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Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations. 1937-1948.
Detention and Release Notices, numbering 54 and 64 respectively,
were served under these regulations. The notices affected a varjety of
foodstuffs including cocoa, dried egg powder, dried fruits, nuts, frozen
mutton, dried egg albumen, hog and sheep casings and assorted canned goods.
Consignments of sheep and hog casings which arrived unaccompanied by
the official certificates, were subsequently released on production of the
necessary certificates. 553 carcases of mutton, representing a 5 per cent
examination, were examined for caseous lymphadenitis by the cutting of the
lymphatic glands. All the carcases were found to be free from the disease.
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry.
305 midnight or early morning visits, and 101 other visits, were made
to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 6,812 trucks of
foodstuffs arriving from the following countries:-
Austria 5 trucks
Belgium 209 "
Bulgaria 187 "
Canary Islands 11 "
Czechoslovakia 8 "
Denmark 14 "
England (returned exports) 2 ''
Germany 15 "
Greece 30 trucks
Hungary 517 "
Italy 5,376 "
Spain 5 "
Switzerland 5 ''
South Africa 1 "
Turkey 4 "
Yugoslavia 423 "
The weight of the foodstuffs examined was 64,368 tons, comprising
fresh fruit and vegetables 53,450 tons, preserved fruits and vegetables
357 tons, cheese 36 tons, fish 17 tons, preserved meats, sausages, etc.
4,671 tons, butter 1,478 tons, eggs 2,156 tons, biscuits, cakes and confectionery
56 tons, canned soups 6 tons, bacon 2,034 tons, honey 33 tons
and miscellaneous foods 74 tons. The foodstuffs found to be unsound,
and which were stopped and destroyed, amounted to 12 tons 16 cwts.
Samples taken for analysis included baking powder, blancmange powder
and gelatine from Germany and canned tripe and sausages from Yugoslavia.
A sample of canned tripe was also submitted for bacteriological examination.
All the samples proved satisfactory.
Two trucks of Italian walnuts, weighing 21 tons, detained because a
considerable percentage of the nuts were bad, were subsequently re-exported.
Two of the trucks from Belgium contained horseflesh for human consumption,
exported from Britain, but were refused by the Belgian consignees
and returned to this country via the train ferry. On examination the
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