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UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED AND
DESTROYED, 1936.
In connection with the inspection of meat and other
foods, the following were found to be diseased or unsound
and were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed:—
21 pigs' heads Tuberculosis.
1 pig's liver ,,
1 pig's lungs ,,
2 pigs' plucks „
1 pig s mesentery ,,
8 pigs' livers Cirrhosis.
2 bovine livers Distomatosis.
2 ,, mesenteries Tuberculosis.
2 ,, heads ,,
1 ,, tongue ,,
1 „ lungs ,,
i ,, liver ,,
1 ,, spleen ,,
10½ lbs. tinned ham Unsound.
17½ lbs. cooked ham ,,
1 sack peas (64 lbs.) ,,
52 lbs. fish roes ,,
16 lbs. halibut ,,
49 lbs. plaice ,,
I salmon (12 lbs.) ,,
38# lbs. smoked fillets ,,
21 lbs. fish fillets ,,
180 lbs. kippers ,,
6 tins tomatoes Blown.
10 ,, apricots ,,
3 ,, fruit cocktails ,,
2 ,, oranges ,,
II ,, cherries ,,
SALE OF FOODS AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION)
ACT.
The Chief Officer of the Public Control Department of
the Middlesex County Council has kindly supplied the following
facts relating to samples taken in the district during
1936:—
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