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Richmond upon Thames 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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35
SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

Food Inspection.

The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human consumption, were surrendered by the owners.

ArticlesTonsCwts.Qrs.lbs.
Fish3
Floor and Flour Confectionery325
Fruit and Vegetables3210
Meat and Meat Products212
Milk and Milk Products___18
Tinned Goods (all classes)19326
1727

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.
Thirty-one 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 seventeen cases reports were
made to the Health Committee. Letters were sent to vendors in three
instances and no legal proceedings were taken.