View report page

84 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
Unsound Food.
At the request of the owners the following foodstuffs were
destroyed, and the usual certificates granted viz.:—150 lbs.
of haddock; 40 lbs. of bloaters; 66 lbs. of cod; 50 lbs. of
whiting; 50 lbs. of skate; 42 lbs. of dogfish; eight barrels
of apples; 18 boats of cherries; one cooked chicken; 23 lbs.
of rabbits ; one bushel of winkles; and one tin of fruit.
Certification of Meat Food Products.
All meat food products prepared for export from this country
to Canada, Australia and several other countries must be accom.
panied by a certificate stating that the food has been prepared
in a cleanly condition and on sanitary premises, and from meat
which has been duly inspected by a Veterinary Surgeon.
As Certifying Officer for Wandsworth under the Order I
have given 16 of these certificates for the export of parcels of
potted meats prepared within the Borough during the year.
Statement of Work done under the Food and Drugs
(Adulteration) Act, 1928.
During the year 2,000 samples of foods and drugs were
submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis. Of these 855
were submitted as official samples, while 1,145 were purchased
unofficially as test or informal samples. 19 or 2.2 per cent.
of the official samples, and 19 or 1.85 per cent. of the unofficial
samples were found to be adulterated or not up to standard.
The total adulterations reported were 38 or 1.9 per cent. of the
samples submitted.
Proceedings were instituted against the vendors of five of
the 19 adulterated samples taken officially. In two cases the
vendor was fined £3 and £2, and £2 2s., costs respectively;
and in three cases the summonses were dismissed on payment
of costs, amounting to £3 3s. in one case and to £2 2s. each
in the other two cases. The total fines and costs were £16 l1s.