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A quantity of Biscuits and Cakes was seized at Barnet
Fair. These were quite unfit for food owing to the filthy
condition they were allowed to get into by exposure due to the
clouds of dust raised, and were calculated to produce diarrhoea
if eaten. A quantity of these biscuits were destroyed upon
receipt of Magistrates' order, and the remainder by the stall
holders on their condition being pointed out to them.
The following is a list of the unsound food which has been
destroyed during the year:—
1 Carcase of Pig and Offal—Suspected Swine Fever.
22 Pairs of Kippers.
31 lbs. of Biscuits and Cakes.
A Carcase of Beef, dressed and cut into four quarters,
was found in Totteridge Lane. It was apparently that of a
Cow in a very emaciated condition, and the method in which
it was dressed indicated that it had originally been intended
for food. Enquiries were made to ascertain where it came
from, but without result. The Carcase was conveyed to the
Farm and buried.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS ORDER,
1885.
There are 19 Dairymen, Cowkeepers and Purveyors of
Milk upon the Register.
Two applications for registration have been made
during the year. (Article 6.)
Another year has passed and there appears little
likelihood of the long-promised Milk and Dairies Bill for
improving our milk supplies being re-introduced for some
considerable time.
Careful attention continues to be given to the inspection
of these premises, and every attempt made to secure the
supply of a pure uncontaminated article.
One cowshed was practically destroyed by fire. The
owner had this shed repaired, but as many of the wooden
uprights were very much charred, and the materials used in
the repairs totally unsuitable, he was restrained from using it
for dairy purposes, and informed that if so used he would be
liable to prosecution. He has now decided to construct a
brick-built cowshed, and I hope this will be provided before
long.