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Throughout the year the Inspectors receive requests from food traders to examine
doubtful consignments of food, and the following table lists the articles voluntarily
surrendered and destroyed after such examination:
Baby Food (tins) 169 Mincemeat (jars) 6
Bacon (lbs.) 46 Meat (tins) 870
Beef (lbs.) 208¼ Meat (fresh) (lbs.) 208
Biscuits (tins) 3 Meat (frozen) (pkts.) 679
Bread (buns) 269 Puddings (tins) 71
Cream (tins) 27 Puddings (pkts.) 17
Cheese (lbs.) 264 Pies (tins) 61
Cheese (tins) 3 Pies 71
Cereals (tins) 44 Prawns (lbs.) 45
Cereals (pkts.) 27 Preserves (40 gall, casks) 2
Cakes (lbs.) 149 Poultry (lbs.) 238
Cake mixes (pkts.) 26 Pork (lbs.) 177
Fruits (tomatoes) (lbs.) 315 Pickles, Sauces, etc. (bots.) 3
Fruit & Fruit Juices (tins) 5778 Pastry (pkts.) 388
Drinks (Minerals) (tins/bots) 1382 Sweets (pkts.) 65
Frozen Foods: Fish (pkts.) 2104 Sugar (pkts.) 35
Fish (tins) 543 Spaghetti (tins) 60
Fats (margarine/butter etc.) (pkts.) 108 Syrup (tins) 37
Ham (lbs.) 64 Spices (pkts.) 21
Ice Cream (cartons) 412 Sausages (lbs.) 50
Jellies (pkts.) 35 Soup (tins) 442
Lamb/mutton (lbs.) 146¼ Tea (lbs.) 15
Milk (tins/cartons) 146 Vegetables (tins) 984
Milk Puddings (tins) 12 Vegetables (pkts.) 1466
A report was received during the year of nine cases of mace and twenty-one bags
of pepper being damaged after immersion in river water, and these products were
received by a local firm for re-processing.
They would normally be sold in their powdered form by grocers, but in view of
possible pollution, it was thought advisable to have the oil extracted and the residue
from the process destroyed.
Observations were made while the processing of the material was in progress.
In each case the powder was filled into a large container and washed with acetone
(rather like a dry cleaning process). When the oil had been dissolved it was drained
off. The mixture of acetone and oil was then distilled and the acetone drawn off.
The resultant pure oil or resin which was left, was disposed of to food manufacturers
and, after further processing, used by them for seasoning purposes.
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