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Barnet 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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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 Pood and Drugs
Authority. No contraventions were noted.
MEAT AND FOOD CONDEMNED.
The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year.
| Meat. | |||
| Fresh Meat. | Canned Meat. | ||
| One Turkey (Irish) | 8 lbs. Corned Beef | 10 lbs. | |
| Luncheon Meat | 2 lbs. | ||
| Breasts of Lamb (English) | 4 lbs. | ||
| Braised Kidneys | 6 ozs. | ||
| Fish. | |||
| Fresh Fish. | Canned Fish. | ||
| Smoked Haddock | 2-g- stone. Salmon | 3 tins. | |
| Smoked Fillet of Cod | 2 stone. Pilchards, Sild and Crab | 7 tins. | |
| General. | |||
| Vegetables | tins. Jam | 6 tins. | |
| Fruit | 181 tins. Maraialade | 9 tins and jars. | |
| Milk | 8 tins. Paste | 3 tins. | |
| Soup | 1 tin. Sweet Corn | 1 tin. | |
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, 1933.
There is only one slaughterhouse, privately owned, operating in the
district and your inspectors maintain a high percentage of inspection by
evening and week-end visits.
Slaughtering is carried on six days per week, the sole exception being
Friday, and the general system with regard to the timing of slaughtering is
that adult Bovines are slaughtered early in the day's work, proceeding to
the "smalls" and in this latter category, calves are usually left until last.