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Edmonton 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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UNSOUND FOOD
The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and
retained as unfit for human consumption
Meat 2,022 tins
Milk 3,346 do.
Fish 1,682 do.
Jams, etc. 909 do.
Soups 1,062 do.
Beans 1,791 do.
Beetroot 122 do.
Carrots 425 do.
Mixed Vegetables 155 do.
Peas 2,667 do.
Apples 57 do.
Apricots 1,495 do.
Blackcurrants 74 do.
Cherries 1,554 do.
Damsons 16 do.
Loganberries 201 do.
Grapes 60 lbs & 20 do.
Grapefruit 703 do.
Gooseberries 122 do.
Greengages 17 do.
Fruit Salad 1,455 do.
Oranges 833 do.
Peaches 5,081 do.
Pears 1,930 do.
Pineapple 4,368 do.
Plums 971 do.
Prunes 25 lbs & 264 do.
Raspberries 76 do.
Rhubarb 88 do.
Strawberries 218 do.
Tomato Juices 95 do.
Margarine 19½ lbs.
Nuts 55 lbs.
Pork 96¼ do.
Chickens 7 tins & 3 only
Crab 146 tins
Skate 224 lbs.
Sausages (Pork) 36 tins
Cheeses 1417 packets & 22½ lbs.
Yeast 308 do.
Baking Powder 28 do.
Fish Paste 122 jars
Sugar 70 lbs.
Meat Paste 52 jars
Pickle 560 lbs & 300 do.
Puddings 11 tins
Sauce 285 bottles
Spaghetti 216 tins
Sultanas 7 packets
Currants 10 do.
Raisins 326 do.
Cereals 7½ lbs.
Bovril 75 bottles
Cream 222 tins
Salad Cream 88 jars
Tomatoes 1,922 tins
Fruit Juices 1590 lbs & 442 tins
Beef 379½ lbs.
Rice 424 tins
Eggs 168
Eggs (frozen) 42 lbs.
Treacle 7 tins
Flour 34 lbs.
Sweets 14 lbs & 345 packets
The food examined and condemned by the Officers of the Public Health
Department is disposed of either at the Council's Refuse Disposal Incinerating
Plant or the Council's Refuse Disposal Pit.
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