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An associated company dealing with tinned and dry goods has
already doubled its area and is filled to capacity. Numbers of
inspections have been made of tinned goods, including large
quantities of corned beef, tinned tomatoes as well as flour.
In addition we are being called upon to examine containerised
foods arriving at yards in this locality which it has not been
possible to deal with at the Port of Entry. In this connection
a new feature at the cold store has been the arrival of quantities
of cooked shellfish which necessitates the procuring of samples
for the purpose of bacteriological examination at the Public
Health Laboratories, Westminster. Arrangements have now been
made for this to become a routine practice when cooked shellfish
deliveries arrive. I understand from the Importers that this
facet of trade will increase significantly when more space becomes
available consequent upon the second phase of the cold store being
completed.