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Boiling Down—51 tons Beef, Pork, Lamb, Mutton and Offal, etc. (dock water damaged,
dirty, soft, decomposed, etc.); 2 tons Meat Sawdust (dirty); 568 crates Rabbits (soft and
decomposed); 38 tins Ham (contents sour); 108 drums Oleo Stock (contaminated with
chemicals); 7 cwts. Butter (rancid); 3 drums loose collected Tallow and 2 drums loose collected
Lard (contaminated with extraneous matter).
Industrial Purposes—58 bags Rice (contaminated with anti-fouling composition); 135 drumsPig
Fat and 81 drums Beef Tallow (uncertificated).
Reconditioning—44 crates Cheese (dock water damaged, etc.); 3,144 boxes and 26 cartonsButter
(dock water damaged and brine damaged); 173 cases Dried Prunes (wet damaged); 151
cases Shelled Walnuts (dirty and infested with moths); 114 bags Shelled Almonds (infested with
grubs, etc.); 90 bags Hazelnut Kernels (heavy infestation of moth maggots); 46 bags Wheat Germ
(patches of mould on bags); 21 cases Desiccated Coconut (damaged and rancid); 6 bags
Confectionery (dirty).
Manufacturing Purposes—200 bags Almond Kernels (dirty and infested with moth maggots).
Re-Export—100 cartons Canned Pork Luncheon Meat and 594 cases Canned Ham
(bacteriologically unsatisfactory); 2 casks and 1 barrel Sheep Casings, 5 cases Pigs Legs and
3 cases Braised Pork, 1 carton Canned Ham and 86 drums Tallow (uncertificated); 1,074 cases
Stalk Raisins (mite infested); 563 cartons Canned Picnic Roll (poor vacuum in tins); 48 cases
Canned Ham (blown tins); 250 cases Canned Pineapple (burst or blown tins).
Refining—4,418 bags Sugar Sweepings (dirty); 2,276 boxes Lard (dirty and contaminated).
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937 and 1948.
Republic of Spain—Official Certificate.
Circular MF 9/54 dated 21st June, 1954, directs that the Minister of Food caused to be
published in the "London Gazette" of the 18th June, 1954, a notice containing in the Schedule
thereto the description of a label or stamp issued by the Government of Spain which has been
recognised as an official certificate for the purposes of the above-named Regulations.
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 or the meat from which the meat
product to which it 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
dressing or preparing and packing of the meat or meat product.
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 or the package
containing the meat or meat product and the label or stamp has not in any other circumstances
or on any other occasion been used as an official certificate.
The label or stamp hereby recognised is in substitution for the label or stamp having
on it the certificate reproduced in the Schedule to the Notice published in the "London
Gazette" of the 27th April, 1954, which is hereby revoked.
The certificate is for meat (namely cured ham) and meat products and is completed by
the insertion of the number of the factory.
DANGEROUS DRUGS.
During the year forty-three certificates authorising the purchase of scheduled Dangerous
Drugs were issued under the Dangerous Drugs (No. 3) Regulations, 1923, amending the Dangerous
Drugs Regulations, 1921, Regulation 15 of which is as follows: —
"If a foreign ship in any port in Great Britain requires to obtain a supply of any of
the drugs in order to complete the necessary equipment of the ship, the master of the ship
is authorised to purchase and be in possession of such quantity of any of the drugs as may
be certified by the Medical Officer of Health of the Port where the ship is (or in his absence
by the Assistant Medical Officer of Health) to be necessary for the purpose, the quantity
not to exceed what is required for the use of the ship until it next reaches its home port.
The certificate given by the Medical Officer of Health of the Port shall be marked by the
supplier with the date of the supply and shall be retained by him and kept available for
inspection."
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936. PART X—CANAL BOATS.
Eighty-five inspections of canal boats were made during 1954. Twelve canal boats were
found to have a total of seventeen defects, as follows: —
No. of
defects.
Dampness due to defective condition of cabin tops, ship's sides, etc 4
Defective condition of cooking stove 1
Bunk in need of repair 1
Fumes from engine room entering cabin 1
Wood lockers in cabin requiring repair 1
Cabin in need of general overhaul 1
Cabin in need of cleaning and painting 2
Cabin in need of painting 6
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The Owners and/or Masters of the defective craft were in each case notified and required to
carry out the necessary repairs.
In one instance the Certificate of Registration was not on board and the Owners were
informed of the requirements of the Act in this respect.
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