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Of the 3,409 tons listed in the table above, the principal items and methods of disposal were
as follows:—
Burnt
Approximately 375 cartons and cases and 17,190 cans fruits, juices, pulps, vegetables, meats
and fish (burst, blown, leaky, crushed and pierced); 96 tons bananas(wasty and decomposed);
322 cases oranges (contaminated with dock water whilst in sunken barge); 3 chests of tea (dock
water damaged); 293 cartons and boxes fresh and dried fruit (dock water damaged and wet damaged);
8 casks of gherkins (mouldy, soft, sour and dirty); 406 bags onions (wasty); 1,160 cases
canned sardine fillets (blown and metallic contamination); 1,138 packages tomatoes (dock water
damaged and oil damaged when loaded lorry ran into dock); 1,327 packages carrots (wasty); 386
packages tomatoes (wasty).
Boiling down
179 lambs (oil damaged); 1,017 quarters of beef (mis-shapen, damaged, stained, and slightly
tainted); 882 cases and 16 cans luncheon meat (blown); 298 cases canned corned beef (blown);
160 cans boneless ham (burst, blown and leaky). Quantity of carcase meat and offals (various
reasons for condemnation).
Buried
1,550 tons bananas (wasty and decomposed); approximately 460 cases and 9,420 cans fruits,
juices, pulps, vegetables, meats and fish (burst, blown, leaky, crushed and pierced); 367 barrels
grapes (decomposed and dock water damaged); 2,575 cases pears (soft and wasty); 7,435 baskets
tomatoes (mouldy and wasty); 549 bags onions (wet and rotting); 529 packages melons (wasty);
377 cases oranges (soft and wasty).
Animal feeding
18 cases and 81 boxes macaroni (dirty); 24 bags full cream milk powder (wet damaged); 12
bags machine skimmed milk powder (out of condition); 59 bags loose collected potatoes; 131
bags flour and wheat sweepings (dirty); 39 bags groundnut sweepings (dirty); 41 bags sugar
maize sweepings (dirty); 12 bags flour (dirty); 108 bags wheat sweepings (dirty); 23 cases walnuts
(dirty and fly infested); 188 bags flour and wheat (wet and dirty and ship's rejected stores);
31 tons 14 cwts. ships' rejected stores meat — released to London Zoo. All above released with
agreement and under supervision of local Medical Officers of Health.
Other districts
65 tons 16 cwts. ships' rejected stores; 253 bags sugar sweepings — released for storage at
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Buffer Depot; 53 bags peas and beans (dirty); 519
cartons canned cucumbers, pineapple juice and peaches (bad rust, crushed, burst, blown and
leaky). All above released under supervision of local Medical Officers of Health, mainly for
sorting.
Industrial purposes, etc.
10 P ackages lard (dirty — released for soap making); 25 bags sour oranges (dirty — released
for marmalade making); 18 bags salt (dirty — released for de-icing purposes); 145 bags flour (oil
damaged); 579 cartons margarine (wet damaged); 236 drums lard (crushed and dirty — released for
soap making); 15 cartons butter (dirty); All above released under supervision of local Medical
Officers of Health.
Reconditioning
36 bags peas (dirty); 79 cartons lard (dirty); 6 cartons butter (dock water damaged); 178 boxes
currants (wet damaged); 13 cartons lard (heat damaged); 531 boxes butter (linseed oil damaged);
6 crates of cheese (paint damaged); 42,473 lambs, quantity boneless beef, veal, hind quarters
beef (mis-shapen, damaged stained and slightly tainted). All above released under supervision of
local Medical Officer of Health.
Refining
1,839 bags sugar sweepings (dirty — released under supervision of local Medical Officers of
H ealth).
Re-export
440 bags peanuts (old and soft — subsequently re-exported voluntarily by Importer as not being
in agreement with order); 100 cartons of lard (no official certificate); 183 cans hams (progressive
blowing).
MEAT INSPECTION SERVICES
At no time has the importation of meat and the port health inspection service thereof assumed
greater significance than at present. The increased economic value of meat and demands for a
higher selling quality of imported meat have led to a more competitive industry which, in various
ways, reflects its moods and policies on the attitude and the skill of the meat inspectors at the
Docks.
If a free flow of this perishable food is to flourish without unnecessary restraint and interruption
and only meat fit for human consumption allowed to pass through the Port, it becomes
absolutely necessary that there be an efficient inspection service available and complete understanding
between the Industry as a whole and the Authority's staff in attendance.
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