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DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED FOOD
Condemned food noted in the report is disposed of as follows: —
At the large slaughterhouse and bacon factory in the Borough
all diseased or unfit carcases, parts of carcases and offal are destroyed
under the supervision of the Council's Meat Inspectors in a
special plant producing inedible material—bone meal, fertilizer,
etc. The rest of the surrendered diseased and unsound food
material is disposed of either for animal feeding purposes or by
burning in a destructor as appropriate.
FOOD INSPECTION
Reference to special examinations of consignments of food
follow in this section of the report and while details of the quantity
condemned are noted, it is not practicable to collate total quantities.
The amount of food-stuffs surrendered owing to deterioration
or damage is largely related to the extensive work of food manufacture
and distribution in the Borough.
Under the direction of the various Departments of the Ministry
of Food, much inferior food material is received into the
Borough for manufacturing purposes subject to control by the Local
Authority, and the Sanitary Inspectors carry out necessary examinations
to ensure that only sound material is used; this accounts
generally for the bulk surrenders of meat.
There are two large wholesale grocery Depots within the
Borough, and hence surrenders of canned and packeted goods are
made to this Authority; these surrenders constitute the major part
of such foodstuff noted.
The following list collated for convenience shows some details
of the surrendered food-stuffs:
Bakers Sundries 3 cwts. 2 qrs. 18 lbs.
,, ,, 19 cartons
Cereals 38 packets
Cheese 4½ ozs.
Eggs, shelled 33 lb.
Fish, wet 3 cwts 3 qrs. 1 st. 10 lbs.
tinned 608 tins
Fruit, tinned 28,921 tins
dried 654 lbs.