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Articles of Food Surrendered.
During the year the following articles of food were surrendered and
condemned as being unfit for the food of man:—
416 tins luncheon meat; 46 tins sardines; 45 tins ham; 1,957 tins milk;
259 tins pilchards; 70 tins herrings; 136 tins meat roll; 13 tins corned beef;
78 tins sausage meat; 1,476 tins vegetables; 3 tins brawn; 11 tins of spaghetti;
15 tins tongue; 153 tins stewed steak; 112 tins salmon, lobster and crayfish,
etc.; 416 tins fruit; 14 tins prepared meals; 371 tins soup; 3 tins biscuits;
127 tins tomatoes; 16 tins rabbit; 6 tins sausages; 1 tin curried mutton;
3 tins fish roll; 1 tin biscuits and cheese; 2 tins fishcakes; 1 tin macaroni;
3 tins mackerel; 290 tins vegetable stew; 16 tins corned beef hash; 1 tin rice;
1 tin caviette; 8 tins custard powder (each containing 28 lbs.); 1 tin syrup;
7 tins sandwich spread; 1 tin beef; 1 tin peanut butter; 3 tins jam; 8 jars
paste; 16 jars jam and marmalade, etc.; 12 bottles sauce; 30 bottles pickle;
51 bottles salad cream and mayonnaise; 89 jars herrings; 4 bottles lemonade
powder; 2 bottles coffee; 1 jar mustard; 11 jars caviette; 1 jar olives; 70 lbs.
dates; 168 lbs. yeast; 6 lbs. tongue; 48 lbs. ham; 16¾ lbs. luncheon meat;
143½ lbs. bacon; 9½ lbs. luncheon sausage; 67½ lbs. cake; 38 lbs. butter;
224 lbs. sugar; 3½ lbs. margarine; 255 lbs. cheese; 95 lbs. ground rice;
233 lbs. flour; 49 lbs. sausage meat; 15½ lbs. sausages; 240 lbs. fish; 1 lb.
lard; 2¾ lbs. meat; 2 Swiss rolls; 12 boxes fish; 1 case rabbits (containing
68 lbs.); 15 pkts. pudding and cake mixtures; 48 pkts. margarine; 83 pkts.
soup; 2 pkts. dried eggs; 1 turkey; 8 pkts. cocoa.
Since 21st August food surrendered and condemned has been collected
by the Ministry of Food Salvage Department, under the Ministry's instruction,
except for the following which was sent to the Dust Destructor for
immediate destruction:—
Wet fish (12 boxes and 240 lbs.), 68 lbs. rabbits, 64½ lbs. sausages, and
1 turkey.
(i) Food and Drugs Act, 1938.—During 1942, 279 samples (270
formal and 9 informal) of Food and Drugs were obtained, 6 of the formal
samples were not genuine.
Prosecutions were undertaken in three cases as follows:—
(а) Orange Squash.—Orange juice did not exceed 2 per cent. Retailer
fined 40s. and £5 5s. costs.
(b) Onion Extract.—Water 99.94 per cent. Extractive matter .06
per cent. Fined £20 and 20 guineas costs.
(c) Mixed Herbs.—Sand 12.5 per cent at least 9.5 per cent above that
ordinarily found in dried mixed herbs. Dismissed on "Warranty."
Fresh case against Manufacturers, case dismissed on payment of
£5 5s. costs.
Of the remaining 3 cases, the following was the result:—
Letter of warning sent by Town Clerk 1
(Parsley, sweet herb).
Proceedings authorised, but unable to be taken as the responsible
person had joined H.M. Forces 1
(Onion Extract).
Further sample taken and found satisfactory 1
(Milk)
(ii) Food and Drugs Act, 1938, S. 34.—One certificate of registration
was granted in respect of premises used for the carrying on of the business
of a Wholesale Dealer in Margarine.
Food Poisoning.
By virtue of Section 82 of the Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, food
poisoning became compulsorily notifiable in Ilford as from 1st October, 1937.
2 cases were notified under the Act and 3 cases of suspected food
poisoning were reported to me, but not notified. All were investigated
but none found to be cases of genuine food poisoning.