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"MERCHANDISE MARKS'' ACT, 1926.
Cases of imported fowls without the metal disc in the wing were
found in a Butcher's shop and the matter was reported to the Ministry
of Agriculture.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (GRADING AND MARKING)
ACT, 1926.
This Act provides for the grading and marking of agricultural
produce and gives power to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
by regulations to prescribe "designations" and "marks" to indicate
the quality of such produce.
Four cold stores in this district are registered under the 1930
Regulations, for the storage of English eggs.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, 1933.
The Council is a Riparian Authority, and is responsible for the
administration of these Regulations over an area on the south side of the
river from the premises of the Union Cold Storage Company, Blackfriars
Bridge, to the west side of London Bridge.
The following are some of the items which the food inspectors have
had to deal with during the year:—
Frozen Pigs.
Several cases of imported pigs were found to be affected with a
greenish discolouration of the glands.
Samples of these were submitted to the Ministry of Health's laboratory
but the presence of tubercle bacilli was not detected.
Imported Mutton.
A 5 per cent. examination of all imported carcases of mutton and
100 per cent. of all pieces is still being carried out; the number found
affected with caseous lymphadenitis is steadily diminishing.