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Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry. 109 special night
and early morning inspections were made by the Food Inspectors.
In addition, 10 inspections were made by day.
1,028 trucks containing 8,135 tons 11 cwts. of fruit,
vegetables, poultry etc., arriving from the Continent were
examined. These consisted of:
Italian fruit and vegetables - 583 trucks containing
apricots, asparagus, aubergines, artichokes,
beans, carrots, cauliflowers,
celery, cherries, cherry plums, chestnuts,
cucumbers, garlic, grapes, lettuce,
peas, pears, narrows, melons, parsley,
poaches, plums, pomegranates, strawberries,
tomatoes and walnuts.
Hungarian fruit, bacon, poultry and game - 353 trucks
containing apricots, bacon, ducks, fowls,
geese, guinea fowls, hares, pheasants and
turkeys.
Belgian confectionery, fruit, fish and vegetables92
trucks containing fish, bilberries,
beans, cherries, confectionery, cabbage,
cucumber, grapes, pears and peas.
The following foodstuffs were found to bo unsound and
wore destroyed:-
Italian fruit and vegetables.
174 packages asparagus, 14 packages artichokes,
18 packages apricots, 100 packages
beans, 25 packages carrots, 4654 packages
cherries, 72 packages garlic, 88 packages
narrows, 1770 packages peas, 1724 packages
plums,' 1067 packages strawberries.
Bolgian fruit.
8 packages of pears.
Total weight - 66 tons, 12 cwts. 3 qrs. 22 lbs.
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