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Meat and other Foods.
The inspectors paid the following visits during the course of the year:—
Butchers' shops 157
Fish shops 83
Coffee shops 8
Shops and stalls 175
Slaughterhouses 133
Bakehouses 36
Ice cream shops 143
The following carcases were examined during or shortly after slaughter :—
Oxen 53
Sheep and lambs 426
Pigs 183
There are three slaughterhouses in the district (2 licensed and 1 registered)
and visits are made when slaughtering is carried on, although the figures are
not very large consequent upon the fact that the majority of meat sold in this
district is bought from the London markets.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
During the year two applications were received for "licence as a
slaughterman"; these were granted by the Council, thus making the total
number of slaughtermen on the register ten.
The following is a list of the surrendered food for examination and
retained as unfit for human consumption :—
38 boxes of peaches.
211 tins of cherries.
1 box of apples.
1 rabbit.
7 lambs' livers.
3 tins lambs' livers.
1 box of pears.
18 tins of pears.
5 bags of pears.
4 tins of jellied veal.
1 box of conger eel.
11 New Zealand lambs.