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Approximately 27 tons of unsound food was allowed to be used for
chemical or animal feeding purposes, or for manufacturing purposes other
than for human consumption, the remainder being delivered to, or collected
by the Public Cleansing Department at whose riverside depot it was mixed
with household refuse, under the supervision of the Public Cleansing
Officer, and removed by barge to a controlled tipping site in Essex,
Approximately 2,250 condemnation certificates in respect of unsound
food' were issued in 1961.
Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry.
292 midnight or early morning visits and 151 other visits were.made
to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 8,805 trucks of
foodstuffs arriving from the following countries
Argentine 2 Trucks Greece 6 Trucks
Belgium 541 " Hungary 432 "
Bulgaria 25 " Italy 3877 "
Canary Islands 10 " Holland 10 "
Congo 65 " Poland 19 "
Denmark 77 " Roumania 78 "
Ecuador 2 " Switzerland 35 "
England (Returned Goods) 1 " Yugoslavia 3593 "
Germany 32 "
The weight of the foodstuffs examined was 80,165 tons, comprising
4-5,103 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables, 15,036 tons chilled and frozen
meat and offals, 8,003 tons canned meats and sausages, etc. 7,783 tons
bacon, 2,718 tons butter, 138 tons confectionery, 40 tons canned fruits
and vegetables, 806 tons soup, 270 tons shell eggs, 158 tons horsemeat,
53 tons cheese and 57 tons of miscellaneous foodstuffs.
Foodstuffs found to be unsound, and which were stopped and destroyed,
amounted to 27 hundred-weights.
Unsound Food. &c.- Complaints.
Complaints made by members of the public as to the alleged unsound
condition, etc. of food, and which were investigated during the year,
numbered 36. The complaints referred to the following
Alleged unsound condition: Bread lj Butter 1; Canned Crab lj
Chicken 1; Chocolate Cakes 1; Dates 1; Figs l; Meat Pie l;
Melon l; Milk 1; Pastry 2; Peaches 1; Smoked Fish 2;
Spaghetti 1.
Alleged dirty condition and/or foreign body or deposit;
Baked Beans 1; Beer 1; Bread 3; Cakes 2; Cereal 1; Cheese
Roll 1; Cooking Fat 1; Milk 1; Minced Beef 1; Pork Pie 1;
Rollmops 1; Soft drink 1; Sweets 2.
Alleged dirty Utensils etc.
Cooking Utensils 1; Milk bottles 2.
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