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City of London 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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satisfactory to the Minister and (b) that all necessary precautions for
prevention of danger to public health were taken in the preparing and
packing of the meat product.
The certificate being in the form of a stamp, recognition will
apply only if the stamp is clearly impressed on the package containing
the meat product and the stamp has not in any other circumstances or on
any other occasion been used as an Official Certificates."
The Certificate is in relation to meat products only.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937 and 1948
ERITREA - OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE
Circular MF. 8/50 dated 22nd May, 1950, issued by the Ministry of Food,
directs that the Minister has caused to be published in the London Gazette of
the 19th May, 1950, a Notice containing in the Schedule thereto, the
description of a label issued by the British Administration of Eritrea which
lias been recognised as an Official Certificate for the purposes of the Public
Health (imported Food) Regulations, 1937 and 1948.
The Notice reads as follows
"The Minister of Food gives notice in pursuance of the above-named
Regulations that he hereby recognises the Official Certificate of -which
particulars are given in the Schedule thereto as showing (a) that the
meat from "which the meat product to which the Certificate relates was
prepared, was derived from animals inspected ante and post mortem and
passed in accordance with criteria satisfactory to the Minister, and (b)
that all necessary precautions for the prevention of danger to public
health were taken in the preparing and packing of the meat product.
The Certificate being in the form of a label, recognition will
apply only if the label is securely affixed to the package containing
the meat product and the label has not in any other circumstances or on
any other occasion been used as an Official Certificate."
The Certificate is for meat products, namely canned meat and the label
will be completed by the insertion of the serial number of the Veterinary
Department.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937 and 1948
CYPRUS - OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE
Circular MF. 18/50 dated 23rd October, 1950, issued by the Ministry of
Food directs that the Minister has caused to be published in the London Gazette,
a Notice containing in the Schedule thereto the description of a label or stamp
issued by the Government of Cyprus which has been recognised as an Official
Certificate for the purposes of the above-mentioned Regulationso
The Notice reads as follows
"The Minister of Food gives notice, in pursuance of the above-=named
Regulations, that he hereby recognises the Official Certificate of which
particulars are given in the Schedule hereto as showing (a) that the
meat to which it relates was derived from animals inspected ante and
post mortem and passed in accordance with criteria satisfactory to the
Minister, and (b) that all necessary precautions for the prevention of
danger to public health were taken in the dressing of the meat.
The Certificate being in the form of a label or stamp, recognition
will apply only if the label is securely affixed to, or the stamp is
clearly impressed on, the meat and has not in any other circumstances or
on any other occasion been used as an Official Certificate."
The Certificate, which is for meat, will be completed by the insertion of
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