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The two cases were subsequently heard at the Woolwich
Magistrates Court and the firms concerned were fined £12 with
cost of £2. 2. 0. awarded to the Council, and £15 with costs
of £3. 3. 0. respectively. The Health Committee instructed
that a warning letter be sent to a Bakery in connection with
a complaint of a nail baked in a bun. A warning letter was
also sent to a Bakery in one of whose loaves a cigarette end
was found. This course of action was adopted because the
complainant could not be persuaded to give evidence willingly
in Court should the Council decide to prosecute.
Foreign bodes were also reported in a jar of jam, a tin
of stewed steak, a tin of tomatoes, a tin of gooseberries,
a bottle of milk, and loaves of bread (2 cases). In all these
cases the attention of the manufacturers was drawn to the
complaints and the complainants advised of the action taken.
Mould growth was a cause for a number of complaints.
Foodstuffs investigated with mould growths included a
chocolate covered swiss roll ( 2 cases); 1 jam swiss roll;
cheese; cakes; scotch eggs; meat pies (4 cases); muffins;
and a loaf of bread. The retailers were visited-following
receipt of the complaints and, where necessary, stale stock
was withdrawn from sale and destroyed.
Other complaints dealt with by the Food Inspectors
included alleged unsound meat; worm in a cod; unsound pigs
kidneys; bottles of sterilised milk smelling of a disinfectant;
bottle of lemonade with an alleged peculiar odour.
During the investigations into complaints of unsound food
throughout the year It was again noted that both manufacturers
and retailers of food products were as anxious as the Food
Inspectors to ensure that similar complaints were not received
in future, and the utmost co-operation was met from all quarters
of the food industry.
MEAT INSPECTION
Details of animals slaughtered and inspected during the
year at the Garland Road Abattoir are as follows:-
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