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The following list collated for convenience of record shews some
details of the surrenders: —
5,217 containers milk
820 ,, preserves
2,420 „ fish
255 ,, beans and spaghetti
1,087 ,, savouries — soup, pickles, etc.
5,639 ,, fruit
75 packets suet
147 ,, barley flour
456 ,, Cereals, various
5 ,, Sweet fat
6 „ Dried egg
23 boxes French Cheese
4 tins Bacon
31 casks Condensed Milk
154 puddings (savoury or sweet)
5½ lbs. Tea
70 boxes dates
40 lbs. Rabbit
63 Chickens
192 shell eggs
10 pork pies
195 lbs. sausages
163 stone 5 lbs. fish
560 lbs. Mashed potato powder
2,649 lbs. Corned beef
461½ lbs. dried fruit
6 stones chitterlings
3 cwt. 2 qrs. 23 lbs. Strawberry pulp
9 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. Meat (misc.)
4 cwt. 2qrs. 20 lbs. Macaroni /spaghetti
5 cwt. Mixed cereals
Apart from the foregoing list of surrendered food materials,
there were 54 complaints with reference to various foods which were
alleged to be contaminated. unsound, out of condition, or unfit
for human consumption.
All cases were dealt with by-way of special examination of
(analysis, and where necessary, premises where manufacture, deposit
or sale took place were inspected and circumstances applying to
each case investigated, in order to prevent repetition of the cause
for complaint.
In three cases, the Council prosecuted the firms, or persons
responsible for contravention of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, and
fines were imposed by the local Magistrates and costs awarded.