London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1969

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

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45 Cartons Pate de Foie Gras — No official certificates10
2 Cases Bean Paste — Contained prohibited preservative2
20 Cases oyster and 3 cases Sweet and Sour Sauce — Fermenting and contained prohibited colouring matter and preservative19
20 Cartons Tehina Sauce — Contained excess lead and prohibited preservative6
848 Cartons Tomato Puree — Contained excess mould2215
13 Cases Chilli Sauce — Contained Prohibited colouring matter and preservative6
60 Barrels Soy Sauce — Contained prohibited preservative110
50 Cartons Garlic Spread — Contained prohibited preservative12
140 Cartons Vegetable Pate — Contained prohibited preservative13
25 Cartons mustard — Contained prohibited preservative5
5 Cases Chilli Powder — Contained prohibited colouring matter1
60 Cases Curry Powder — Contained prohibited colouring matter116
20 Cartons Squid in Juice - Contained Excess Tin and Lead8
224 Cartons Raspberries in Syrup — Contained prohibited colouring matter512
93 Casks Raspberry Pulp — Contained excess preservative26
455 Cases Dessert Toppings — Contained prohibited colouring matter and preservatives28
20 Cases Soft Drink Powder — Contained prohibited Emulsifier5
107 Cartons Confectionery — Contained prohibited colouring matter211
800 Bags Groundnuts in shells — Aflatoxin contaminated100
41 Cartons Various Japanese Foodstuffs — Contained prohibited colouring matter and preservative and no official certificates16
2 Cartons Chick Peas with Bacon — No official certificates1
6 Cartons Curry Roux and Hayashi Roux — No official certificates1
15 Cartons Sliced Bacon — Incorrectly certificated3
81 Casks Hog Casings — No official certificates, 1 Container sheep Casings — Incorrectly certificated117
23 Cases and 16 Cartons Tinned meat and Meat Products — No official certificates15
750 Cartons unrendered Pig Fat — Prohibited Meat (scraps and trimmings)208
2211 Cartons Boneless Lamb and 365 Cartons Boneless Beef — Prohibited Meat (scraps and trimmings)694

The following figures have been given by the Port of London Authority and acknowledgement
is made for their help. The figures are in respect of the year 1969 and are tonnages of foodstuffs
landed on their quays and handled by them during the year.
Meat, chilled and frozen 436,694
Dairy produce 17,058
Fresh and frozen fruit 156,166
Fresh and frozen vegetables 46,383
Dried fruit and nuts 17,942
Canned and bottled foods 130,726
Grain.and animal feedstuffs in bulk 952,277
Grain, flour, animal feedstuffs and seed in bags 34,445
Tea 60,334
Other foodstuffs not included above 46,149
1,898,174
Taking the total weight of items in the first table as 2,094 tons, the amount dealt with
expressed as a percentage of imports for the same period equals .11%.

FOOD SAMPLING

Sampling — Public Analyst

During the year 509 samples were sent to the Public Analyst as follows:—

SampleSatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryAction
Shrimps20
Shrimp cocktail10
Shrimp cream10