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South American Tongues.
A five per cent. examination of all consignments of Argentine ox-tongues is
still being carried out.
The following figures show the amount of work done:—
No. of No. of
No. of No. of Tongues Tongues
Owners. Packages. Tongues. Passed. Rejected.
British and Argentine Meat Co., Ltd. 3,382 33,820 29,345 4,475
Morris Beef Co., Ltd. 4,868 48,860 48,679 1
London Central Markets Cold Store 285 2,850 2,659 191
Sansinena Cold Store 9,326 93,260 93,171 89
Times Cold Store 3,693 36,930 36,918 12
Total 21,554 215,540 210,772 4,768
Australian Meat.
The importation of Australian Meat shows an increase as compared with the year
1914.
The following table shows the number of quarters examined:—
Nos. notified. Nos. examined.
40,626 hind-quarters. 40,111 hind-quarters.
30,752 crops of beef. 30,752 crops of beef.
Tuberculosis in Central Markets.
Tuberculosis still remains the most prevalent disease in the Central Markets.
It will be observed that there is a slight increase in the amount of meat seized
compared with 1914, as shown by the following table:—