase-positive staphylococci | No. of samples |
|---|---|
| Not found | 383 |
| Less than 500 per gram | 71 |
| 500—50,000 per gram | 32 |
| 50,000 to 500,000 per gram | 13 |
| 500,000 to 1,000,000 per gram | 2 |
| Over 1,000,000 per gram | 2 |
| 503 |
Brands with counts in excess of 500,000 per gram were destroyed. The remainder
of the cheese was allowed to go for processing.
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