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Buried
545 tons bananas (decomposed); 111 cases and 32,606 tins canned fruit, fruit juices, etc.,
(burst, blown and leaky); 20 cases and 212 tins canned meats (burst, blown and leaky); 2,190
packages fresh fruits (decomposed); 668 tins tomato juice (burst, blown and leaky); a quantity
of loose collected, 305 cartons and 2,570 bags vegetables (wasty); 19 barrels and 13 casks
fruit juice (fermented); 25 casks preserved ginger (out of condition); 27 cases dried fruits
(dock water damaged); 22 casks gherkins (soft and sour).
Boiling down
206 cases and 137 tins canned meats (burst, blown and leaky); 89 crates rabbits (soft and
decomposed); 13 boxes, 17 cartons and 224 drums lard (dock water damaged, loose collected
and contaminated with extraneous matter); a quantity of carcases sheep and lambs, pieces beef,
pork etc., (dock water damaged, brine damaged, iced, decomposed, mutilated, diseased, dirty
and moulds).
Cattle food
369 tons bananas (wasty); 357 cartons and 29 bags milk powder; 42 bags sugar of milk, 32
bags buttermilk (dirty and vermin damaged); 265 bags flour (oil damaged); 12 bags maize (wet
damaged); 243 tins apricot pulp (blown and leaky).
Re-export
156 cases dried egg albumen (unsatisfactory analysis); 1 cask sheep casings and 13 cases
minced pork roll (absence of 'official certificate'); 248 cases canned tomatoes and 74 tins
cucumbers (blown).
Other districts
4,286 cartons various canned goods, 24 cases canned pineapple (burst, damaged, rusty and
leaking); 204 cases and 400 cartons sweetened fat (rancid); released under the supervision of
the local Medical Officer of Health. A quantity of rejected ship's stores (out of condition)
recondition or converted into animal food under the supervision of the local Medical Officer of
Health.
Reconditioning
42 packages lard (dock water damaged); 1,000 cases currants, 372 boxes sultanas (wet
damaged and mouldy); 57 bags wheat sweepings, 67 crates cheese (contaminated with extraneous
matter); 192 boxes shelled walnuts, 60 cases and 2 bags almonds, 17 bags rice (wet damaged).
Refining
16,788 bags sugar sweepings (dirty).
Industrial
18 boxes lard (dirty); 2 cases dried egg albumen (unsatisfactory analysis).
Manufacturing
84,141 cases apples (affected with 'brown heart'). (See separate report on page 23.)
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1937 and 1948
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES
Circular MF 2/55 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, dated 13th April, 1955
states that the Minister has caused to be published in the London Gazette of the 12th April, 1955,
a notice containing in the Schedule thereto a description of a label or stamp issued by the Government
of Hungary which has been recognised as an official certificate for the purposes of the
above-named Regulations.
The certificate is in respect of meat and/or meat products and is completed by the insertion
of the place and date of the inspection and the signature of the Veterinary Inspector.
Circular MF 9/55 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, dated 9th September,
1955, directs that the Minister has caused to be published in the London Gazette of the 9th
September, 1955, a notice containing in the Schedule thereto a description of a label issued by the
Government of Yugoslavia which has been recognised as an official certificate for the purposes
of the above-named Regulations.
The label hereby recognised is in substitution for the label having on it the design reproduced
in part XX of the Schedule to the notice published in the London Gazette of the 6th August,
1937, which is hereby revoked.
The certificate will be completed by the insertion of the number of the establishment and by
the impression of the Veterinary Officer's seal.
MYXOMATOSIS IN RABBITS AND HARES
Circular MF 1/55 issued by the Ministry of Food stated that in a recent prosection of a
trader for selling rabbits infected with myxomatosis, it was argued on behalf of the defendant,
that the virus of this diease is not communicable to man.
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