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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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| Selling bacon found to contain a number of maggots. | A joint of Swedish half-shoulder bacon was purchased and found to contain a number of dead maggots. The retailer (and importers) outlined the steps taken by them to treat the bales of sides of bacon they receive to protect the sides against flies. The insecticide used had evidently killed the larvae on hatching. The problem of protecting meat at all stages against flies is formidable and in view of the previous good record of the retailers the case was dealt with by the issue of a warning letter. |
CONDEMNED POODS
A list of the foodstuffs condemned by the Public Health Inspectors during
the year as unfit for human consumption is given below.
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 week-ends or delay or damage in transit.
Condemned foods are destroyed by incineration at the Council's Refuse Disposal
Works.
LIST OP FOODSTUFFS CONDEMNED DURING 1962
Meat
501 lbs 3 ozs (including Beef, Pork, Veal,
Chicken, Rabbit, Offal,
Sausages, Sausage Meat,
Corned Beef, Ox Tongues)
2ΒΌ lbs Veal Pie
Fish 1 stone Kipper
2 stones Soft Roes
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