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Complaint Action
Selling sausage containing "piece of As the "string" was established as
string" being type of cotton thread used
by the manufacturers in the machines
for the production of sausages and
appeated to be sterile, it was decided
not to institute legal proceedings
but to send warning letter
to manufacturer.
Selling loaf of bread containing As it was established that the
portion of string ence of the string from a bag of
flour was due to a temporary
mechanical breakdown in the plant
at the bakery, legal proceedings
were not instituted but a warning
letter was sent to the bakers.
Selling jar of jam containing insect As the jam was prepared and packed
in Hungary and as the retailer
could not have known of the presence
of the insect in the jam,
legal proceedings were not instituted
but warning letters were
sent both to the importers and
the retailer.
Selling loaf of bread contained Tests showed that the needle was
needle not present in the loaf at the
time of baking and as the evidence
in the case was uncertain, it
was decided to take no further
act ion.
CONDEMNED POODS
The following shows the amounts of foodstuffs condemned during the year as
unfit for human consumption. It is rarely nowadays that an Inspector finds unsound
food displayed or intended for sale. All of the food detailed below was condemned
as a result of requests received from retailers to inspect the food which had become
unfit from such causes as breakdown of refrigerators at weekends or delay or damage
in transit.
Condemned foods are disposed of by incineration at the Council's Refuse
Disposal Works.
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