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forming an important subject of environmental health administration, in
that, the inspectors are required to visit premises wherein imported
specified foods are offered or exposed for sale to ensure that such commodities
are marked or labelled or so notified as to indicate the country
of origin and that they are fit for the description so denoted.
Diseases of
Animals
The disastrous Foot and Mouth epidemic of 1967 which affected
2,364 farms and caused the destruction of 430,000 cloven-hoofed animals
(a greater total than the combined totals of the 5 worst Foot and Mouth
epidemics previously experienced in Britain), and which cost the
Government more than £30 million to fight and in compensation and which
together with uncompensated losses suffered by farmers and those who
serve them is estimated by some to have brought the total cost to at
least £150 million, fortunately petered out early in the year and only
three Movement Licences were issued before all restrictions imposed by
the Control Order were lifted on the 14th February 1968.
The movement of swine progressed without the necessity of issuing
any licences during the year.
To prevent the spread of Animal Diseases all pig swill and similar
waste must be effectively sterilised under the Diseases of Animals
(Waste Food) Order 1957. Four premises having the necessary properly
constructed equipment were licensed for this purpose.
Slaughterhouses
Slaughter of
Animals Acts
1933-195 4
There are no registered slaughterhouses within the Borough of Redbridge
and no licences were issued to slaughtermen during the year, no
applications having been received therefor.
Rag Flock and
Other Filling
Materials Act,
1951
This Act requires the Local Authority to register premises wherein
rag flock and other filling materials are used. There are 10 premises at
present on the register and one establishment has been licensed for the
manufacture of those commodities as required by this Act.
Three samples of filling materials were obtained and submitted to
the analyst during 1968. All proved to be satisfactory.
Fertilizers and
Feeding Stuffs
A Statutory Declaration showing the exact composition of Fertilisers
and Animal Feeding Stuffs is required by the 1926 Act. iPrepacked
articles supplied by manufacturers have the necessary information