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Barnet 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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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 formal action was found necessary during the year.
MEAT AND FOOD CONDEMNED.
The following is a list of the articles of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year.
| Meat. | |||||
| Scotch Lambs | 135 lbs. | Lambs Kidneys | (imported) 40 lbs. | ||
| English Beef | 38 lbs. | Canned Meat | 291- lbs. | ||
| Lambs Livers (imported) | 70 lbs. | ||||
| Fish. | |||||
| Salmon | 4 tins. | Pilchards and Shrimps | 6 tins. | ||
| General. | |||||
| Biscuits | 16 Pkts, and 40 lbs. | Jam | 3 Jars and 11 tins. | ||
| Vegetables | 30 tins. | Marmalade | 3 tins. | ||
| Fruit | 3 Pkts. and 142 tins. | Pease Pudding | 1 tin. | ||
| Milk | 3 tins. | Creamed Rice | 2 tins. | ||
| Soup | 6 tins. | Walnuts | 2 Pkts. | ||
Frozen Foods.
Vegetables 89 Pkts. (Due to breakdown of Freezer cabinet.)
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.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 1955.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES JCT . 1958.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT. 1958.
Following the acceptance by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food, on 20th February 19&1 , of the Report as to slaughterhouse facilities
in the District, submitted by the Council in October 1960, the Slaughterhouses
(Hygiene) Regulations, and Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty)
Regulations, (Appointed Day - No. 2) Orders, were made on 29th May 1961 , and
appointed 1st July 1961 , as the day on which the Hygiene Regulations and the