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Miscellaneous Goods
Beetroot 2 jars
Biscuits 16 pkts
Butter Beans 1 pkt
Calves Foot Jelly 1 jar
Caviar Type 1403 jars
Cheese 32¾ lbs
Coconut 11 lbs
Coffee 1 jar
Fish 2 jars
Flour 18 lbs
Jam 112 jars
Marshmallows 313 pkts
1620 in cartons
274¼ lbs loose
Pearl Barley 1 pkt
Pickles 31 jars
Rice 2 tins
5 lbs loose
Yoghurt 24 cartons
FOOD POISONING -SAMPLES
The following samples were taken, either in connection with the investigation
of food poisoning or suspected food poisoning outbreaks or as routine sampling of
foods found in the past to have been associated with such outbreaks.
Dessicated Coconut 18
Satisfactory 17
Containing food
poisoning organisms 1
The stock of coconut from which the unsatisfactory sample was taken, was
removed from the Bakehouse and destroyed and the matter taken up with the suppliers.
Most of the dried coconut imported into this country comes from Ceylon, and
is used widely in making sweets, biscuits, cakes and pastries and is often used
in the raw state to decorate cakes, custards, trifles and jellies. Although the
number of organisms present in the coconut may be small, there is a danger that
when they come into contact with other foods under warm, moist conditions their
growth may be extensively promoted, and food poisoning in the consumer result.
It is essential, therefore, that supplies should be of high bacterial
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