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The Council assisted in a national survey of the contents of meat
pies.
The analyses shew that the contents varied from as low as 17.2% up
to 53.8$, It is to "be hoped that as a result of this survey the
Ministry will "be in a position to lay down standards for a minimum meat
content of meat pies, particularly the popular smaller or individual sizes
which we were sampling.
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. One warning note was sent to a market retailer for not
properly labelling imported meat.
MEAT AND POOD CONDEMNED.
The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit
for human consumption during the year.
Fresh Meat.
Calf Carcase 59 lbs. Pork (English) 6½ lbs.
Veal (English) 20 lbs. Lambs Sweetbreads (English) 3 lbs.
Beef (English) 15½ lbs. Lambs Livers (imported) 40 lbs.
Canned Meat.
Luncheon Meat 14 lbs. Corned Beef 12 lbs.
Fish.
Salmon 5 tins. Pilchards and Herring Roes 3 tins.
General.
Vegetable Fat 13/4 cwt. Rice Pudding 1 tin.
Vegetables 40 tins. Jam 7 tins.
Fruit 40 lbs.and 230 tins. Marmalade 6 tins.
Milk 8 tins. Mincemeat 1 jar.
Soup 1 tin. Nut Spread 1 carton.
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.