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Richmond upon Thames 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Section e.—inspection and supervision of food.
Food Inspection.

The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human con sumption, were surrendered by the owners and either salvaged foi animal food or destroyed.

ArticlesTonsCwts.Qrs.lbs.
Butter and Cheese-1-17
Fish2_12
Flour and Flour Confectionery-_26
Fruit and Vegetables12
Meat and Meat Products6221
Sugar112
Tinned Goods (all classes)1911
112112

Whenever possible condemned food is salvaged to be used for
animal feeding, but in all other cases, the food is destroyed by burning
at the Refuse destructor.
Twenty-eight complaints, alleging that food had been sold in a
condition unfit for human consumption, were received during the year
and received full investigation, and in nine cases reports were made
to the Health Committee. Warning letters were sent to offenders in
seven instances, and legal proceedings were taken in one case under
Section 3, Food and Drugs Act, 1954, when on the 18th November,
1954, the defendants were fined £5, and £3 3s. costs for selling bread
containing glass fragments.
Legal proceedings were pending, in two cases, at the end of the
year.