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The Acts also stipulate that all "preserved" eggs shall be so marked before being offered
for sale and that all premises used for the cold storage or chemical storage of eggs shall be
registered with the local authority. There are no firms so registered in the City of London. No
difficulty was experienced in the administration of these Acts.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1926
This Act prohibits the importation of certain foodstuffs unless they bear marks indicating
the "country of origin" or whether they are of "Foreign" or "Empire" origin.
Furthermore certain imported foods sold loose, such as fresh apples, raw tomatoes etc.
must bear a label indicating the country of origin or the word "Foreign" or "Empire" when
offered or exposed for sale.
No difficulty has been experienced in the administration of this Act.
FISH INSPECTION
Inspection of fish in the City of London is carried out by officers of the Worshipful the Fishmongers'
Company.
The Fishmeters returns indicated as follows:—
Deliveries at or near Billingsgate Market Weight of Condemnation
(including shellfish) Fish condemned Rate
69,706 tons 286 tons 0.41%
MEAT AND FOOD INSPECTION - SMITHFIELD MARKET
Meat and poultry etc., delivered to Smithfield Market during 1967 exceeded the tonnage of
the previous year for the first time since 1963.
1963 1964 1965 1 966 1967
tons tons tons tons tons
385,337 354,088 338,982 338,768 343,619
There was a marked drop in supplies of Argentine beef during this period and latterly a
falling off in supplies of beef from Yugoslavia but increased quantities from Eire.
Summary of meat and poultry etc. surrendered during 1967
(Tables 1, 2 and 3)
Tons
Cwts
Qrs.
Lbs
Diseased meat
46
0
3
18
Unsound meat
385
4
3
20
Tinned meat
4
3
3
21
Other tinned goods
2
8
3
6
Poultry and feathered game
48
5
0
13
Rabbits and hares
5
12
0
10
Offal
94
9
0
11
Dried fruit
1
2
Fish
3
1
15
Frozen foods
5
1
12
TOTAL
586
13
3
16
The 1966 Amendment to the Meat Inspection Regulations provided an additional instruction
that during routine inspection in slaughterhouses any pig carcase in which an abscess is found
be split and examined in detail. This must in some measure account for a drop of roughly 30%
in home killed meat surrendered for disease.
Meat Inspection Regulations, 1963
Table 4 refers to meat from England and Wales only. Referring to these records, of the 141
pig carcases surrendered, 100 were for pyaemia or pyogenic abscesses and 13 were for acute
septic, fevered and allied condition. The 1,782 pieces were taken from 1,770 carcases 1,505 of
which had localised abscesses and 127 of which had lesions of avian tuberculosis, corynebacterium
equi etc. in the heads. Disease found in pigs from all other sources formed much the
same picture. Local Authorities have been notified of significant losses, by reason of disease,
from carcases bearing legible inspection stamps.
25.