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No samples were taken for the purpose of examination for the presence of
brucel1 a abortus.
Unsound Food
The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were disposed of under the
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations and the Public Health Acts:
Wharves
38 tons
London Fruit Exchange and
Spitalfields Market
182 tons
Other Premises
139 tons
TOTAL 359 tons
These foodstuffs were delivered to, or collected by, the Council's
Cleansing Department at whose riverside depot it was mixed with household
refuse, under supervision, and removed by barge to a controlled tipping site in
Essex.
Condemnation certificates numbering 1,064 were issued in respect of unsound
food in 1970.
Unsound Food etc. - Complaints
Complaints made by members of the public as to the alleged unsound
condition etc. of foods, and which were investigated during the year, numbered
36 .
The complaints referred to
Alleged unsound condition:
Bread 5, cream 4, cream dessert 1, fruit pie 1, liver 1, mushrooms 1, pork
chop 1, sausage rolls 4, soup 1 and steak pie 2.
Alleged dirty condition and/or foreign body or deposit:
Bread 3, bread rolls3, bun 1, doughnut 1, orange squash 1, pears 1, prawns
1, sausage 1, soup 2 and suet 1.
Ice Cream
There are 4 premises in the borough registered for the manufacture of ice
cream. Inspections were made from time to time under the Ice Cream (Heat
Treatment etc.) Regulations 1959 and no contraventions were found.
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