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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Carshalton 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Section 9—Sale of Food Unlit for Human Consumption
The following complaints were received of alleged foreign matter in
Food:—
Grease in bread (3)
Mould in bread
String in bread
Mould in cake
Piece of wood in cheese cake
Maggot in bar of chocolate cream
Mould on pork pie (2)
Fly in steak & kidney pie
Insects in packet of soup
Appropriate action was taken in each case but legal proceedings were
not warranted in any.
Inspection of Food
The following quantities of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human food were surrendered and destroyed or so disposed of as to prevent them from being used for human food:—
| lbs. | ozs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Cereals | 2 | 3 |
| Confectionery (Flour) | 19 | 4 |
| Cheese | 1 | 15 |
| Cocoa | — | 8 |
| Cream | 153 | 14 |
| Fat | 1 | — |
| Fish | 269 | 15 |
| Fruit | 129 | 14 |
| Jam | 24 | 4 |
| Milk | 5 | 15 |
| Meat | 1381 | 4 |
| Rice | 1 | 14 |
| Soup | 3 | 11 |
| Vegetables | 308 | 5 |
Total Weight 1 ton 2 qrs. 7 lbs. 14 ozs.
The method of disposal is by burning in the Council's Refuse Destructor.
Inspection of Food Premises
The inspections made under the Food Hygiene Regulations and other
statutory powers relating to food with the results of these visits are shown
in Table 9.
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