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Poultry Inspection 1970
(i) Number of poultry processing premises within the district 1
(ii) Number of visits to these premises 10
(iii) Total number of birds processed during the year 1970 11,580
(iv) Types of birds processed Hens
(v) Percentage of birds rejected as unfit for human consumption None
(vi) Weight of poultry condemned as unfit for human consumption None
(vii) The live birds are bought by individual selection from farms
in Hertfordshire. Any birds which do not show a healthy live
appearance are isolated, killed and, if diseased, disposed of
at the farm.
The processing premises consist of a building divided into two
sections — for killing and for dressing. The staff engaged in
the business are the proprietor, one male employee, and one
female employed part-time.
The birds are killed by dislocation of the neck and are not
eviscerated. The carcasses are immersed in a thermostatically
controlled scalding tank and plucked in an electric defeatherer.
They are delivered the same or the following day after slaughter
to butchers in the Golders Green, Finchley, Harrow, Tottenham,
Watford, Elstree and Cockfosters area for sale in the fresh trade.
As the birds are uneviscerated, inspection at the place of
slaughter is limited but doubtful carcasses are retained and
inspected in accordance with the procedures recommended in
Circular 22/61 of the Ministry of Health.
Labelling of Food
Samples of canned fruit, fruit preserves, stringless beans, spaghetti and minced beef,
cream, snowball drink, cheese blended with beer, soup and artificial sweetner had
omissions or misleading errors in their labelling.
Labels printed in foreign languages were again encountered and representations
were made to the importers to use labels printed in English.
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