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In connection with the inspection of meat and other foods the following
were found to be diseased or unsound and were voluntarily surrendered for
destruction:—
Pork 218 lbs.
Turkey 10
Pickled Walnuts 742 lbs.
Herring Roe 142 lbs.
Tomatoes 1 lb.
Tongue 36 lbs.
Gooseberries 14¾ cwts.
Beef 8 cwts. 7 lbs.
Pears 368 lbs.
Fish 38 lbs.
Jellied Veal 18 lbs.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
Under Section 3 of the Act, two licences each of three years' duration
were issued to slaughtermen during 1938. No contraventions of the Act were
noted during the year.
Adulteration.
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act is administered by the County
Council, and the following figures, which were kindly supplied by the Chief
Officer of the Public Control Department of the County Council, show the
number of samples taken during the year by the Council's officers in Southall,
and the result of the analyses:—
51