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Onions 131 x 30 kilos
Ox tongue 35 lbs
Paprika 16 tins
Peas 11 tins
Pickles 1 tin
Pork, chopped 15 tins
Pork cutlets 69 tins
Pork loin 132 lbs
Pork roll 3 tins
Pork sausages 10 lbs
Raspberry syrup 123 bottles
Sauerkraut 77 tins
Sauerkraut 36 jars
Sausages 180 lbs
Sausages 2 tins
Shoulder 74 tins
Shandy 2 tins
Soup 3 tins
Spaghetti 2 tins
Spam 4 lbs
Spam 2 tins
Steak, stewed 4 tins
Stew 1 tin
Tomatoes 6 tins
Tomato paste 8 tins
Tomato paste 33 tubes
Tomato sauce 1 bottle
Tongue 1 j ar
Truffle 1 tin
Veal 3 lbs
Veal 15 tins
Veal, jellied 1 tin
The Imported Food Regulations 1937-1948 require that a person shall not import
into the country any food which upon examination by a competent authority has
been found to be unfit for human consumption. This requirement covers a wide
field of eventualities and is enforced by the Port Health Authority, but after
the foodstuff has been imported it is the duty of the local authority to follow
it through and ensure that it does not at a later date prove to be unwholesome
or unfit for human consumption.
The importation of new products may have to pass through a trial phase,
during which period it may be found necessary to condemn varying quantities of
the particular product before a situation is reached whereby the commodity
complies with the fitness standards.
The increase in the consumption of pickled products has opened up a market here
for the importation from Poland and other Eastern European countries of a
variety of ingredients. The causes for the condemnation of the considerable
amount of cucumbers has been leaking barrels, mould contamination and deterioration
of the cucumbers due to insufficient brine strength The quantity of
pickled onions was condemned for similar reasons.
Gammon is a commodity imported from Poland smoked, cooked and rolled with a
synthetic covering Not always under refrigeration, it is a product that does
not lend itself to long storage, and once discolouration is detected the
substance deteriorates rapidly and becomes unfit.
The quantity of bacon both imported and home produced found unfit for human
consumption included bits and trimmings After inspection it was allowed to
go to approved premises for the extraction of fats and oils. The required
form was signed and presented by the purchaser in every instance, guaranteeing
that the amounts will be used only for technical fat extraction by him
Suspicion arose concerning a consignment of imported canned fruit salad at a
wholesale warehouse A percentage examination of the consignment disclosed a
high proportion of blown and otherwise unsound cans; this was followed by a
100% examination of the 500 cartons. The percentage of unfit cans was so
high as to warrant the surrender of the total consignment for destruction.
The importation of dried mushrooms from Eastern European Countries has increased
considerably. The reason for its growth in popularity is that the specific
type of mushroom Boletus Edulus which grows wild in such countries as
Yugoslavia and Rumania possesses a much stronger flavour than the cultivated
mushroom. The product is subject to a grinding process which renders it very
acceptable for inclusion as a flavouring ingredient for prepared foods.