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Industrial Purposes
101 drums oleo stock (rancid — released for soap manufacture); 25 drums inedible tallow (released
for soapmaking); 251 cartons and a quantity of loose collected butter (smoke and wet
damaged); 279 cases evaporated fruit salad (wasting and dirty - released for vinegar making);
100 cases desiccated coconut (rancid—released for oil extraction).
Reconditioning
40,949 cartons butter (smoke and wet damaged - see separate report); 66 bags rice (rejected
ship's stores); 91 crates cheese (extraneous matteraand dirty).
Refining
2,508 bags sugar sweepings (dirty).
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1947 and 1948
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES
Circular FSH 1/56 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food dated 7th March, 1956,
directs that the Minister has caused to be published in the London Gazette of the 2nd March, 1956,
a notice revoking the official certificate which, as notified in Circular MF 7/53, was recognised
for the purposes of the above-named regulations for the importation of carcase meat into England
and Wales from the Falkland Islands.
Circular FSH 6/56 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food dated 29th August,
1956, directs that the Minister has caused to be published in the London Gazette of the 28th
August, 1956, a notice containing in the schedule thereto a description of a label issued by the
Government of Iceland which has been recognised as an official certificate for the purposes of
the above-named Regulations.
The certificate is in substitution for those reproduced in Part XI of the schedule to the notice
published in the London Gazette of the 6th August, 1937, which is hereby revoked, and is for
meat and animal casings and will be completed by the impression of the veterinary inspector's
signature by means of a rubber stamp and by the insertion of the number of the Establishment.
WET DAMAGED MEAT - s.s. "PORT WYNDHAM"
The above-named vessel on her way from London to Glasgow with a part cargo was in collision
in the English Channel (off Dover).
No. 2 Hold which contained a quantity of meat received the full impact of the collision and
approximately 75 tons of meat was landed at Dover, the remainder approximately 180 tons, remaining
in the vessel which returned to London, berthing in the King George V. Dock on the 11th
May, 1956.
On arrival in the dock the meat in No. 2 Lowerllold was found to be very badly wet damaged by
sea, river and dock water and was already beginning to decompose. It was, therefore, placed
under detention by your Senior Health Inspector, pending arrangements for its disposal.
After consultation with the Salvage Company acting on behalf of the Shipping Company, it was
agreed that this meat should be allowed to go to an approved firm or firms for rendering down for
industrial purposes only, e.g., soap, tallow, etc.
Subsequently the consignment was dealt with by Messrs. John Knight Ltd., but in view of the
large amount involved and the necessity for clearing the meat from the dock at the earliest possible
opportunity owing to rapid deterioration, Messrs. John Knight Ltd., disposed of roughly one
third of the consignment to messrs. Henson and Burbidge and one third to the Smithfield Animal
products Co., Ltd., an arrangement to which your Medical Officer agreed on receipt of a written
undertaking from each firm, that the material would be used solely for industrial purposes.
Details of the damaged meat are as follows:—
Approximately-4,580.carcases mutton and lamb
1,000 sides pork
3,758 bags boneless beef.
BUTTER CONTAMINATED BY FIRE, SMOKE AND WATER
On the 9th February, the New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission informed your
Medical Officer by telephone that the s.s. Port Fairy" which was shortly expected to arrive
proup °f docks, had been on fire in No. 4 Hold which contained a cargo of some
1.000 tons of butter, resulting in the butter being damaged by fire, smoke and Piraeus dock
water.
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