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E (3)b Exchequer grants towards cost of Meat Inspection.
The Slaughterhouses (Meat Inspection Grant) Regulations,
1958, which came into operation on 2nd October,
1958, supersedes Circular 2/57 dated 11th April, 1957. No
material change has resulted, and the Exchequer contribution
remains identical with the former provision.
The object of the grant is to assist those Local Authorities
on which the costs of meat inspection in slaughterhouses
imposes an unduly heavy burden because much of
the meat is not for local consumption. In this regard, proportionate
grant is applicable for the units of "export"
meat, this being meat which is in excess of the Local Authority's
datum figure, i.e., a calculation of units representative
of meat consumed in the Local Authority's area.
For the purpose of calculating export meat and datum
figure units respectively, one cattle beast is regarded as 10
inspection units, one calf or one pig as 3 units, and one
sheep as 2 units.
The necessary returns have been prepared for presentation
to the Ministry concerned.
E (3)c Other Foods,
(a) Considerable time and attention has been devoted
to the inspection of food in shops and stores, as a result
of which a total of 1 ton, 3 cwts., 1 qr., 11 lbs. was confiscated
as being unfit for human consumption.
(b) Lebanese apples which had been delivered to shops
in the district were found to contain 1 to 10 p.p.rn. Arsenic
and 6 to 30 p.p.m. lead as a result of which precautionary
measures were put into operation. All the shops concerned
were visited on which the fruit was withdrawn from sale
and duly returned to the source of supply.
E (3)d Disposal of Unsound Meat.
In accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry
of Food Circular 10/54 dated 20th June, 1954, meat rejected
as unfit is safely disposed of by utilisation for trade purposes
after being stained with naphthaline green.
The residue of unsound food, inclusive of tinned goods
is disposed of with town's refuse which is barged across the
River Thames, and tipped in Essex.