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29
Article of Food
Reason for Action
lbs.
Weight
lbs.
Canned Goods
Meat & Meat Products
Punctured,
2615¾
Fruit
1788
Jam
Damaged, Blown,
345½
Vegetables
484½
Milk
Decomposition,
182
Soup
36¼
Fish & Fish Paste
42¾
Others
137
5614¾
Dried Fruit
Infestation
241¾
Food in Glass Containers - Glass contamination,
mould, deterioration 106¾
Other foods condemned for various reasons -
Cheese 8
Confectionery 738½
Sausages 32
Meats 17½
Nuts 450
Shell Eggs 4164
(Number)
With regard to the disposal of this unsound food, condemned
meat is coloured with dye and collected by firms who
specialise in the extracting of fat and manufacture of feeding
meals. The canned goods and other foodstuffs are transported
to the refuse destructor of a nearby Authority and are
incinerated.
(f) Food Hygiene .
The work of providing and maintaining a clean food
supply is one of continuous endeavour. The problems before us
remain the same, but only gradually can improvements be made.
The stage has now been reached when the most important factor
in food distribution and handling is the attitude of mind of
the individual person. All who are employed in the food industry
must realise the need for personal and general hygiene and be
aware of the consequences of their actions.
There is in the Borough a very good relationship between
traders and the Public Health Department and this willing
co-operation is much appreciated. There are, however, a few who
do not realize the need for greater care in the handling of
cooked meats and pies etc., enquiries revealed that in several
shops no satisfactory code of practice was in being for such
products. Instances can be quoted where even during hot
weather, meat pies were being kept for periods of a week before
being sold. All reputable manufacturers and retailers of course
recommend that the pies be removed from sale at the end of the
day after that of delivery.
The care in handling of cooked meats cannot be too
strongly emphasized. Such foods are eaten without further
processing and should contamination take place, it cannot
readily be detected or removed.