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Chingford 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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43.
Inspection of Meat and Other Foods
(a) Examination and Seizure
Certain portions of diseased and unsound ox liver were found exposed
for sale, were seized and removed from the retail butchers premises
to be dealt with by a Justice of the Peace, who condemned the food
and ordered it to be destroyed (See "Legal proceedings").
(b) Examination and Voluntary Surrender of Food
The following articles of unsound food were voluntarily surrendered
and destroyed:- TINNED & BOTTLED
Article Quantity Article Quantity
Apricots 36 Milk 41
Beans 37 Oranges 18
Beetroot 1 Ox Tongue 2
Brisling 1 Paste (crab) 2
Cream 9 Peaches 81
Creamed Rice 5 Pears 26
Corned Beef 14 Peas 26
Cherries 10 Pease Pudding 1
Chicken 2 Pilchards 16
Carrots 8 Pineapple 60
Crab 3 Plums 1
Casserole 1 Prunes 3
Damsons 2 Ravioli 12
Fruit Salad 36 Rhubarb 1
Frankfurters 2 Rice 3
Grapes 5 Salmon 31
Crapefruit 6 Sardines 3
Herrings 1 Soup 32
Ham 12 Spaghetti 5
Irish Stew 1 Steak Pie 12
Jam 10 Stewed Steak 14
Kippers 3 Strawberries 3
Lambs Liver 4 Tomatoes 63
Luncheon Meat 25 Tomato Juice 1
Lemon Juice 5 Veal 3
Loganberries 18
OTHER FOODS
Fish 4 stone
Milk Powder 20 lbs.
Dried Apricots 11½ lbs.
Beef 372¼ lbs.
Ox Liver 14 lbs.
Pork l68¾ lbs.
Poultry 68 lbs.