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possession any such meat which has not been dealt with as indicated.
The Public Health Inspectors therefore visited all the pet shops in the area,
examined the meat on sale and checked on the sources of supply.
In each case it has been found that the meat on sale was horseflesh fit for
human consumption, either from slaughterhouses undertaking the slaughter of horses
where the meat is properly inspected and passed as fit for human consumption by a
Public Health Inspector, or frozen horseflesh imported from abroad and accompanied by
a Veterinary Certificate approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
The Middlesex County Council is the Food and Drugs Authority for the Borough of
Hendon and I am indebted to Mr. John A. O'Keefe, the Chief Officer of the Public
Control Department, for the following report on the work of his Department during the
year.

With regard to the samples noted on that list as being unsatisfactory, I add the
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