Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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1970
Commodity | Packages | Approximate Weight (Tons) |
---|---|---|
Inedible Meats & Offals | 241,313 | 6,033 |
Horsemeat & Offals | 272,855 | 6,822 |
Kangaroo Meat | 5,974 | 150 |
Minced Rabbit Meat | 2,824 | 71 |
Whalemeat & Offals | 887 | 19 |
523,853 | 13,095 |
Goods not marked as required by the above Regulations were detained and marked at No. 6
Cold Store Total 22,700 packages Approximate Weight 568 Tons.
Imported Food Regulations 1968
Country | Beef Livers | Other Beef Offals | B/in & B/less Beef | Sheep & Lambs | B/L Lamb & Mutton | Sheep & Lamb Offals | B/L Veal | Pork & Offals | Chilled Beef Cuts | Other Meats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentine | - | - | Ctns. 108 | - | - | - | - | - | 297 | Ctns. 39 Cooked Beef 10 Hares 5 Beef Suet |
Australia | Ctns. 230 | Ctns. 75 | Ctns. 430 | 300 | Ctns. 180 | - | Ctns. 10 | Ctns. 4 | - | Ctns. 10 Cooked B/L Mutton |
Brazil | - | - | Ctns. 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Ctns. 5 Cooked |
New Zealand | Ctns. 190 | Ctns. 59 | Ctns. 432 | 800 | Ctns. 113 | Ctns. 25 | Ctns. 20 | — | - | Ctns. 5 Venison |
China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Ctns. 10 Rabbits |
S.W. Africa | - | — | Ctns. 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
420 | 134 | 989 | 1,100 | 293 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 297 | 89 | |
11 | 4 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 11 cwt | 14 cwt | 1 ½ cwt | 8 | 2½ |
Total Weight 94½ Tons (approx) Total Packages 3,371
TABLE III
Damaged Meats detained in Royal Docks and
subsequently dealt with at Smithfield Market
Commodity Weight (approx.)
307 Ctns. B/L Beef Cuts IVi Tons
48