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Argentine Republic. New Zealand.
Australia. Iceland.
Bechuanaland Protectorate. South West Africa.
Brazil. Southern Rhodesia.
Canada. United States of America.
Chilian Republic. Uruguayan Republic.
French West Africa. Union of South Africa.
Madagascar and Dependencies.
(2) In respect of Item (b) of the Second Schedule of the Amendment Regulations,
i.e., lard, dripping, edible tallow and all other rendered animal fats, except oleo oil,
oleo stearine and premier jus—
Australia. Hong Kong.
Canada. Uruguayan Republic.
Denmark. Brazilian Republic.
French West Africa. Hungary.
Italy. Poland.
Madagascar. Lithuania.
New Zealand. Bulgaria.
Netherlands. Estonia.
Roumania. Latvia.
Sweden. Belgium.
Switzerland. Danzig Free State.
United States of America. France
Argentine Republic. Yugo Slavia.
In accordance with Article II. (4) of the above-mentioned Regulations, Notices
were served for the exportation of the following material:—
Description and Quantity of Number of Notices
Meats and Fats. Where from. served.
5,431 casks, &c. New Zealand 110
4,036 „ Australia 50
141 ,, South America 4
1,114 „ Other Countries 15
Irregular Certification of Lard.
On 6th January, 1936, 114 casks of unrefined lard from Bulgaria arrived in the
Regent's Canal Dock. On inspection these casks were found not to bear the Bulgarian
Official Certificate and, therefore, in accordance with the Public Health (Imported
Food) Regulations, a Notice to Export was served. On 18th January the consignment
was duly exported in a ship sailing to Bremen.
On 24th January this ship returned from Bremen, and had on board 114 casks
of Bulgarian Lard stowed in exactly the same position as were those exported on the
18th, but these casks all bore the Bulgarian Official Certificate. It was suspected
that these were, in fact, the same casks, and that the Certificates had been affixed in
Bremen.
The explanation offered was that there had originally been two consignments,
one certificated for England and one uncertificated for Germany ; that the wrong
consignment had been shipped in the first instance, and that the mistake had been
corrected on return of the ship to Bremen. On careful examination of the casks,
however, two, which had been opened for sampling on 9th January, were identified
by the cooper's marks, which confirmed our suspicions and put an end to explanations.
The matter was taken up with the Ministry of Health and the Bulgarian Legation.
It did not appear that the importers were a party to the irregular proceedings, and
therefore it was decided not to prosecute but to insist that the lard be sold as
uncertificated lard for industrial purposes, and be not allowed to be used for human
consumption. On 6th March the lard was released to a firm in Stockport for soapmaking,
the Medical Officer of Health of Stockport having intimated his acceptance
of the guarantees given.
On 23rd March the Secretary of the Bulgarian Legation wrote as follows to your
Medical Officer
"I am glad to be in a position to-day to inform you that the competent
"Bulgarian Authorities are proceeding with enquiries concerning the lard
"in question. The official communication I received from Sofia states that
"sanction will be taken against the author of the irregularity, and control
"will be strengthened in order to avoid such deplorable incidents."