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Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry.
265 night and' early morning and 15 other visits to
Bishopsgate Goods Station were made by the Food Inspectors
for the purpose of examining 2,877 trucks containing foodstuffs
arriving from the Continent. These consisted of:
Italian foodstuffs 2277 trucks containing apples,
cauliflowers, chicory,
cucumbers, grapes,
lemons, lettuce, mandarines
, nuts-, .p&ar's , peas ,
pomegranates and prunes .
Hungarian foodstuffs 398-trucks containing apricots,
bacon, cheese, fowls,
game, geese and turkeys.
Belgian foodstuffs 197 trucks containing apples,
chicory, cucumbers,
endives, fish, frozen
fruit and vegetables,
gooseberries, grapes,
pears and peas.
Yugo-Slavian.foodstuffs. 3 trucks containing cherries.
Swiss foodstuffs 2 trucks containing salami.
The total weight of foodstuffs examined was 17,957 tons
6cwts.
Samples of Belgian canned luncheon meat were taken for
examination for the presence of horseflesh. These samples
proved to be satisfactory.
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