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The Wharves and Cold Air Stores have been kept under systematic
inspection, the necessity for so doing being obvious, and the result encouraging.
The following naval officers have reported themselves at the Inspectors'
Office, Central Market, for instruction in meat examination, in accordance with
orders from Whitehall, viz.: One Deputy Store Officer, eight Fleet Paymasters,
four Staff Paymasters, nine Paymasters, and four Assistant
Paymasters, to all of whom the Certificate of Competency has been granted.
There have been seven prosecutions against senders of bad meat to the City
markets ; of these, two were dismissed, and in the other five convictions were
obtained. (See Table on page 129.)
MEAT INSPECTION.
The question of Meat Inspection has been largely under consideration by
the Sanitary Committee during the year.
The chief points that have been discussed are as follows:—
I. The Inspection and Marking of Foreign and Colonial Meat imported
into this country.
II. Tuberculosis in Pork and Dr. Buchanan's Report thereon to the
Local Government Board.
III. The Tuberculosis (Animals) Prevention and Compensation Bill.
IV. Meat Inspection in the Central Meat Markets.
V. The conveyance of Meat to and from the Markets.
I.—THE INSPECTION AND MARKING OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
MEAT IMPORTED INTO THIS COUNTRY.
II.—TUBERCULOSIS IN PORK AND Dr. BUCHANAN'S REPORT TO THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
With regard to Nos. I. and II., it is convenient here to deal with
these two subjects together.
A considerable quantity of foreign and colonial meat supplies at the Central
Markets bears a label or mark, indicating that it has undergone inspection
before being exported to this country.