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Zeebrugge-Harwich Train ferry. This Ferry closed down
during the war and resumed operating on monday, 19th August,
1946, 36 special night and early morning visits were made by
the Food Inspectors, In addition, 13 inspections were made
by day.
956 trucks containing 6869 tons 11 cwts. of fresh fruit
arriving from the Continent were examined. This consisted
of:-
Italian fruit 855 trucks containing capsicums,
chestnuts, grapes, mandarines,
melons, peaches, pears, persimmons,
pomegranates and
walnuts.
Swiss fruit 48 trucks containing pears,
Czecho-Slovakian
fruit 32 trucks containing pears.
Belgian fruit 21 trucks containing hot-house
grapes.
36 trucks of Hungarian turkeys weighing 373 tons, and
small consignments of Belgian fish, were also examined.
The following foodstuffs were found to be unsound and
were destroyed:-
2768 packages of pears, 20 packages of melons, 3891
packages of peaches, 5 boxes of capsicums and 1 box of
persimmons, all Italian fruit, weighing 56 tons 1 cwt.
The ferry traffic was temporarily suspended from
25th December 1946 to 4th February 1947, due to the withdrawal
of the ferry boat for essential repairs.
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