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48.
UNSOUND POOD.
During the year 212 certificates were issued in respect of food unfit
for human consumption, which included the following:-
Meat 446 tins; 7 cwt. 1 qtr, 10 lbs.; Meat Pies 12 cartons; Ham 45 tins,
6 lbs.; Bacon 19 tins; 40 lbs.; Choese 38 cwt, 2 qtrs. 25 lbs.; 531 pkts.;
4 tins; Fruit 1,263 tins; 24 pkts.; Fruit, dried 10 cwt. 1 qtr, 27 lbs.;
Fruit, dried 2 boxes; Fruit, salad 46 lbs,; Fruit 1 cwt, 1 qtr, 20g— lbs,;
Milk 6 tins; Milk Powder 2 cwt. 28 lbs.; Cream 3 tins; Buttermilk Powder
2 qtrs, 21 lbs.; Butter 6 lbs.; Horlicks 1 jar; Cocoa Powder 4 bags;
Chocolatc Coverture 3 tins; Coffee 56 lbs.; Coffee Beans 1 cwt. 1 qtr.;
Tea Sweepings 15 lbs.; Ovaltine 3 tins; Bovril 1 tin; Malt 1 cwt.;
Marzipan 2 tins; Fondant 20 lbs,; 2 boxes; Sugar 4 cwt. 1 qtr. 10 lbs,;
Mixed Sugar and Lentils 56 lbs.; Lard 15 lbs,; Margarine 7g— lbs.; Junket
72 lbs,; Jelly 4 cwt. 0 qtrs, 26 lbs,; Suet 84 pkts,; Coconut 52—g— lbs, ;
Chinese Frozen Egg 11 lbs.; Chinese Egg Yoke 2 cwt,; Cashew Kernals 2 tins;
Peas, dried 60 lbs,; Poas 27 tins; 2 bags; Onion Powder 15 lbs,; Sago and
Onion Stuffing 720 pkts,; Lentils 1 cwt,; Beans 2 cwt, 1 qtr, 6 lbs,;
Soup 28 tins; assorted Peas and Soups 14 tins. Salt 11 cwt,; Sauce
4 bottles; Salad Cream 5 bottles; Cereals 14 cwts. 2 qtrs, 5 lbs,; 323
pkts,; Fish 42 tins; Shell—fish 2 tins; Lemon Curd 3 tins; Honey 10 jars;
Marmalade 6 tins; Rice 1 cwt, 11 lbs,; Oatmeal 1 cwt,; Flour 5 cwt. 1 qtr,
9 lbs,; Flour 5½ bags; Tapioca 56 lbs,; Cornflour 2 pkts.; Antelope
Baking 10 lbs,; Bag Easy Mix 2 qtrs. 21 lbs,; Pastry 3 tins; Cake Powder
33 lbs,, Viota A.T. Mixture 27 pkts.; Viota Spongo 6½— ozs; Cake Mixture
1 lb; Breakfast Spread 2 cartons; Ryvita 1 carton; Beetroot 5 tins;
Biscuits 19 lbs; Sundry Food Samples 1 case; Emulsifer 31 lbs.; Qualifil
1 tin; Nibbets 2 cartons; Kit—E—Kat 10 tins;
In order to prevent waste where possible, most of the unsound food
is allowed to be distributed to recognised dealers for the recovery of fat
and other waste products. In all cases the local authority in whose aroa
the dealers are situated is notified when unsound food is sent to the
manufacturers,
CHINESE DRIED EGG ALBUMEN AND CHINESE WHOLE FROZEN EGG
During the year information was received from various authorities
that it was proposed to release this commodity to local bakers, and in
particular the Medical Officer of Health of the Corporation of London
sent information that a consignment of a shipment which was suspected of
having been responsible for an outbreak of paratyphoid fever was sold to
a wholesaler in the London area and distributed to bakers in the Borough.
Immediately on receipt of this information visits were paid to the
premises mentioned but on the date of the visit it was found that the
whole of the consignment had been used.