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Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection.—Five hundred and four
visits were made to slaughterhouses, when the carcases of 4,383 sheep,
461 pigs, 25 sows, 41 calves, 185 oxen and heifers, 6 cows and 4 boars
were examined. The following were found to be diseased and were
destroyed: —
Carcase and organs of a pig affected with tuberculosis.
Three pigs' heads and two plucks affected with tuberculosis.
Lungs and ribs of a sow and a cow affected with pleurisy.
Lungs of a sow, a boar and two pigs affected with pneumonia.
The liver of a sow affected with blood cysts.
23 ox and 18 sheep livers affected with distomatosis.
7 ox livers affected with multiple abscess.
5 sheep plucks affected with parasitic cysts.
Wholesale Meat Factories.—Thirty-eight visits were made to
these, when I found the premises clean and the meat sound and free
from disease.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act.—Fifty-four samples were
purchased for analysis.
Miscellaneous Inspections and Unsound Food.—Four hundred
and seven visits and inspections were made on complaint and in connection
with the sale of food. The market thoroughfares have been
frequently visited and the goods on the street traders' stalls inspected.
Observation has been kept on the butchers' shops and stalls for the
labelling of imported meat, and two summonses have been heard
resulting in a fine of £10 for not labelling imported meat, and £5 for
failing to have the name and address of the proprietor painted on the
stall. The following foodstuffs have been condemned and
destroyed: —
1 box of soles. 3 tins of apples.
1 „ ,, herrings. 1 hamper of pork trimmings.
1 „ „ skate. 2 gammons of bacon.
5 boxes of kippers. 1 case of pomegranates.
3 tins of salmon. 1 bag of chestnuts.
3 „ ,, corned beef. 10 barrels of Russian horseradish.
1 tin of ham. 260 rabbits.
Weight of foodstuffs condemned : —
Meat and bacon 9 cwts., 0 qrs., 6 lbs.
Fish 3 cwts., 2 qrs., 3 lbs.
Fruit and vegetables 1 ton, 4 cwts., 1 qr., 21 lbs.