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Further samples were taken from time to time and all
were well below the accepted limit of 1/100 grain per pound.
During the period 2nd to 31st August, 192 trucks of
Italian pears were examined and of these, 26 were released
conditionally upon cleansing before sale.
Consignments of the pears were also received at Spitalfields
Market during the same period and these were dealt
with similarly.
Caseous Lymphadenitis.
827 carcases of imported mutton were examined for
caseous lymphadenitis by the cutting of the lymphatic glands.
None of the carcases uere condemned as unfit for human consumption
.
Unsound Food.
The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were
disposed of during the year under the Public Health (Imported
Food) Regulations, 1937 and the Public. Health (London) Act,
1936 :
Premises
Tons cwts. qrs. lbs.
Wharves 260 14 0 3
London Fruit Exchange and
Spitalfields Market 96 1 3 11
Railway Depots 14 10 0 7
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry 24 0 1 23
Other premises 65 7 2 21
460 14 0 9
During the year 124 Detention Notices for foodstuffs
weighing 570 tons l8cwts . 3qrs-. 1-lb?, and 120 Release Notices
for foodstuffs weighing weighing 267 tons 4cwts . 2qrs. 21-lbs.
were served.
Various foodstuffs were dealt with including such
diverse kinds as canned goods, fruit, vegetables, dried
fruits, confectionery, meat, fish and condiments.
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