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The foods condemned were as follows:—
Bacon 280 lbs. Sausages 2 lbs.
Beef 2,928 „ Vermicelli 4 „
Cheese 166 „ Baking powder 60 tins
Dried fruit 143 „ Honey 1 jar
Fish 574 „ Lemon cheese 1 „
Flour 574 „ Tinned fish 14 tins
Ham 14 „ „ fruit 84 „
Lambs' livers 30 ham 46 „
Mutton 49 „ „ meat 82 „
Ox kidneys 60 „ „ meat pudding 6 „
Pigs' „ 98 „ „ milk 31 „
Pigs' livers 5 „ „ soup 6 „
Pork 375 „ „ syrup 3 „
Potatoes 3,024 „ „ vegetables 135 „
Salt 112 „ Eggs 720
Condemnation certificates totalled 172.
The condemned foods were disposed of by incineration or by use for
industrial purposes.
The co¬operation of the food traders in bringing to the notice of the department
the existence of suspected unsound food has been maintained.
Milk Supply
There are no cowsheds or pasteurising plants in the district. All milk sold
in the district is special designated milk in sealed containers. There are four
dairies on the register and 27 persons are registered as distributors.
Milk (Special Designations) Orders
The following licences were issued:—
Dealers' Licences:
Tuberculin tested milk 5
Pasteurised milk 10
Sterilised milk 15
Supplementary Licences:
Tuberculin tested milk 6
Pasteurised milk 6
Sterilised milk 6
Milk sampling
Samples of milk submitted to chemical analysis totalled 42, and all proved
to be genuine. The samples gave the following averages:—
Fat—3.54% (standard 3.0%).
Solids-not-fat—8.78% (standard 8.5%).