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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF EGG PRODUCTS, 1970
| Country of origin | Type of egg product | Quantity examined | Number of samples taken | Number of samples positive | Quantity of contaminated egg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | C | Q | L | ||||||||
| T | C | Q | L | ||||||||
| Australia | Frozen albumen | 482 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 355 | - | ||||
| China | Frozen albumen | 51 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 54 | - | ||||
| Dried whole egg | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | |||||
| Poland | Frozen albumen | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 46 | - | ||||
| Dried whole egg | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | |||||
| U.S.A. | Dried albumen | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| (Released for heat treatment) | |||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | Frozen albumen | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| (Released for heat treatment) | |||||||||||
| Totals | 656 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 596 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
The following types of Salmonellae were isolated during routine sampling of egg products during 1970:-
| Country of Origin | Organism | No. of samples |
|---|---|---|
| U.S.A. | Salmonella albany | 1 |
| Salmonella braenderup | 3 | |
| Yugoslavia | Salmonella enteritis | 1 |