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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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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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | T | C | Q | L | |
| Bacon | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Beans | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Cheese | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chestnuts | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Cocoa beans | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Coconut | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Egg products | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Fruit | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Fruit (canned) | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Fruit (dried) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ginger | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Groundnuts | 25 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lentils | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Meat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Meat (canned) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||
| Offals | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Onions | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Peas | I | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Potatoes | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Prawns (frozen) | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Shrimps (dried) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Tapioca | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Tomato Puree | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Vegetables | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vegetables (frozen) | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Various | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 49 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 182 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 196 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
73 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.