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Barnet 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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The retail shop withdrew the item from sale forthwith upon, being requested.
At least one other authority had this matter in hand and the importers
eventually arranged for all further importations to be labelled with the words
"Sea Salmon" omitted.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT. 1926.
The Council became the authority for enforcing the provisions of these Acts
and Orders made thereunder when they were designated a Food and Drugs Authority.
During the year one verbal warning was given to a retailer for failing to
properly label imported food.
MEAT MP FOOD CONDEMNED.
The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit fo human consumption during the year.
| Meat. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Meat. | Canned Meat. | ||
| Beef (English) | 101 lbs. | Ham | 14 lbs. |
| Ox Liver | 20 lbs. | Corned Beef | 18½lbs. |
| Pigs Kidneys | 43 lbs. | Luncheon Meat | 10 lbs. |
| Pork Sausages | 7 lbs. | Steak | 1 lb. |
| Beef Sausages | 4 lbs. | Jellied Veal | 6 lbs. |
| Pork Pies | 2. | Tongue | 21 lbs. |
| Liver | 20 lbs. | ||
| General. | |||
| Walnuts | 2 lbs. | Vegetables | 42 Tins |
| Peanut Butter | 12 Jars | Fruit | 291 Tins |
| Fish | 8 Tins | Milk | 24 Tins |
| Paste | 1 Tin | Cream | 5 Tins |
| Pickles | 3 Tins | Jam and Marmalade | 5 Tins |
| Soup | 2 Tins | ||
Condemned food is taken to the disposal point on the Sewage Farm, where tins
are thoroughly perforated and loose food is stained and mixed with household
refuse before onward transmission to the controlled tip outside the district.
PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT. 1953.
There is only one slaughterhouse, privately owned, operating in the district
and your inspectors maintain a high percentage of inspection by evening and weekend
visits.