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The following unfit foodstuffs were voluntarily surrendered
ajid destroyed or handed over for salvage:—
Milk, condensed, evaporated, etc. ... 45 tins
Fruit 128 tins
Fish 22 tins
Vegetables 69 tins
Luncheon meat 13 tins
Soup 160 tins
Jams or marmalade 16 tins
Coffee 2 tins
Irish stew 1 tin
Lemonade powder 3 pkts.
Oats and cereals 4 pkts.
Blanc mange powder 15 pkts.
Tea 1 pkt.
Peanut butter 1 jar
Pickles 7 jars
Fish, wet 336 lbs.
Cheese 66 lbs.
Flour 3 lbs.
Sweets 177 lbs.
Sauce 18 bottles
Eggs 180
Christmas puddings 12
Jelly 1
Sausages, beef 12 lbs.
Rabbits 30 lbs.
Ham 4 lbs.
Corned beef 18 lbs.
Offal 12 lbs.
Beef 872 lbs.
Pork 93 lbs.
Mutton or lamb 77 lbs.
A number of complaints regarding foodstuffs was received during
the year, some of which are worth recording :—
0) A cream slice was found to have some greyish substance embedded
in the interior. The Public Analyst, however, certified that the substance
was of an entirely innocent nature.
(2) A complaint was received with respect to a loaf of bread containing
a nail. After leaving the roundsman the bread had passed through
several hands before the complainant received the loaf. The Public
Health Committee decided that a warning should be given to the manufacturers.
(3) On two occasions milk bottles were found to contain some hard
adherent deposit. In each case the purity of the milk had not been
affected and the Public Health Committee decided to issue warning letters
to the offending firms.
(4) A complaint was received regarding a packet of crumpets. The
bottom surfaces of the crumpets were disfigured by the presence of
patches of a black substance and examination shewed this to be burnt
starchy material. The Public Health Committee decided to send a warning
letter to the manufacturers.