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36.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION (Contd.)
The sampling of food stuffs for Bacteriological examination
Samples of foodstuffs were submitted for bacteriological examination.
Details as follows:-
Ice Cream Soda (Soft Drink) (2) pH.3.8
Water Ice 2.6
Ice Lollie 3.0
Ice Lollie 3.2
Banish Mussels in solution 3.8
Ready cooked Winkles - No pathogenic organisms isolated.
(it is generally accepted that where a commodity has a pH value of 4*5 or less,
it is considered bacteriologically satisfactory as it is indicative of sufficient
acidity to make heat treatment unnecessary)®
Four of the sundry samples taken for bacteriological examination were in
connection with suspected food poisoning enquiries.In neither examination was
anything revealed that could incriminate either of the products thought to be
causative agents.
Details of Unsound Food
No instance occurred during 1962 which required seizure of unfit food.
All food found upon inspection to be unfit for human consumption was voluntarily
surrendered.
Certain commodities were allowed to go forward for technical processes
under guarantee that no portion would be used for any other purpose whatsoever.
Herewith is a list of surrendered unsound foodstuffs:Apricot
Pulp 5 tins, 15 kilos; Beans 23 tins; Beef 8l lbs; Beef Loaf 14 tins;
Beetroot 1 jar; Bigos 1 tin; Biscuits 87 packets; Brussels Sprouts, Frozen 23
pkts; Cake Mix 1 packet; Celery 1 tin; Chestnut Puree 3 tins, Chestnut Spread
1 lb 1 ozo 7 tins; Chewing Gum 135 packets; Chicken Fillets, Frozen, 7 packets;
Chicken Pies, Frozen 5, Chicken Tinned, 49 tins; Chocolate 152 bars, Chocolate
Spread, 1 pot; Cooking Fat 8 packets; Corned Beef 105 tins; Corned Mutton 17
tins; Cornflakes 48 packets; Cranberries 420 grams.s Cream 6 oz; Creamed Rice
4 tins; Coffee 1 tin; Cucumbers 331 jars, 23 barrels; Drink, Fruit 1 bottle,
Duck, Boned 1 tin; Flour 112 lbs.; Fruit Syrup l8l bottles; Fruit tinned 10
tins; Fish Tinned 5 tins; Garden Peas, Frozen 25 packets; Gammon 919 lbs.;
Gherkins 1 jar; Goulash 9 tins; Ham 57 lbs. 48 tins; Irish Stew 14 tins;
Jellied Veal 19 tins; Kidneys 105 lb. 4 tins; Lentils 56 lb.; Liver 52½ lb;
Liver Sausage 120 lbs.;Margarine 12 packets; Luncheon Meat 144 tins; Meat
Tinned 17 tins; Mushrooms 4 tins;Pepper 1 lb 5 oz.; Pease Pudding 15 tins;
Pineapple Pieces 6 lb. 8 oz.; Pork 77 lbs.; Pork Cutlets 7 lb. 4 oz., 9 tins;
Potato Chips, Frozen 10 packets; Puff Pastry 4 packets (frozen).;Milk,
evaporated, 5 tins; Raisins 13 lb.; Salt 8 packets, 5 bags, 13 blocks; Sauce
1 jar; Sausages 34 tins, 404 lb.,; Salmon 127 lb.,89 tins; Skate 5 stone;
Sauerkraut 24 tins 20 jars; Spam 2 tins; Steak Fillets, Frozen 42 packets;
Fish Fillets, Frozen 50 packets; Sausage Rolls 3 packets; Potato Crisps
3 packets; Lollipops 44., Sugar 16 lb.; Shoulder Cooked 1034 lb. 3 oz.;
Spaghetti 12 packets; Stewed Steak 4 tins; Tea 3¾ lb.; Tea Bags 240 Bags;
Tomatoes Tinned 218 tins; Tomatoes Whole 10 lb.15 oz.; Polish Sausages 3518
lb.; Tomato Paste 23 tins, 51 tubes; Tongue 7 lb., 17 tins; Soup 1 tin, 1
packet; Tripes 1 tin; "Vegetables 8 tins; Pies, 7; Wiejska 28 lb.: